If you’re looking forward to getting your hands on a remake of Bethesda Game Studios’s iconic RPG, Forgetfulness, an unofficial fan remake may be your best bet.
As the world holds its breath in anticipation of the next entry admittedly far from being launched in the Edler Scrolls Series, The Elder Scrolls VI, another major Elder Scrolls project is gaining momentum in the background.
Skyblivion – a fan-made mod project that has been in the works for almost a decade – is the effort of an ever-growing development team that is eager to give The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion a little polish and remastering of the game in Skyrim’s motor. A new trailer has been released for the project, giving us an update on the environments and missions … and it is looking incredibly impressive.
Check out the trailer below.
As well as a summary of the work that has been done on environmental assets and what has been done to make RPG missions more rigorous, we also take a quick tour of some other resources.
A custom tool was created by the collective of developers that allows them to use the Skyrim engine to import missions from Oblivion – something that was too unstable to do reliably in previous builds. We also see minor changes to the UI that better adapt to the stunning visuals and remake style.
But when will it be released? Will we see this before The Elder Scrolls VI emerges from its development cave? Perhaps.
“Despite the huge scope of this project, we are finally seeing the end of the road, but there is still work to be done,” says the Skyblivion team in the video. “Thank you all for your support and for sharing our work. It means the world to us. “
If you are eager to help with the project, you can always join the team through volunteering. “If you think you can help contribute to this project, we would love to have you on the team, visit our website to subscribe,” says the team in the video description.
Microsoft announced in September 2020 that it acquired Bethesda for $ 7.5 billion; if that means the next Elder Scrolls RPG will be an exclusive Xbox, it remains to be seen.