The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remake Is Real – Screenshots Leaked

Following
numerous
rumours
fuelled
by
insiders,
the
alleged
remake/remaster
of
The
Elder
Scrolls
4:
Oblivion
has
now
been
all
but
officially
confirmed
to
be
real
as
screenshots
begin
appearing
online.

The
remake/remaster
has
been
known
about
behind
the
scenes
for
quite
some
time
now,
and
is
even
reportedly
going
to
be
shadow
dropped
by
the
end
of
this
month,
something
which
these
screenshots
seem
to
confirm.

So,
how
did
these
screenshots
come
about?
Rather
simply,
as
it
turns
out.
Fans
have
begun
poking
around
Virtous’
(the
company
that
appears
to
be
handling
development)
website
for
a
while
now
in
the
hopes
of
turning
up
something.
Their
diligence
has
paid
off,
because
several
people
uncovered
screenshots
that
have
been
uploaded
to
the
developer’s
website
which
show
off
the
game.

It
turns
out
many
images
were
simply
sitting
in
the
website’s
upload
folder
which
hadn’t
been
made
private.
Virtous
has
quickly
rectified
that
problem,
and
begun
locking
down
other
screenshots
as
well,
but
the
damage
is
already
done.

“I
checked
the
website,
inspected
a
random
image
element
in
hope
I
could
find
something,”
Taurnil
told
one
user
who
asked
how
they
found
the
images.
“Turns
out
they’re
using
wordpress
and
the
uploads-folder
contains
these
images.
Didn’t
really
expect
to
find
this
though!”

Another
user
by
the
name
of
GhostofPuffers
also
found
comparison
screenshots
which
show
off
what
the
remake/remaster
looks
like
compared
to
the
original
game.
It’s
a
significant
overhaul,
owing
to
the
fact
that
this
remaster/remake
is
alleged
to
be
running
on
Unreal
Engine
5.

These
images
could
theoretically
be
faked
in
an
elaborate
hoax,
but
they
do
seem
to
have
been
genuinely
hosted
on
Virtous’
own
website,
making
that
very
unlikely.

Considering
the
amount
of
work
that
seems
to
have
been
put
into
this
new
version
of
the
game,
though,
I
do
find
myself
questioning
the
reasoning
behind
shadow
dropping
Oblivion.
Sure,
I
imagine
it
will
have
no
trouble
finding
a
ready
and
willing
audience,
myself
included,
but
it
seems
crazy
to
me
that
Microsoft
wouldn’t
want
to
spend
at
least
a
little
marketing
budget
on
it
prior
to
launch.