The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered (PS5) News Articles
Monday24th Nov 2025
News Are Shadow Drops the Future? Bethesda's Betting on Them After Oblivion Remastered Success
Drop it
Oblivion Remastered was a hit for Bethesda — despite its dodgy performance issues — and the publisher's keen to repeat the level of hype that was swirling when the remake launched back in April. Basically, Bethesda's all-in on the idea of shadow dropping its games — that is, releasing them with no prior announcement and watching fans...
Monday13th Oct 2025
Proceed, on your way to Oblivion
We knew something was up with Oblivion Remastered's anticipated physical release, because Bethesda has simply refused to provide a straight answer in any of its marketing materials. As it turns out, you will need an "additional download" to actually play the game, despite the disc containing the base adventure and...
Tuesday7th Oct 2025
News Oblivion Remastered's Physical PS5 Release Will Include the 'Base Game on Disc'
But we still have questions
If you’ve been eagerly anticipating the physical version of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, due out on 13th October, may we recommend you exercise some caution. As spotted by notorious social media mogul Wario64, the box art for the PS5 version has been updated to include an ‘Internet Required’...
Monday29th Sep 2025
News Bethesda Finally Announces Oblivion Remastered Physical Edition Is Real
Deluxe Edition will be printed onto a PS5 disc
Oblivion Remastered will get a PS5 physical version next month, publisher Bethesda has finally confirmed. Speculation of the boxed edition has been doing the rounds since the summer, and now a date has been attached to a physical disc: 13th October 2025. It'll be the Deluxe Edition receiving a physical...
Tuesday29th Jul 2025
News Oblivion Remastered Still Broken and Buggy on PS5, Even After Patch 1.2
So says Digital Foundry
It sounds like Oblivion Remastered still has a ways to go before it is running in tip-top shape on PS5, as Digital Foundry reports the RPG continues to face severe problems despite a recent patch. Released just under two weeks ago, update 1.2 was designed to address a number of performance problems, UI issues, and various...
Thursday17th Jul 2025
Rumour Oblivion Remastered, Metal Gear Solid Delta Dev Hit with Hundreds of Layoffs
Apparently overspent on Oblivion
Virtuos, the development company behind Oblivion Remastered and the upcoming Metal Gear Solid Delta, is reportedly in the process of laying off around 300 employees. This is according to French reporter Gauthier Andres, who says that 7% of Virtuos' workforce will be let go. At this point you may be thinking, "wait,...
Wednesday16th Jul 2025
News Oblivion Remastered Patch 1.2 Out Now, Adds New Difficulty Options, Improves Performance, More
It's about bloody time
A second major update for Oblivion Remastered has been revealed, and it's set to address some of the game's most glaring issues. Patch 1.2 is out now in beta form on Steam, but it'll (hopefully) be coming to PS5 soon enough. The headline for this one is the addition of new difficulty settings. Since its release back in...
Monday14th Jul 2025
News Bethesda to Put Oblivion Remastered on a PS5 Disc in New Physical Edition
Boxed copies out in October
News of an Oblivion Remastered PS5 physical edition has been made public by UK retailers, with The Game Collection confirming pre-orders for boxed copies will go live today ahead of a release in October 2025. In response to multiple fan queries, the website does not have information on whether the RPG will be complete on...
Wednesday11th Jun 2025
News Oblivion Remastered Patch 1.511 Out Now on PS5, Big Download Includes Crash and Bug Fixes
One small step
It's been more than a month since the release of Oblivion Remastered. Players have been waiting weeks for word on an update — something to address the game's numerous performance issues and bugs — and the silence has finally been broken. Patch 1.1 is set to launch next week, on the 11th June. A second update has also been...
Thursday22nd May 2025
News Oblivion Remastered Updates Still Nowhere to Be Seen a Month After Release
The Zero of Kvatch
It's now been a full month since the shadow drop release of Oblivion Remastered, and players are still waiting on some much needed improvements. For the record, we've enjoyed playing through Oblivion again and allowing the sheer nostalgic overload to carry our interest — but there's absolutely no question that the game launched...
Wednesday21st May 2025
News Oblivion Remastered Sales Prove the Power of Nostalgia and Shadow Drops
Totally outsells the original game
The original Oblivion was an undeniable hit back when it launched in 2006 — an open RPG that set a lot of new standards for the genre. However, its initial success has seemingly been completely overshadowed by Oblivion Remastered, almost two decades later. The PS5 revival, which was shadow dropped on the 22nd...
Monday12th May 2025
News Oblivion Remastered Runs Worse the Longer You Play on PS5
Worse frame rates after just 15 minutes
The longer your individual play session in Oblivion Remastered is, the worse the RPG performs, the tech experts Digital Foundry have claimed. In a post-launch test conducted across all platforms — including base PS5 and PS5 Pro — the outlet reveals a potential memory leak in the game is resulting in a...
Monday5th May 2025
News Oblivion Remastered Sales Explode in the US, Becomes Third Best-Selling Game of 2025
Shadow drop guide you
Despite launching straight onto Game Pass, Oblivion Remastered has racked up some very impressive sounding sales in the US. In just its first week on the market, the open world RPG became the region's third best-selling release of 2025 so far, with only Monster Hunter Wilds and Assassin's Creed Shadows ahead of it in terms of...
Tuesday29th Apr 2025
News Oblivion Remastered Updates in the Oven, Bethesda Wants Your Feedback for Improvements
Remastering Remastered
When Oblivion Remastered was shadow dropped last week, questions were being asked of the game's post-launch support. Was it just going to be a one-and-done that Bethesda and Virtuos would immediately leave behind? Fortunately not, as it turns out. Bethesda is actually being surprisingly hands-on with the whole thing, going as...
Monday28th Apr 2025
News Oblivion Remastered PS5 Patch in Limbo as Xbox Users Get a Performance Boost
Anytime now
Late last week, a new update for Oblivion Remastered launched on Xbox and PC — but there's still no sign of said patch on PS5. Interestingly, Bethesda didn't release any patch notes for the update, and so some players have spent the weekend trying to work out what it actually does. As it happens, this seems to be an update aimed at...
Sunday27th Apr 2025
News Not Everyone Loved Oblivion Remastered's Shadow Drop
Indie games lose attention and mindshare
Shadow drops (when a game is revealed and released on the same day) are generally pretty exciting for the developer in question and the fans. However, what if you're a smaller studio that's put months of work into a release date you end up sharing with Oblivion Remastered? That's the fate Post Trauma...
Saturday26th Apr 2025
News Oblivion Remastered Tops 4 Million Players in Just a Few Days
Remember the Emperor
Oblivion Remastered has absolutely dominated the recent news cycle, and so it's no surprise to hear that the remade RPG has attracted a massive number of players. Remember, this thing was a shadow drop — a shadow drop that leaked all over the place for months, admittedly — and so it never had the benefit of a full marketing...
Thursday24th Apr 2025
News Bethesda Shows Solidarity with Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 After Oblivion Remastered Launch
Handshake emoji
Not one but two big RPGs have launched this week, and the publishers are exchanging pleasantries on social media. Bethesda of course made a huge splash by shadow-dropping The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, but it's released just a couple of days before the launch of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, a brand new RPG. The latter...
Tuesday22nd Apr 2025
News Oblivion Remastered Out Now on PS5, Price and Download Size Revealed
The one from my dreams
As many of the recent leaks suggested, The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered is out now on PS5, following its official reveal. It may bear the 'Remastered' title, but this revival definitely leans towards the remake side of things. Built on Unreal Engine 5, this is a ground-up graphical overhaul, complete with numerous...
News Official Oblivion Remastered Announcement Coming Today
Proceed to Oblivion
By the Nine it's actually happening: The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered is getting an official announcement today (that's the 22nd April, just to be clear). The tease comes from Bethesda's own social media accounts, which point towards YouTube and Twitch. The announcement is happening at 11am ET / 8am PT / 4pm BST...
Wednesday16th Apr 2025
News Oblivion PS5 Remaster Expected to Have Overhauled Gameplay, Based on Older Leaks
Better than ever
Now that we know the Oblivion remake is real (technically it's a remaster, according to the leaked materials), plenty of overhyped onlookers have been asking whether the revival will feature improved gameplay systems and mechanics. Oblivion is, after all, approaching its 20th anniversary, and in terms of character progression and...
