Bethesda would "probably say no" to an Elder Scrolls show or movieApr 12, 2024 - Rock, Paper, ShotgunWith the Fallout live-action show now out and honestly far better than I was expecting, are Bethesda also brewing an adaptation of their other big RPG series, The Elder Scrolls? Not at present, according to Bethesda executive producer Todd Howard, and he says he'd "probably say no" if approached. Mind you, that was the stance he had until Fallout finally fell into place. Read moreIs an Elder Scrolls TV show going to follow Fallout? Bethesda doesn't seem to be in any rushApr 11, 2024 - VG247Amazon's Fallout TV Show is here now, but before it was, the show had a swanky Hollywood premiere that I'm sure my invite for got lost in the post. At that premiere, snazzily dressed Todd Howard said some things, and some of these things were about the potential idea of an Elder Scrolls adaptation. When it comes to such a thing, it sounds like Howard's plan is - simply put - to keep on being picky. Yup, picky, but in what should be a good way. After all, if someone's going to turn the Lusty Argonian Maid into the blockbuster hit of summer 2034, we need to make sure they understand what the political climate of Morrowind was like when Crassius Curio wrote the damn thing. Speaking to IGN on the red carpet, Howard was asked about the idea of other Bethesda IPs potentially getting the adaptation treatment, be that a TV show like Fallout or something else. "I don't know. There's nothing in the works," the BGS big cheese said. Read moreYes, that Oblivion quest where you totally ruin a dinner party via an underpants spell is in SkyblivionFeb 2, 2024 - VG247Remember the Oblivion quest where you crash a dinner party and unleash a cheeky underpants-based spell on some rich folks? Well, Skyblivion's developers have just given us a look at the massive mod's version of it during a showcase at C3. For those who aren’t familiar, Skyblivion is the massive modding project that's remaking the fourth entry in the Elder Scrolls series in Skyrim’s engine. The team behind it are currently set to finally release their incredible creation in 2025, but have been providing fans with plenty of previews and sneak peaks in the interim, with the latest of these coming as part of C3, a big Bethesda community modding showcase. In this latest Skyblivion showcase stream, project lead Kyle 'Rebelsize' Rebel and quest developer Scott 'Fishfiend' Whiting kicked off with an impromptu look a funny little Imp model. Interestingly, the team is currently at a point with the mod where certain locations are being finalised and others that are linked to specfic quests are busy being revamped in ways that make them look even cooler than they did in the original game, making the most of the newer engine being used. Read moreCreator of Skyrim's dragons and Fallout 4's deathclaws set to speak at new Bethesda community modding eventJan 22, 2024 - VG247If you’re a fan of Bethesda games, a new community modding event that’s set to take place on Twitch towards the end of next week looks well worth checking out, especially now that the artist behind some of Skyrim and Fallout 4’s most iconic creatures is set to make an appearance at it. No matter whether your poison of choice is Skyrim, Fallout 4, Starfield, or something a bit more retro (sorry, old people) like Oblivion, if you’re interested in installing or creating mods for Bethesda games, the chance to get a glimpse at the work going into some of the community’s biggest projects is hard to pass up. That’s exactly what it looks like C3, the latest event organised by charity initiative Fallout For Hope, will offer, in addition to some other interesting streams. As announced via Twitter, former Bethesda character artist Jonah Lobe, who gave the likes of Skyrim’s dragons, Fallout 4’s deathclaws, and Fallout 3’s aliens their iconic appearances, is the latest community figure set to make an appearance at the event, which is set to take place on Twitch across February 2 and 3. Much like all of the previous community events put on by Fallout For Hope, which has teamed up with the likes of Sheogorath voice actor Wes Johnson in the recent past, C3 - or Community Creations Con - is set to raise money for a good cause, with Make-A-Wish International having gotten the nod this time. Read moreElder Scrolls Online gets a new expansion in June, plus a 15 month-long birthday party, which feels greedyJan 19, 2024 - VG247The Elder Scrolls Online’s next expansion, dubbed Gold Road, is set to arrive this summer following a big reveal as part of last night’s big Xbox Developer Direct. The game is also getting a 15 month-long tenth birthday celebration, which seems a tad excessive (we're just jealous really). Yes, it’s almost a decade since Zenimax looked at World of Warcraft (among others), looked at The Elder Scrolls, and thought something along the lines of ‘why not us, man?’. Despite not quite being the cup of tea of many single-player loving mainline Elder Scrolls fans, ESO’s amassed a pretty huge player base of MMO-enjoyers over the years, who’ll get to head on a new adventure in Cyrodiil this June. Said adventure comes in the form of the Gold Road expansion, which you can check out a cool trailer for below. For veteran ESO players, it looks like Gold Road will serve as a bit of a follow-up to last year’s Necrom expansion, while offering the chance to explore some classic locations you’ll likely remember from Oblivion, in the form of the Imperial province’s West Weald region and its central city, Skingrad. Read moreTeleporting synths delivering pizzas? It must be a great new Fallout 4 modDec 4, 2023 - VG247There’s now a Fallout 4 mod that allows you to order a pizza from the Institute and have it delivered to you in very rapid fashion by a teleporting synth delivery boy. Yes, this is an actual thing, and if you’ve decided to kick off another romp through The Commonwealth after watching the trailer for Amazon’s Fallout TV Series, it looks pretty perfect for keeping your Sole Survivor well-fed during their adventures. After all, who hasn’t ended up fancying a margarita while wandering through some irradiated ruins? That seems to be the sentiment behind Hrodeberht1 and Bella’s ‘Syntho Pizza - Commonwealth Pizza Delivery’, which allows you to order a “rad-free pizza made from BioScience's best ingredients” and have it quickly delivered by a synth that’ll be teleported to your location. Or, as the mod’s description declares: “The Institute finally decided to actually do something useful for the future of mankind (or maybe it's just a PR stunt), and now offers pizza delivery to the people of the Commonwealth.” Read moreWaiting for news on the Elder Scrolls 6? This spooky new Skyblivion showcase could scratch your itchNov 2, 2023 - VG247Given that it’s infamous for featuring some terrifyingly bizarre NPC encounters, Oblivion makes a pretty good game to play during spooky season, something the latest Skyblivion showcase proves. For those who aren’t familiar, Skyblivion is the massive modding project that aims to remake the fourth entry in the Elder Scrolls series in Skyrim’s engine. The team behind it are currently set to finally release their incredible creation in 2025, but have been providing fans with plenty of previews and sneak peaks in the interim, with the latest of these showing off some of the mod’s most hair-raising elements. The majority of the video, which you can watch in full here, provides a walkthrough of the fittingly blood-curdling Oblivion quest that sees the player seek out a cure for vampirism, which any adventurers who’ve ever accidentally stumbled into a dungeon full of fanged foes will definitely remember. Read moreThat Oblivion remaster is seemingly real, and Fallout 3 might be getting one tooSep 19, 2023 - VG247It might be your time to rejoice, Oblivion and Fallout 3 fans, as a big Microsoft leak appears to have confirmed remasters for the pair of games are on the way. Today is not Microsoft's day, as a whole bunch of confidential details have emerged from some documents as part of the FTC's case against the tech company. For one, it's been revealed that Dishonored 3 is in the works, and perhaps slightly surprisingly, a Ghostwire: Tokyo sequel too. But the thing that Bethesda fans will most likely be interested in is that remasters of both The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion and Fallout 3 are in the works. The leaked documents were shared on Resetera, showing a list of games and the years they were expected to release in. It's important to note that the Oblivion remaster was apparently planned to have been released in 2022, but obviously that year has come and gone, and we're almost finished with 2023 without any kind of official announcement about it. There was a rumour earlier this year about a potential Oblivion remake that Virtuos Games is apparently working on, but again, no confirmation on that just yet. Virtuos Games is a studio that predominantly co-develops games, and is currently assisting Konami on the upcoming Metal Gear Solid 3 Remake. Read moreEverybody's favourite Oblivion voice actor is back in StarfieldSep 7, 2023 - VG247One particular character in Starfield sees the return of a voice actor who's worked with Bethesda across its games for a long time. You might not know his name, but if you're a fan of Bethesda, you almost certainly know his voice. I'm talking about Wes Johnson, of course, a voice actor who's offered his tones to Bethesda as far back as Morrowind. Though you'll probably most likely remember him for his work in Oblivion, in particular as all of the members of the Imperial Watch, noted for their classic "Stop! You violated the law," line, amongst others. If you do remember Johnson's work, you'll probably be happy to hear that he's back in Starfield, this time voicing a character called Ron Hope. Ron, ironically enough, can be found in HopeTown, which is a settlement based on Polvo in the Valo system. He's also the CEO of HopeTech (sensing a running theme here), who you can take a mission from that involves finding a thief. Much like his Imperial Guard counterpart, he's also a bit of a stickler for holding criminals accountable, with the clip above showing how he wants the thief to be "prosecuted to the full extent of the law." Read moreStarfield's "are planets planets" debate recalls the amazingly weird cosmology of Elder ScrollsAug 29, 2023 - Rock, Paper, ShotgunYou may have noticed a mounting squabble between Starfield fans and detractors concerning the game's planetary maps, triggered by some leaks or fake leaks over the past week. Said skirmish has now escalated to "-gate" status, with "Tilegate" doing the rounds on forums and even creeping into search results, presumably much to the alarm of innocent, unaligned ceramics company Tilegate Trading Llc in Florida. The nub of the dispute seems to be thus: some people claim the procedurally generated tiles that comprise many Starfield environments actually glue together into complete globes, so that you can see and walk from one to the other and, indeed, all around the equator, while others claim they're discrete maps with invisible walls, similar to those of the astonishing "dreamable" space sim Noctis. Who knows, we might have an under-embargo Starfield review in the works that will lay matters to rest. In the short term, the uncertainty about whether Starfield's planets are actually planets puts me in mind of comparable celestial angst in Bethesda's Elder Scrolls games, where planets are more properly described as planes of existence, conjured by immortal beings, which sort of orbit the mortal world of Tamriel. I've been revisiting how Bethesda's mainstay fantasy games thought about outer space in the run-up to Starfield, and while I'm intrigued by the new game's portrayals of celestial mechanics (latest discovery: the Starfield starmap represents stellar and planetary gravity as dimples on a kind of galactic tarpaulin, as in old Stephen Hawking documentaries), I'll be very surprised if it offers anything quite as wonderfully bizarre. Read moreQuakeCon sale gives you up to 85% off these essential FPS gamesAug 2, 2023 - PCGamesNA QuakeCon sale gives you huge discounts on many top series from the legendary studios behind some of the best FPS games. Along with Doom and Quake creator id Software, Bethesda (now a part of Microsoft) also comprises Wolfenstein developers Machine Games, Dishonored and Deathloop maker Arkane Studios, and Tango Gameworks, the studio behind The Evil Within and Hi-Fi Rush. Now, that huge catalogue gets some equally massive discounts to celebrate the upcoming QuakeCon. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Get Bethesda's best games for dirt cheap ahead of StarfieldDishonored meets Jurassic Park in this steampunk RPGAwesome Games Done Quick's complete January 2018 schedule has been releasedIf the rumours about an Oblivion remake are true, the wait for ES6 just got a lot easierAug 1, 2023 - VG247According to a now deleted Reddit post, a remake of the beloved Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion is in the works over at Virtuous Games. The studio - itself at the centre of a previously leaked Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater remake which proved on the money - may very well be getting its hands on another fan favourite. But first, the source. Earlier in the week Reddit User Suicidal_tendencie posted on the GamingLeaksAndRumours subreddit. This is a well-known hub for every leaky ship in the industry - both real and fictitious. The poster, claiming to be an ex-employee from Virtuous Games, revealed a range of projects including an Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion remake, although couldn't provide any screenshots as evidence. "It is done currently using a pairing system, so it means that the remaster is running using both an Unreal Engine 5 project, and the Oblivion one. For instance, new graphics are rendered in the UE5 project, but most of the gameplay / physics /etc is still done in Oblivion. It should be released end of next year/ early depending m0stly if it's a remake or a remaster. It is mostly done in Paris, but Blackshamrock also helps the studio for the art." (Thanks Xfire for grabbing a screenshot before it was taken down.) Read moreElder Scrolls Oblivion remake dev talks "death threats" and "stalking"Jul 17, 2023 - PCGamesNElder Scrolls Oblivion remake Skyblivion is currently slated for launch in 2025, taking the entirety of Bethesda's classic RPG game and rebuilding it using the more-modern Skyrim engine. One developer of the fan project however claims to have been a victim of "death threats," "stalking," and "harassment," as the total conversion mod shares additional gameplay updates, and we eagerly anticipate more Tamriel news in the form of the Elder Scrolls 6 release date. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Oblivion's remake in Skyrim shows off ten minutes of new footageGet Bethesda's best games for dirt cheap ahead of StarfieldGet every Elder Scrolls game for $25 right nowOblivion-in-Skyrim mod Skyblivion still looks stunning in latest development updateJun 26, 2023 - Rock, Paper, ShotgunThe team of modders working to remaster The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion in Skyrim’s engine have released a hefty roadmap video, updating us on all the work they have left to do before Skyblivion’s 2025 release window. As well as development updates, the new video (embedded below) contains plenty of glimpses at Skyblivion’s nostalgic landscapes. Come take a look at fancy Cyrodiil down below, which looks exactly how I remember Oblivion looking (until I looked at actual Oblivion again.) Read moreOblivion's remake in Skyrim shows off ten minutes of new footageJun 25, 2023 - PCGamesNThe upcoming Elder Scrolls Oblivion remake built by fans entirely within Skyrim has just had a huge update, as the RPG game looks more and more like a great way to wait out the Elder Scrolls 6 release date. So if Oblivion and Skyrim's love child, naturally called Skyblivion, is of interest, you'll want to see this.
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Get Bethesda's best games for dirt cheap ahead of StarfieldJun 16, 2023 - PCGamesNThe Elder Scrolls, Doom, Fallout, Dishonored, Wolfenstein, Quake, The Evil Within - you name it, Bethesda has some of the best PC games in its catalog, and you can get most of them for next to nothing right now thanks to a sale with up to 85% off the likes of Skyrim, Oblivion, Fallout New Vegas, Wolfenstein 2, and Prey. With the Starfield release date swooping over the horizon, what better time than now to enjoy Bethesda's best? Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Dishonored meets Jurassic Park in this steampunk RPG Awesome Games Done Quick's complete January 2018 schedule has been released Dishonored co-creative director "hopeful" for future of complex, PC-like multiplatform games Diablo 4's horse armour costs four times the price of Oblivion’s controversial horse armourJun 6, 2023 - VG247In 2006, The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion developer Bethesda did what many at the time thought was unthinkable. The company put an in-game item on sale for real-world money, in a full-price game. It was a cosmetic horse armour set for $2.50. Oblivion's controversial horse armour is largely thought of as the first microtransaction in a AAA, premium game. Today, horse armour is one of many items you can buy in plenty of games, including the recently released Diablo 4. But while the idea is not new, these prices certainly are. Alongside the Diablo 4 early access launch on Friday, the in-game shop went live with a variety of bundles. The store has a similar structure to those seen in most modern games (including Activision Blizzard's Call of Duty). It offers bundles of character skins, horses, and horse armour. Read more Get every Elder Scrolls game for $25 right nowMay 22, 2023 - PCGamesNIt's a constant battle, trying to decide which is the greatest Elder Scrolls game. I love Skyrim, with its snow-capped mountains, chunky, clunky sword-and-shield physics, and of course, the dragon-slaying, but the grimy world of Morrowind is perhaps the most captivating, and Oblivion, surely, has the best story. Even then, if we're charting the history of RPG games, we have to pay respect to Elder Scrolls Arena and Daggerfall, and there's also the much-improved multiplayer hit ESO. If only there were some kind of huge Steam sale, giving us all these Bethesda hits at a bargain price. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Morrowind remake, built in Skyrim, gets huge new gameplay trailer Elder Scrolls' best game is free on Prime Gaming as Morrowind hits ESO Morrowind gets new maps and quests as Elder Scrolls mod renews Tamriel Huge Oblivion and Skyrim mods bring old yet new games to GOGFeb 28, 2023 - PCGamesNTwo colossal total conversions for Elder Scrolls games Oblivion and Skyrim are now available on GOG for free, as the classic Bethesda RPG games never seem to go out of style. While both mods are free, they do require that you own Skyrim and Oblivion respectively, and each is a brilliant way to shake up the games if you missed them the first time around. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Put Skyrim mods aside as Oblivion and Morrowind collide in new project Elder Scrolls Oblivion remake gets huge new gameplay reveal Elder Scrolls Oblivion mod plagues Tamriel with swearing sewer rats Put Skyrim mods aside as Oblivion and Morrowind collide in new projectFeb 11, 2023 - PCGamesNThere's plenty of new Skyrim mods to help fantasy fans pass the time until the next Bethesda games arrive, but the wait for Starfield and The Elder Scrolls 6 release date just got easier thanks to a crossover mod featuring two older entries in the series. Both Morrowind and Oblivion are worthy of their place among the best RPG games of all time, and a new Elder Scrolls mod brings them together in spectacular fashion. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Elder Scrolls Oblivion remake gets huge new gameplay reveal Elder Scrolls Oblivion mod plagues Tamriel with swearing sewer rats Elder Scrolls Oblivion remake, built in Skyrim, gets release dateGet Bethesda's best games for dirt cheap ahead of Starfield Get every Elder Scrolls game for $25 right now Huge Oblivion and Skyrim mods bring old yet new games to GOG