Bethesda reveals The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered, and it's available now
Bethesda reveals The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered, and it's available now
Deluxe Edition includes new horse armour.
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by Tom Phillips
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Published on April 22, 2025
Bethesda has finally lifted the lid on The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered, shown off its shiny new gameplay - and launched it to play now.
In a video posted this afternoon, we've got our first official look at the new Oblivion after weeks of leaks, blurry screenshots and other teases of information.
Oblivion has been remade by port developer Virtuos' Paris studio, in collaboration with Bethesda, and this new version is a ground-up remake built in Unreal Engine 5, designed to run at 4K 60fps.
The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remake reveal video.Watch on YouTube
Oblivion Remake includes story expansions The Shivering Isles and The Knights of the Nine, as well as various other bits and pieces from the previous Remastered edition: the Fighter's Stronghold expansion, Spell Tome Treasures, Vile Lair, Mehrune's Razor, The Thieves Den, Wizard's Tower, Orrery, and Horse Pack Armour.
You can purchase it now for PC via Steam and the Microsoft Store, on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. It's also on Game Pass (PC and Ultimate). The base game costs £50, or £60 for a Deluxe Edition. If you're on PC, you can also buy a Steam code from Fanatical for £41.49 / $41.49 as well, a 17% saving.
The Deluxe Edition includes "new quests for unique Akatosh and Mehrunes Dagon armour, weapons and horse armour sets", because of course, plus access to an artbook and soundtrack app.
Changes include a refreshed levelling system inspired by Skyrim, additional dialogue (including unique voices for the game's various races) and more modern controls - including sprinting, which Bethesda says was something the team debated over adding, but ultimately decided was required in a modern game.
Eurogamer's video team reacts to The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered reveal.Watch on YouTube
On PC, you'll need 125GB of storage, and 16GB RAM to run the game. Minimum specs suggest you'll want an AMD Ryzen 5 2600X or Intel Core i7-6800K processor and either an AMD Radeon RX5700 or Nvidia GeForce 1070 Ti graphics card.
Recommended specs ask for 32GB RAM, an AMD Ryzen 5 3600X or Intel Core i5-10600K processor, and either an AMD Radeon RX 6800XT or Nvidia RTX 2080 graphics card.
"Obviously we're working on the sixth chapter here," Bethesda boss Todd Howard said in today's video, "but what's great about The Elder Scrolls is being able to look back at all of the chapters: Skyrim, Morrowind, Oblivion, Daggerfall, Arena. Each of them try to define role-playing games and open-world games for their generation.
"Oblivion was a real defining moment in the series and how we make games as a studio."