Oblivion-linked Virtuos is making an ‘unannounced Unreal Engine 5 remake’
Metal Gear Solid 3 remake studio Virtuos has again been linked with a possible Oblivion remake
Virtuos is working on an unannounced remake built with Unreal Engine 5 for Xbox Series X/S, PS5 and PC.
That’s according to the LinkedIn profile of Oleksii Moskovchenko, a technical art director at Virtuos in Shanghai, China.
While the identity of the project remains a mystery, it’s reignited speculation that a remake of 2006’s The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion could be in development at Virtuos.
In July 2023, a Reddit user said to be a former Virtuos employee claimed that the studio was working on a remake of Oblivion.
They said the title would make use of a ‘pairing system’ that would run the game on both Unreal Engine 5 and the Oblivion engine.
“For instance, new graphics are rendered in the Unreal Engine 5 project, but most of the gameplay, physics etc are still done in [the] Oblivion [engine],” they claimed.
And later that year, a leaked court document revealed a roadmap of planned Bethesda games from 2020, which included an Oblivion remaster.
Established in 2004, Virtuos is one of the largest game makers in the world. It focuses on supporting the development of major triple-A games or bringing existing titles to new platforms.
Having previously worked on franchises including Call of Duty, Tomb Raider, Dark Souls, BioShock, Battlefield, Uncharted and Horizon, it’s currently supporting Konami’s development of the Metal Gear Solid 3 remake.
