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Eurogamer understands Bethesda's current plan is to shadow drop the game next week on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, including via Xbox Game Pass.

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[–] Console_Modder@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 month ago (3 children)

That's so fucking weird to drop a remaster or remake like that so suddenly with no advertising or announcement. Something about this still doesn't feel right in my gut, so I guess I'll believe it when (if) it does drop. I don't even know if I am going to buy it if it's real, I have more faith in the modders behind Skyblivion than I do in Bethesda to actually do right with their IPs

[–] Nima@leminal.space 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

i think its a panic project that was fired up quickly because Starfield failed so miserably.

unless this was just a side project that a few devs were working on and it was latched on to as a product that could be focused on.

i suspect that while todd was failing to put out fires, a couple devs were like "should we tell them we've been messing around with Oblivion assets in our new engine?"

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago (3 children)

No, they contracted this game out to another developer, and it's in Unreal. It's been in the works for a long time. If they're smart, it's a testbed for getting future games off of their usual Creation engine.

[–] Nima@leminal.space 5 points 1 month ago

ooooooh! I'm very happy to have been corrected. it might actually be decent, then!

thank you much for the info. that's interesting.

[–] femtech@midwest.social 3 points 1 month ago

343 is doing the same with halo.

[–] bilb@lem.monster -1 points 1 month ago

I hope they made it impossible to mod. In my new but rapidly growing religion, "modding" (desacrating) games is a mortal sin. Elder Scrolls games have damned the souls of many hairy, soft-bodied men.

[–] simple@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

What's weird is that they're still keeping it a secret even though it's been rumored for months. We know it's coming, but they're still acting like it's going to be a surprise.

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Video game marketing changed dramatically about 2 years ago. No one likes long marketing cycles anymore. There are too many opportunities for delays or "puddlegates".

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Microsoft likes doing shadowdrops, apparently. Hi-Fi Rush being the most prominent, but they also shadowdropped the Ninja Gaiden 2 remake a few months ago.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

Bethesda used to have a very short time between announcements and release. This game isn't made by them, but they probably made the devs keep a tight lid on it.