Bethesda Explains Why Skyrim Is Getting Remastered Instead of Oblivion - Talks About How Mod Support Will Work

Skyrim Special Edition will also release on the Nintendo Switch

Post-obit tons of rumors almost a potential remastered edition of Skyrim being in the works, Bethesda finally took the wraps off the renewed version of its pop role-playing game at this year's E3 printing conference. Of class, the Elder Scrolls fanbase is chock with excitement centered effectually the upcoming The Elderberry Scrolls V: Skyrim – Special Edition, just a large number of followers have instituted a rather practical question; why Bethesda chose to remaster Skyrim instead of the as-pop Oblivion? The answer, every bit information technology turns out, is pretty straight forward.

The Amount of Work Required to Bring The Elder Scrolls Five: Oblivion Back to Life "Was Mountainous" - Skyrim Special Edition Mod Back up Explained

Speaking to GameSpot, Bethesda PR vice president Pete Hines provided an explanation in response to the question that a number of Elder Scrolls fans have been asking. A tremendous amount of work would be required to bring The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion back to life, Hines antiseptic. Of course it is not something that the developer can't manage to do, but the team'southward effort would be better served towards creating a brand new game.

"Oblivion is ten years old, so the amount of work for that engine and that tech to bring it and remaster it and do all the things we wanted to do was pregnant. It'southward not incommunicable, but it was mountainous. Information technology was either similar, go make an entire new game or do Skyrim."

Another cause behind choosing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim to become a current-gen remaster treatment was the fact that the development squad had already ported the immensely popular part-playing game to Microsoft's Xbox One console every bit a technical do, and so some of the piece of work on recalibrating the last-gen game to run fit on electric current-gen consoles had already been done.

"It but seemed to be a much closer path. It was the most successful game that we had ever done before Fallout iv, so it already had a huge audience."

Hines went on to talk virtually Skyrim Special Edition's modernistic support for both PC and current-gen consoles, explaining that it will basically work in the aforementioned way as Fallout 4'due south creation kit. He said:

"The idea is that information technology's exactly the aforementioned manner [equally Fallout 4]. Skyrim Special Edition on PC is free only if yous ain Skyrim and all of the DLC... Information technology also has a new cosmos kit. It doesn't just work with all of the existing mods; they volition have to accept that modern and run it through the new creation kit and publish it to Bethesda Cyberspace. Then that would be available on console."

Hines has previously antiseptic that Skyrim Special Edition will support quondam mods equally well, but since the new PC version of the game is 64-bit, players will have to modify 32-bit mods in society to make them uniform. Bethesda, Hines added, volition "continue to work on and evolve mods on Fallout 4," and that's not all; those improvements will besides brand their way to Skyrim. Bated from mods, though, Skyrim Special Edition won't come with new content. "Systems-wise and content-wise, it's the game plus all of the DLC," said Hines.

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Special Edition is set to be released for Windows PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on October 28, 2022. The game, as stated above, volition come with full modern support. It will feature a complete graphical upgrade, and all three DLC expansions.