QUOTE(Kane @ Jan 16 2026, 07:49 PM)

It could be remasters. IIRC there were court documents from before the Microsoft acquisition that laid out BGS projected timeline of projects, and a Fallout 3 remaster was on that list. But it all got delayed by Covid.
Right, that's what I meant by the last paragraph. We know that the Fallout 3 Remaster is at least planned. I just don't think it's going to be ready yet. Would love to be wrong and I'm fully ready to eat my words if it does turn out to be one of the remasters. It's just going to be annoying if/when that isn't what the countdown is for and a bunch of gamers get pissy because they made up something in their minds that was never said to be the case.
QUOTE(Renee @ Jan 17 2026, 01:43 PM)

QUOTE(RaderOfTheLostArk @ Jan 16 2026, 04:09 PM)

Some people are speculating that it's a countdown to a Fallout 3 and/or NV Remaster.
Ugh.

How about they also remaster 4, 76, Starfield and hey, why not their very first sports game,
GRIDIRON? ....anything to delay the release of Elder Scrolls VI, hey why not?
I get that you're partially being sarcastic, but 4 just got its anniversary release, 76 is an online game, and Starfield is new enough. Technically yes, Skyrim has been remastered 235394436 times, but Oblivion's was the only Remaster they've had on that level before.
The only other Bethesda-developed games that could get that kind of treatment at this point would be 3/NV (yes, NV was Obsidian, but it was built on Bethesda's engine and uses a lot of Bethesda's pre-existing assets). Morrowind would require much more of an overhaul like full voice-acting, so I don't see that happening anytime soon. But Oblivion's was outsourced primarily to a different studio, so assuming that would happen again with 3/NV, it really wouldn't take up much of Bethesda's resources and therefore delay TESVI. As long as it isn't at the expense of TESVI development time, I'd love to see a 3/NV Remaster.
We do know that TESVI is the primary focus of Bethesda developers right now, even though there are other projects in the works. I obviously am stoked for it, but I'm quite okay with not yet hearing the inevitable gamer whining and grifting no matter how it turns out.