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A remaster of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is probably the worst kept secret in gaming right now and Bethesda seems to have finally acknowledged its existence and teased a livestream on April 22.

Oblivion released back in 2006 and is a beloved action role-playing game that's considered by many to be the very best in the popular The Elder Scrollsseries.

There has been all sorts of leaks, rumours and speculation over the past few weeks about it, including from insiders claiming the game will release the week starting April 21 and from Virtuos Studios, a company understood to be working on the remaster that seemingly sustained a leak with screenshots appearing online.

Keep up-to-date with all the latest on the (currently potential) remaster of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion with the dedicated indy100 live blog below.

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There's just an hour to go until Bethesda's stream gets underway which is expected to reveal details about The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered.

Stay tuned for all the latest as it happens with our live blog.

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered screenshots

Recently, there was seemingly a huge leak of content from Virtuos Studios, a company that focuses on supporting development of the biggest titles or helping to get existing titles on new platforms that's long been rumoured.

The company is understood to be working with Bethesda on The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered.

Images were first posted on Resetera which appeared to show screenshots. Content also included comparisons to the original and artwork of the new game, alongside the screenshots.

There is currently no trailer for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered but that is likely to change during Bethesda's upcoming stream.

Bethesda stream - everything you need to know

Bethesda's stream entitled 'All Will Be Revealed' starts at 4pm BST / 11am ET / 8am PT.

It will be streamed on Bethesda's official YouTube and Twitch channels. Alternatively, tune in using the YouTube embed above.

It's expected Bethesda will fully reveal The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered and it's heavily rumoured the game will be available to play at the same time or very shortly after the broadcast.

We'll have all the details from the stream as they emerge.

Release will happen same time as reveal, it's claimed

Insiders have claimed The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered will release at the same time of Bethesda's reveal later today.

Games website MP1st reports "a source familiar with the situation has confirmed to MP1st that the game will also be shadow dropped" at 4pm BST / 11am ET / 8am PT.

Insider eXtas1s posted on X / Twitter in a translated post they "can 100 per cent confirm this" when mentioning that report.

It's understood the game will release on PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC as well as day one on Game Pass.

This comes after two more insiders in Jeff Grubb, an insider and reporter at Giant Bomb, and Detective Seeds previously claimed the game will release "the week of April 21".

Game size has been 'revealed'

A screenshot of what's understood to be leaked artwork for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion RemasterThe Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remaster is expected to have a pretty huge install sizeBethesda

In news which will come as a delight to fans of the original game, Oblivion Remastered is understood to have a huge install size on Steam.

In fact, according to renowned leaker XOXLEAK, the remaster will be 10 times the size of Skyrim.

The rumoured huge size of the game means that there would be major improvements to the original, given that it was just 4.6 GB in size.

Read the full story here.

Bethesda finally revealing Oblivion details

Bethesda seems to have finally acknowledged a remaster of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion exists and is

The studio has never officially confirmed the game is in the works, even though leaked court documents from Xbox's acquisition of Bethesda revealed that a remake was in fact being developed in 2023 (which Video Games Chronicle (VGC) reported) and screenshots seemed to leak online from one of the companies involved in the remaster.

And now Bethesda has teased an Oblivion livestream at 11am ET (8am PT / 4pm BST) on April 22.

All Bethesda shared is the date, time, link to its channels where the stream will take place and artwork featuring the famous 'IV'.

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