The team of modders behind Skyblivion, the project that aims to recreate Oblivion in Skyrim’s engine (as opposed to Morroblivion, which transfers Morrowind to Oblivion’s engine, and Heavenly wind, which ports Morrowind into Skyrim’s engine), must have been tired of people asking them when their work of more than a decade would finally be done. The latest trailer offers an “official release year announcement”, declaring that Skyblivion will be ready in 2025. That’s probably sooner than we’ll see The older scrolls 6at least.
That’s “at the latest” 2025, as made clear by the description of the YouTube video. “Making games takes time,” it reads, “this goes double for an AAA game-sized volunteer project that took a team of full-time DEVS years to make. Anyway, today we want to share that Skyblivion is in a state in which we can promise a release no later than 2025.”
Like any trailer for Skyblivion, the hope is that this one will bring more volunteers to the project. If there are enough of them, it could even come out before 2025. “We hope with your support to complete the final steps to complete our dream,” the description continues, “perhaps exceeding our own estimate.”
Watching the trailer is a hard reminder that Skyrim is and looks over a decade old. That said, there’s a definite excitement in seeing familiar places and faces from Oblivion brought back in a slightly glossier form. The trailer shows off the white stone of the Imperial City and the view across the river from the tutorial dungeon below, an encounter with the Dark Brotherhood and various giants, goblins, undead and dremora you may vaguely remember seeing in Oblivion killed while trying not to level up too fast and break the scaling system.
One of the modders named Rebelzize comments below the trailer saying, “Personally I think we can beat our estimates, but as usual it depends on how much free time we can devote to our hobby project and how many people sign up to help out afterwards. this video”. If you want to sign up, Skyblivion has one volunteer page (opens in new tab) with all the info you need.
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