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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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[–] Philote@lemmy.ml 46 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

Feels on brand for Bethesda to secret release this just before skyblivion mod finally gets near their release date. Kind of feels like a slap in the face to the community. I guess we will get a who did it better comparison.

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 8 points 15 hours ago

Sounds like what they did to fallout London.

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 6 points 15 hours ago

I am actually not even sure how much input Bethesda had in this. It was remastered by an outside studio contracted by Microsoft. The same studio handling the remaster of Metal Gear Solid 3, apparently.

[–] Nilz@sopuli.xyz 15 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Unless they DMCA the Skyblivion mod.

[–] dinckelman@lemmy.world 9 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Unlikely to happen, because the leadership behind the project claimed they are in contact with Bethesda, to make sure no one’s stepping on anyone’s toes. Although obviously they can just pull the rug at any time, which would be catastrophic. Given that they’ve remade basically every single asset in the game, and require the original game to be owned and installed, it should be fine

[–] zenpocalypse@lemm.ee 7 points 17 hours ago

Also, it's likely to drive sales for Bethesda, considering

the requirement of owning Skyrim Special Edition and Oblivion GOTY Deluxe.

[–] drivepiler@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago

Games in plural, as well as all DLCs $$

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 2 points 19 hours ago

Usually they do that shortly before announcing their own, like Nintendo with AM2R. Maybe they won't do it at all.