OblivioninSkyrim‘s engine – what’s not to love?
While development is still going on, the team of volunteers behind theSkyrim/OblivionmodSkyblivionhas just a milestone, celebrating eight years of “non stop work”. However, the dedicated modders are not through yet, though it’s looking like the crew may be ready to launch sometime in 2025.
If you’ve been keeping an eye on theSkyblivionTwitter page, you’ll have seen a series of screenshots go up, showing the current progress of the modification. Many have been hoping theElder Scrollsfan project was nearing completionby now, but there’s still a ways to go, it seems. But that’s okay. It looks like it’s going to be worth it.
8 years of non stop work by a group of passionate fans.Happy anniversary to the entire Skyblivion team🎉 Heres to our release in 2025🥂pic.twitter.com/kjOLJMjzzF
— Skyblivion (@TESRSkyblivion)July 23, 2025
For those of you who don’t know,Skyblivionaims to bring a complete — though unofficial — remake ofOblivionto theSkyrimengine, thereby giving it a more modern look. Of course, at this point,TES5‘s Creation Engine is also showing its age, but it will still give the 17-year-old Bethesda RPG a fresh coat of paint. It is, after all, a mammoth task that’s being made a that’s being coordinated by someverypassionate fans.
The fact that there’s been continuous work on it for the past eight years puts the project back to 2015. However, according to theSkyblivionwebsite, development officially started in 2012 with version 0.1. In 2014, the project entered a more stable phase, and things have been progressing since then.
The best part about it is it’s going to be completely free once it releases. The only stipulation is that if you do want to play it, you’ll need legitimate copies of bothSkyrimandOblivion, as well as all official DLCs. But that’s a small price to pay for what’s likely to be one of the most ambitious fan-made mods of all time. You can also join theSkyblivionDiscord serverto stay up to date.
