Bethesda Chief Todd Howard Issues Rare Reddit Comment, Fans Immediately Call for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered Patch

Bethesda main Todd Howard has issued a uncommon station connected Reddit, telling gamers that the developer is "constantly listening” to fans connected the website. And so, unsurprisingly, fans person responded with requests.

Howard posted successful the r/games subreddit successful the aftermath of Bethesda's announcement of its roadmap of releases implicit the coming years. With The Elder Scrolls 6 taking up Bethesda Game Studios’ attention, Howard confirmed Fallout 5 is present successful pre-production, New Vegas developer Obsidian is moving connected a caller Fallout game, Fallout 3 and New Vegas remasters are successful the works, and Starfield is inactive alive.

That announcement itself followed a important circular of layoffs crossed Xbox, which deed Bethesda and its assorted studios hard arsenic caller Xbox CEO Asha Sharma continues her “reset” of Microsoft’s gaming business. That reset involves doubling down connected Xbox’s halfway franchises, and for Bethesda that means much The Elder Scrolls and Fallout games, much quickly.

Howard past took the antithetic measurement of really posting connected Reddit, calling himself a “professional lurker” who gets “great ideas” from the website. He called connected fans to proceed to supply feedback and station their ideas for aboriginal Bethesda games, which helium whitethorn oregon whitethorn not instrumentality inspiration from.

Here’s the station successful full:

Hey Reddit. I’m a nonrecreational lurker and work your comments each the time. Many present bash and we profoundly admit each the passionateness for our work. I cognize I don’t truly post, and we’re usually precise quiet. Today’s info was an effort astatine changing that and letting everyone cognize what we’ve been moving connected the past respective years, and a look astatine what’s coming. So cognize we’re perpetually listening and support telling america however to beryllium adjacent better. You’d beryllium amazed however galore large ideas I get from Reddit. So upvote your favourite and we’ll bash it. Maybe.

This is Howard's archetypal remark connected Reddit successful six months. The past was to simply accidental "Dear Reddit, delight ne'er change," successful a thread astir idiosyncratic who modded Todd Howard into Fallout 4. Before that, Howard posted connected Reddit 3 years agone to convey fans for their "passion and excitement" for Starfield. And, earlier that, Howard posted 5 years agone arsenic portion of a Reddit Ask Me Anything celebrating Skyrim’s 10th anniversary. In that AMA, Howard said helium hadn't posted connected the net successful 15 years.

I don’t deliberation this means Howard is each of a abrupt going to commencement posting a batch successful Reddit oregon adjacent online generally. But, clearly, this is the commencement of a caller epoch nether Microsoft, 1 that volition spot a batch much Fallout, that’s for sure. It stands to crushed that much connection volition beryllium needed to assistance get Bethesda's imaginativeness across.

Unsurprisingly, Howard's Reddit station was followed instantly by requests from fans, the archetypal of which called for patches for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered. "Thanks Todd. Please get Virtuous to support patching Oblivion and springiness it arsenic overmuch emotion arsenic you guys gave Skyrim, due to the fact that it feels abandoned close present which is simply a shame," said redditor GamerLove1.

As we reported successful May, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered is without a spot connected PC since July 2025, and inactive suffers from issues that plagued it astatine launch, including worsening show the much you play.

Will Oblivion Remastered yet get immoderate love? Oblivion Remastered, overall, seems similar a large occurrence for Bethesda, which contracted Virtuos to assistance remake its much-loved role-playing crippled utilizing Unreal Engine 5. It’s seen implicit 9 cardinal players, and Howard himself told IGN successful December that the workplace was “really, truly pleased with however good it did.” So it seems somewhat unusual that the crippled hasn’t seen an update successful truthful long. Oblivion Remastered launches for the Nintendo Switch 2 connected August 11, 2026, truthful possibly we'll spot a large update for each versions then.

Meanwhile, Bethesda has said that portion it won't big a accepted Fallout Day broadcast this year, it's readying thing peculiar for Fallout's 30th day successful 2027, erstwhile Fallout Day volition beryllium celebrated unrecorded successful Washington, D.C. Also adjacent year, Bethesda plans to merchandise a large Fallout 76 enlargement called Raven Rock, which acts arsenic a prequel communicative to Fallout 3.

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