Oblivion Remastered’s Broken PC/Console Versions Could Be Fixed By Switch 2 Port

Oblivion Remastered’s Switch 2 Port “Has Optimizations” Bethesda Will Bring To Console And PC Published Jul 23, 2026, 4:17 AM EDT Sam Woods is TheGamer’s Senior Reporter. He’s been in games journalism since 2020 and has undertaken a variety of roles in that time. These have included roles such as SEO Editor, Managing Editor at DualShockers, and Global Head of Gaming, and he's also been seen on the BBC. He was promoted to the Senior Reporter position in 2025 following a series of high-quality reports and exclusives for TheGamer. Since 2020, Sam has written over 2,500 articles and specializes in telling the stories of the people behind the games. He’s interviewed the biggest game directors, some of the industry’s top talents, told the stories of how indie games came to be, and spoken to players about what really makes them tick. He’s also interviewed some of the world’s biggest musical artists to find out how the medium has inspired their work, and TV and Film actors about their roles in video game adaptations. He even hosted a PAX panel in 2021 and made a documentary in 2024 surrounding the creation of a Disney game. Alongside this, Sam focuses on breaking news. He got the scoop on Perfect Dark’s cancellation, got context around some AI drama, and revealed how Lady Dimitrescu’s actress would love to step back into the character’s giant shoes. These articles have been picked up by the biggest gaming sites, including IGN, GameSpot, and PC Gamer. He also loves to dive into the numbers behind the games. Sam’s journey in games journalism has taken him all over the world. He’s covered Gamescom in Germany, Summer Game Fest in Los Angeles, and Tokyo Game Show in Japan, each on more than one occasion. He’s been learning Japanese since 2024 with the intention of identifying and translating Japanese-language news and bringing it to English-language audiences first, something he’s done countless times. Sam’s first review was 2020’s Battletoads reboot, and he’s since reviewed games in The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario, and Pokemon franchises. If you think back to last year, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered was gaming's worst-kept secret. Despite the lack of an official announcement, a steady stream of leaks and rumors flooded the internet. They were, of course, true, and the game was released on April 22, 2025. However, the initial excitement was marred by frustration: in typical Bethesda fashion, the game was full of bugs. A year later, as tech experts Digital Foundry explained, the game remained broken. Revealed in February, with its release date confirmed last month, Oblivion Remastered is coming to the Nintendo Switch 2. The initial trailer did not look great, and there were fears among Oblivion and Elder Scrolls fans, but those fears may be unfounded. A new comment from Bethesda has revealed that certain fixes introduced in the Switch 2 version will soon make their way to PC and Console. Oblivion Remastered's Switch 2 Port Could Be The Salvation The PC And Console Versions Needed I think even the most hardcore Oblivion Remastered fans had given up hope that the game would ever be fixed. It has been over 15 months since it was released, and its last patch was over a year ago. Only 47 percent of its recent Steam reviews and a pretty meager 78 percent of its all-time reviews have been positive. There may be light at the end of the very long tunnel, though. Following the recent news that Bethesda was hit with the "biggest cuts" among Xbox studios, losing half of the The Elder Scrolls Online team, along with the artist responsible for Khajiit and Argonians, YouTuber MrMattyPlays fired off a stream of questionsto the company. While responses were shut down or filled with PR speak, there was one that offered a glimmer of hope for Oblivion Remastered's faithful audience. MattyPlays asked Bethesda, "Are there any planned updates for the Oblivion Remaster from a patch/fix angle to coincide with the Switch 2 release in August, or has support for the title concluded?" Bethesda responded: "Nothing we can talk about right now, but the team working on remasters is focused on the Switch 2 launch, which has optimizations we hope to bring back to console/PC." Although there are no hard answers on when the patch will come to consoles and PC, or in fact even if it will, given that it says "we hope", it's a small beacon of light. The Switch 2 is notoriously a surprisingly powerful piece of kit, so any enhancements from that version of the game would surely be welcomed for the console and PC players who have suffered for so long. Following the layoffs, Bethesda will solely focus on Fallout and Elder Scrolls titles, if rumors are to be believed. It confirmed long-running rumors that remasters of Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas are in the works. We just have to hope they launch in a better state than Oblivion's. Released April 22, 2025 ESRB Mature 17+ // Blood and Gore, Sexual Themes, Violence Developer(s) Virtuos, Bethesda Publisher(s) Bethesda Engine Unreal Engine 5 Genre(s) Action, RPG, Open-World, Adventure