It’s not official yet, but at this point, it might as well be. Another leak has surfaced around the long-rumored remaster of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion game title, and this one’s a biggie—literally. According to known data-mining group XoXLeak, the upcoming remaster will demand a staggering 121 gigabytes of storage space. That’s more than twenty times the size of the original game, which clocked in at just 5 GB when it launched back in 2006.
To be fair, a file size that large isn’t shocking. Not when you consider that this remaster is reportedly being built on Unreal Engine 5—a tool that’s both powerful and storage-hungry. Still, for many players, especially those on Xbox consoles with limited SSD capacity, this might be a problem. Clearing space for yet another oversized title has become an unfortunate norm.
Interestingly, Bethesda hasn’t acknowledged the remaster at all. No trailer, no blog post, not even a logo tease. Yet the evidence continues to pile up. Fans already spotted screenshots hosted on a developer website weeks ago, which briefly sparked excitement before being pulled offline. Now, this latest leak adds more fuel to the fire.
It’s also raising questions about pricing. Word on the ground is that the official announcement may drop today, April 21. If true, expect a price in the $40 range. That would be a reasonable ask for a remastered classic. Anything higher might not sit well with longtime fans—unless, of course, it ends up on Game Pass. That would soften the blow.
Nostalgia has a price, and in this case, it also takes up a good chunk of your hard drive. Whether that’s worth it will depend on just how far this Oblivion Remastered title pushes the boundaries of modern visuals—and whether fans still have the patience (and storage) for another trip to Cyrodiil.
Source: Giz China
