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The studio behind the Oblivion remaster, Metal Gear Solid Delta, and more.

Virtuos, the studio best known for supporting large titles from third-party AAA development teams, has reportedly suffered mass layoffs. According to Gauthier 'Gautoz' Andres from the website Origami, roughly 7% of Virtuos is being laid off. This equates to about 300 employees.

Virtuos is a co-development studio that employs roughly 4,200 people. The bulk of today's layoffs are reportedly coming...

Surprise!

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered was just released following a "surprise" reveal this morning. The remastered classic is now available to play on Game Pass, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and PC. You can hop back into the world of Cyrodiil with vastly improved visuals and refined gameplay mechanics.

Bethesda Game Studios partnered with Virtuos on this remaster. The teams worked to modernize the 2006 title with support for up to 4K resolution...

The first official news for the Oblivion remaster was finally revealed.

Bethesda officially announced a special "IV" stream that will take place on April 22, 2025 at 11AM ET. Unless Bethesda is being extremely cheeky here, this seems to be a clear indication that the studio is ready to reveal The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remaster.

The stream will air both on Twitch and YouTube. The hope from fans is that after this mysterious stream, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion...

The game is expected to be shadow dropped next week.

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remaster has been rumored for a while now. The current rumors suggest that Microsoft will shadow drop the game next week (April 21-25). That current rumor may actually hold some water thanks to a handful of leaked screenshots that found their way to the public today.

The images seem to be originally sourced from Virtuos' webserver. Since being shared online, Virtuos has since pulled the...

Leaks are dumb like that.

Depending on which leaker you listen to, the alleged remake of The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion could arrive anywhere from April to June. The remake hasn't officially been announced yet, but that announcement could happen within weeks. Maybe.

First, we have word from insider NatetheHate that says a reveal for the Oblivion remaster is arriving in the coming weeks. He continues on to say that he expects that the game will release before June....

The apology comes from a former creative director at Virtuos.

Marvel's Avengers was not a great game. It was not quite what most would call "good" either. With active development of the game ending fully this year, it seems like it's time for some former employees to come forth and offer their thoughts on just how it all went wrong.

One such person to come forward with a comment is Virtosu Cezar, a former creative director at Virtuos. Virtuos was one of the support...

This is the studio rumored to be working on Metal Gear Solid 3 remake.

In early October, a fresh rumor started to circulate that Konami was reviving some of their key franchises. One of those franchises was none other than Metal Gear Solid. Part of that report suggested that Konami was working with a third-party development studio, Virtuos, on remasters in the Metal Gear Solid series. Specifically, it seems as though they were working on a remaster of Metal Gear Solid 3.
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