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Updated · PC Gamer · Aug 2

Bethesda Unveils Switch 2 Oblivion Remastered Promo With Wes Johnson as PC Reviews Turn Mixed

Updated

Updated · PC Gamer · Aug 2

Bethesda Unveils Switch 2 Oblivion Remastered Promo With Wes Johnson as PC Reviews Turn Mixed

Q: Will the August 11 Switch 2 launch of Oblivion Remastered finally force Bethesda to fix the PC version's two-decade-old bugs?

Probably not by itself, but it does increase the chances of at least another round of fixes. The strongest evidence is Bethesda’s own wording: it has said the Switch 2 version includes “optimisations” the team hopes to bring back to console and PC later. That suggests the porting work may produce technical improvements that can be shared across platforms. If Bethesda and Virtuos had no further plans at all, they likely would not have raised that possibility. Still, there is no sign that the August 11 launch will “force” an immediate PC overhaul. The company has also said the remaster team is focused on the Switch 2 release, and the PC version has gone more than a year without a major patch. That long gap, despite continued complaints about stutter, crashes, save bloat, lighting issues, visual glitches, and some bugs dating to 2006, is a stronger indicator of Bethesda’s actual support pattern than a marketing push. The most realistic expectation is a limited follow-up patch, not a sweeping cleanup of every two-decade-old problem. Some long-standing issues may be deeply tied to the original game logic and the remaster’s hybrid technical setup, which makes full eradication harder than routine performance tuning. So the Switch 2 launch may create an opportunity and added pressure, especially with recent Steam reviews slipping to Mixed. But unless Bethesda formally announces a post-launch PC patch, fans should treat this as cautious optimism rather than a turning point.

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Bethesda released a new promotional video for Oblivion Remastered’s August Nintendo Switch 2 launch, bringing back veteran Elder Scrolls actor Wes Johnson to reprise Sheogorath.
The spot shows Johnson in costume and in character inside a recording booth, joking through repeated lines and leaning into the mad god’s comic persona.
Johnson’s appearance also reassured fans after the life-threatening medical emergency he suffered 18 months ago, when he was hospitalized and placed in an induced coma.
Comments on the video also revived frustration over the PC version, where performance hitches and bugs persist and the last patch—update 1.2—arrived more than a year ago.
That neglect has pushed recent Steam reviews down to Mixed, even though the remaster still holds a Mostly Positive rating overall.