Bethesda Made Oblivion Remaster Mods Impossible, Modders Said ‘Challenge Accepted’ and Launched a Gooner Mod in 3 Hours

Bethesda shadow-dropped The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered yesterday with a curious declaration: “Mods are not supported.” For a company whose games thrive on community tinkering, this felt like telling fish not to swim.
But did anyone actually expect that to stop the modding community? These are the same people who’ve been turning dragons into Thomas the Tank Engine and filling Skyrim with questionable anime characters for over a decade.
Within mere hours of the game’s surprise release, modders were already knee-deep in the remaster’s file structure. And what they discovered has sent the community into a frenzy that rivals the Adoring Fan’s enthusiasm for the Grand Champion.
The gooner sword cometh
When Bethesda declared mods “not supported,” they might as well have waved a red flag in front of a bull. The modding community took this as a direct challenge, and boy, did they deliver...
But did anyone actually expect that to stop the modding community? These are the same people who’ve been turning dragons into Thomas the Tank Engine and filling Skyrim with questionable anime characters for over a decade.
Within mere hours of the game’s surprise release, modders were already knee-deep in the remaster’s file structure. And what they discovered has sent the community into a frenzy that rivals the Adoring Fan’s enthusiasm for the Grand Champion.
The gooner sword cometh
When Bethesda declared mods “not supported,” they might as well have waved a red flag in front of a bull. The modding community took this as a direct challenge, and boy, did they deliver...
- 4/23/2025
- by Soumyajit Mukherjee
- FandomWire
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