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# Saddle up: Oblivion is now backwards compatible
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/saddle-oblivion-now-backwards-compatible/
- Published: 2016-12-02T13:00:11.000Z
- Updated: 2016-12-02T09:55:07.000Z
- Description: Microsoft’s been rolling out a lot of new backwards-compatible games this month, the latest of which is 2006’s beloved The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Bethesda tweeted that Oblivion, and all its DLC with the exception of Shivering Isles, was available for download on the Microsoft store. As always,
- Author: Hailey Rounsaville
- Tags: News, elder scrolls, oblivion, TES IV: Oblivion, Xbox One, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

Microsoft’s been rolling out a lot of new backwards-compatible games this month, the latest of which is 2006’s beloved *The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.* Bethesda [tweeted](https://twitter.com/BethesdaStudios/status/803712112111603712?ref=killscreen.com) that *Oblivion*, and all its DLC with the exception of *Shivering Isles,* was available for download on the Microsoft store. As always, if you still have the original disc, your game will be downloaded free of charge. *Oblivion*, which has been out for over 10 years, arrives right on the coattails of backwards-compatible versions of *Mass Effect 2* (2010) and *3* (2012)*,* which were debuted earlier this month.

Bethesda’s banking on the nostalgia

Though the road to backwards compatibility was [tumultuous](http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/05/21/xbox-one-not-backwards-compatible?ref=killscreen.com) to say the least, Microsoft seems to be finally making good on their years-old promise of bringing fan favorite games to their next generation consoles. Far and away the most requested game to be brought back to life, *Red Dead Redemption* (2010), was finally revived in July 2016\. Other favorites making a comeback include *Call of Duty: Modern Warfare* (2007), *XCOM: Enemy Unkown* (2012), *Assassin’s Creed II* (2009), and the *Gears of War* series.

![Oblivion](https://storage.ghost.io/c/25/84/2584b75d-4bd6-4cce-8259-f1d1c65abbb5/content/images/previously/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/oblivion1.jpg)

The *Oblivion* revival is the first backwards-compatible *Elder Scrolls* game. Previously, Bethesda brought back *Fallout: New Vegas* (2010)*,* and *Fallout 3* (2008) became available the same day as *Fallout 4\.* The *Skyrim* (2011) remaster released earlier this month was largely a disappointment—offering no new content and graphics that users have been running on PC since 2012\. Bethesda fans are largely calling for remasters of older titles like *Oblivion* and *Morrowind* (2002)*,* and ports of newer titles like *Skyrim—*a sensible opinion. As Bethesda rushes in the shadows to bring us *Elder Scrolls 6* and beyond, it appears as if they’re banking on nostalgia to bring in quick funding for their future exploits.

Regardless, I’m happy to see an old favorite re-emerge in time for the holidays.

*You can purchase Oblivion directly from the* [*Microsoft store*](http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/Oblivion/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802425307d1?ref=killscreen.com) *— and please, for the love of Akatosh, don’t become a vampire.*