Skyblivion, the massive modding project that’s remaking The Elder Scrolls IV in Skyrim’s engine, has just shown off some fresh quest gameplay at C3 (Community Creations Con) ahead of its 2025 release.
The developers behind Skyblivion, the massive modding project that’s remaking The Elder Scrolls IV in Skyrim’s engine, have now revealed that they've finished landscaping every region of their map of Cyrodiil.
Among the dorkiest aspects of Bethesda's winningly dorky The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is the persuasion wheel minigame - also known as Persuasion Pie, also known as the Wheedlin' Roundabout, also known as the Dartboard of Indoctrination. (Maybe not so much the last two.) This saw you choosing methods of gaining NPC affection from a disc with quadrants labelled "Admire", "Joke", "Coerce" and "Boast", each of which elicits a different response previewed by the NPC's gurnishly changing expression.
You have to choose all four options at least once per round, and the underlying "pie" rotates every time you pick one. The underlying segments are partially filled in to show how much they'll affect the NPC's opinion, for better or worse. The idea, then is to match responses that have a positive effect to the largest chunks of pie, by picking them in the right order. If you think all that sounds incredibly overwrought and laborious, then you are clearly not one of the hosts of Wheeljam 2025, a gamedev community knockabout dedicated to Bethesda's ole Tart Of Cajolement. Here is a trailer.
Some unfortune news emerged regarding voice actor Wes Johnson, known for playing notable roles across various Bethesda titles including Fallout 4, Skyrim, and Starfield, earlier this week. The VA suffered a medical emergency while travelling for an appearance and a GoFundMe campaign started by friends revealed that he was recieving treatment in an intensive care unit.
UPDATE (28/01/25, 9:00 AM GMT): Bill Glasser, the organiser of the fundraiser, has responded to VG247 with a statement confirming its legitimacy. $138,026, over double the original goal of $50,000, has been raised in around 24 hours by the GoFundMe.