The creators of Skyblivion are facing legal action because of the code of a former volunteer

Skyblivion, a fan-made remake of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion using the Skyrim engine, has found itself in a legal dispute.A former volunteer of the project does not agree with how the team disposed of the code that he once wrote for the mod, and, according to the developers, he resorted to threats of legal action.

The team announced this on October 30 in a statement on the social network X. The dispute began after the participant left: the parties did not agree on how to continue to use and support his work.The team later had access to the source repository of this code revoked, and parts of the system had to be decompiled in order for the mod to continue working and to allow bug fixes.This is what, according to the developers, caused dissatisfaction.

According to the team, the former volunteer resorted to legal threats and demanded to know the real names and home addresses of the project leaders.The developers did not agree to this and called the requirement disproportionate.They have already consulted with lawyers and are confident that they have the right to use the code sent.But in order not to disturb the volunteers and to make a clean break, the controversial parts were removed and rewritten from scratch.

The threats did not stop after that, according to the statement.The team writes that a former member is trying to file a lawsuit, but it is unclear if one has actually been filed.The volunteer's name is not disclosed.The developers ask fans not to start a witch hunt, wish their former colleague all the best and hope to resolve the issue as soon as possible in order to return to the planned release.

Skyblivion is made by volunteers from the TES Renewal Project, the same group working on Skywind, the remake of Morrowind.Bethesda approved the project on the condition that all assets from the original game would be replaced.The team continued to work after the studio released its own Oblivion Remastered in April 2025.Last December, Skyblivion's release was pushed back from 2025 to 2026.We wrote separately about the official version on Nintendo consoles: Oblivion Remastered Coming to Nintendo Switch 2 in October.