Bethesda Remembers Patrick Stewart, the Emperor of Oblivion

Bethesda has paid tribute to Sir Patrick Stewart following his death, singling out his work on The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. The studio's message focused on his voice performance as Emperor Uriel Septim VII, a character whose opening scene in a prison dungeon sets up the entire game.

Stewart's performance gave the start of Oblivion a sense of weight and ceremony. Released in 2006, the game is still one of the best-known entries in the series, and for many players the Emperor's first lines are the moment they remember most clearly.

Fans are also looking back at his other work in games, with Castlevania among the titles mentioned. Stewart was famous well beyond the gaming world, most widely as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation, and his crossover into games introduced his voice to players who knew him from other places.

Bethesda's tribute is one of the first notices from the games industry to mark his death, and it reflects how much his voice still means to the community that played his scenes.