Skyblivion team faces €30,000 lawsuit threat from former volunteer

The team behind Skyblivion says a former volunteer on the project is threatening to sue for damages upwards of €30,000, according to Rock Paper Shotgun. The dispute centres on the volunteer's objection to decompilation of parts of their work after access to the original source code repository was revoked.

The team says it has removed the former volunteer's work entirely and replaced it with new or integrated work. The legal threats reportedly demand personal information, including the full names and addresses of multiple Skyblivion volunteers.

The team says it has consulted legal counsel and has a lawyer on standby at a claimed cost of €2,500. It is asking for pro bono help from people with intellectual property or GDPR law backgrounds, with contact handled through the mod's website.

Skyblivion lead Kyle 'Rebelzize' Rebel asked the community not to turn the situation into a witch hunt.

Earlier disagreement over the release

Skyblivion, a fan project rebuilding The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion in Skyrim, was originally set to release last year. In 2025, former volunteer Dee Keyes publicly disagreed with the project's leads over whether releasing the mod that year was achievable, and Skyblivion was subsequently delayed into 2026. This past weekend, Keyes tweeted a response to the Skyblivion team's statement on the alleged legal threats.