Oblivion & Multiplayer @ 1 Up

The modding community for Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion has created an alpha patch that will allow two players to game simultaneously. 1 Up has a short article about the development of the patch:

Of course, that says nothing about stopping the modding community from solving the problem on their own -- and that's exactly what they've gone and done. the_FERRET decided to undertake the ambitious project on his own, resulting in an alpha release last week allowing for two players to run around Cyrodiil together. The next release should support eight players engaging in deathmatch and capture-the-flag

Source: 1 Up