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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 3 - Caught on Camera

Dissecting Avowed's beautifully abstract artwork, and how it was made

A bold vision of fantasy and ambiguity – Skylight Collective's Executive Creative Director and Obsidian's Game Director explain how it was made.

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Avowed's first zone of Dawnshore is the anti-Hinterlands: A fantastic first impression that I didn't mind sinking 16 hours into

Leave the Hinterlands, but take your time in Dawnshore

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Avowed is overrun with bears and I need to find out why

I can't bear it anymore! (Sorry.)

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Obsidian is trolling all of us by disabling one of Avowed's most useful settings by default, and we're mad about it

Why they decided to disable the ability to see such important objects on the compass is beyond me!

Windows Central

Does Avowed have multiplayer or co-op?

Avowed stands tall as one of 2025's biggest Xbox and PC RPGs, but can you play it in co-op multiplayer?

Windows Central

Avowed lets you pretend your character's not a stinky mushroom person, but that's the coward's choice

Sorry sweaty, you're stinky.

PC Gamer

You know the drill: Avowed's default waypoint and UI settings are way too handholdy, so you should change them ASAP

I'll hold my own damn hand!

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Avowed has achieved something even Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 couldn't – it's made me fall in love with the most boring weapon in RPGs

Opinion | Avowed weapons come in all shapes and sizes, but only one of them is the best

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How to romance Kai and complete his Battle Scars companion quest in Avowed

Help Kai confront his past and imagine a new future.

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In 14 years I couldn't get through Skyrim, but smashed through Avowed in a weekend thanks to its bite-sized exploration and high-impact combat

Now Playing | Can Avowed convert this Skyrim faithless? I'm too distracted smacking xaurips off ledges to think about it

GamesRadar

A long-awaited RPG release hits PC Game Pass Day One this month

Plus what else we're playing in the great February gaming glut, as nobody else is calling it.

PC Gamer

How to find and use lockpicks in Avowed

You'll never have to worry about running out of 'picks again.

PC Gamer

Avowed Ygwulf guide: Should you spare the assassin in An Untimely End quest?

Avowed gives you the option of sparing or slaying your killer Ygwulf in the An Untimely End quest. Here is a guide for the consequences of each path.

Windows Central

Here's exactly when you can play Avowed on Xbox Game Pass

Avowed has enjoyed a positive early access period, but it's time for everyone to play. Here's when you can do just that.

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Bill Gates talks about trading for Windows 10 as Avowed wows reviewers and Microsoft kills HoloLens and lies about uninstalling Edge

Bill Gates, AI, and potential legal action from Nintendo against the makers of Palworld filled the headlines from the past week.

PC Gamer

My respec in Avowed turned the combat from Skyrim into Dishonored, and now I'm having a blast as an invisible parkour sword-mage

Finally, a game has broken me of my phobia of do-overs.

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How to play Avowed for free and early on Xbox

Obsidian Entertainment’s high-fantasy RPG arrives on Xbox and PC in February

Windows Central

I love Microsoft's Avowed, but it further cements how much I dislike the concept of paid 'Early Access' and a forced FOMO.

Avowed is one of many titles offering early access at a premium cost, and while it seems a necessary evil for the survival of Game Pass, I simply do not like it.

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Avowed succeeds where Dragon Age: The Veilguard failed: An actionized, beginner-friendly entry point to a long-running series that doesn't sacrifice its identity

I enjoyed The Veilguard, but Avowed has put its successes and failures in a new light.

Windows Central

Obsidian's Avowed is off to a strong start as it claims the top spot on Steam in the US

Obsidian Entertainment's Xbox role-playing game Avowed is the best-selling game on Steam in the U.S. right now.

Windows Central

It's Valentine's Day but Avowed won't let me romance Kai so I'm still sad

Avowed, the latest fantasy RPG from Obsidian Entertainment, is now here and I love it. But... I'm also sad, because it's Valentine's Day and I can't romance Kai.

Inverse

'Avowed' Director Is Not Trying To Make Games That 'Fill Hundreds Of Hours'

Avowed director Carrie Patel explains the philosophy behind Obsidian's approach to open-world RPGs.

Windows Central

Microsoft's 'Avowed' advanced access inexplicably skips Xbox Cloud Gaming in favor of NVIDIA GeForce Now, putting Xbox customers last

If you paid the extra $23 for early access to Avowed and $20 per month for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, you may find that Microsoft prefers your custom on NVIDIA GeForce Now instead.

GamesRadar

Obsidian insisted that Avowed wouldn't have romance, but that wasn't quite true, because there's at least one eligible bachelor, and he's voiced by an iconic Mass Effect heartthrob

Could any more romance plots be hiding that we don't know about yet?

PC Gamer

Obsidian says it won't chase huge profits or grow aggressively, and that's how it's going to last 100 years in the RPG business: 'Are we serious? Yes'

The Avowed studio expects each game to be a "mild success" and budgets accordingly, say company leaders who want it to reach its 100th birthday.

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