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Xbox officially delays Obsidian's Avowed to February "to give players' backlogs some breathing room"

The Avowed delay gives more room for other Game Pass drops to shine, and vice versa

GamesRadar

Obsidian Entertainment's Xbox RPG Avowed is delayed to 2025 — here's the new release date

Obsidian Entertainment and Xbox Game Studios' Avowed is being delayed, and will now launch in February 2025.

Windows Central

Avowed delayed to February to 'give players' backlogs some breathing room'

The Obsidian RPG is apparently good to go, but has been pushed to 2025.

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Avowed reportedly delayed to early 2025 as Xbox moves the Obsidian RPG out of the way of Stalker 2

Avowed is apparently "in good shape"

GamesRadar

Report: Xbox to delay Obsidian's Avowed into 2025 after STALKER 2's release date change as Game Pass' holiday season gets crowded

Obsidian's Avowed is one of Xbox's biggest upcoming games, and reportedly, you'll have to wait a little longer before you can play it.

Windows Central

"Please be Fallout New Vegas 2": Obsidian is working on an "unannounced title" other than Avowed, and fans hope it's a new post-apocalyptic RPG

"It's not Fallout but I sure hope it's Fallout"

GamesRadar

You can pick up the best Star Wars RPG ever made on the most forgettable launcher ever made for free if you're a Prime Gaming sub

Apathy is… ah, whatever.

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Character builds, branching storylines and spells – what makes the perfect RPG?

In this week’s newsletter: Fallout and Baldur’s Gate veteran Feargus Urquhart on the hard-to-define genre

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You can't romance your Avowed companions because Obsidian didn't want the RPG's platonic relationships to suffer

No fish guy bf

GamesRadar

Obsidian says Larian's experience let it knock Baldur's Gate 3 multiplayer out of the park, but it wouldn't have been possible for Avowed

In Eora we go solo.

PC Gamer

Obsidian went back and made Avowed's combat 'more juicy' because we all collectively winced at its underwhelming first showcase

It's a shame PCG doesn't do itemised review scores because you just know I'd be giving that gameplay a "juicy" rating.

PC Gamer

"It's a very hard thing to do well": Obsidian tips its hat to Baldur's Gate 3 co-op, but says Avowed will focus on the single-player RPG experience you expect

Obsidian fans expect "a really well-developed story, meaningful choices and consequences, and the ability to be the agent of change in the world"

GamesRadar

Avowed devs were always going to fix the RPG's combat, but mixed feedback made it clear that polishing it up had become "a big deal"

Obsidian pushed it up the To-Do list

GamesRadar

Despite all the difficulty grousing, Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree has sold 5 million copies in less than a week

Evidence strongly suggests hitting things with swords remains cool.

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Obsidian made Fallout: New Vegas in 18 months, but Avowed has taken the studio five years: "It's been a long development cycle"

What goes into making one of this year's biggest RPGs? Time – lots of it – and a constant drive to let players do what they want, reveal the developers behind Avowed

PC Gamer

Avowed's devs tap the it's not Skyrim sign for the third time in a year (at least), and 'don't love' to compare games, anyway

It has been 0 days since the last workplace comparison.

Inverse

The Next Mega-Hit RPG Will Be Much Smaller than 'Skyrim' and That's a Good Thing

'Avowed' from Obsidian Entertainment is aiming for a more manageable open world to keep its story in focus, and that's the perfect approach for the 'Pillars of Eternity' spinoff.

GamesRadar

Avowed director pushes back on the Skyrim comparisons, says the RPG is "a lot closer" to Obsidian's Pillars of Eternity and The Outer Worlds

Avowed does what Bethesdon't

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The voice of Mass Effect's sexy bird man Garrus will be the voice of Avowed's sexy fish man Kai

Brandon Keener will be joined by Mara Junot, Anjali Bhimani, and Scott Whyte in Obsidian's upcoming RPG.

PC Gamer

As the newly released World of Warcraft was dominating the 2000s, Blizzard's then-president had his own priorities—working on StarCraft 1 patches

The Blizzard co-founder couldn't keep away from the RTS classic.

TechRadar

Avowed developer admits combat didn't 'look great' but has been hard at work on improving it

Avowed's developer Obsidian is improving the game's combat ahead of launch, with a focus on enemy reactions and hit effects.

PC Gamer

Xbox isn't a console anymore, it's a multiplatform game development giant

Microsoft 'won' the summer showcases, but what does that mean when Marcus Fenix and Kratos are both on Steam?

PC Gamer

Obsidian CEO responds to worries Xbox could shut them down, too: 'I'm not worried about tomorrow'

The beloved RPG maker isn't watching its back after the sudden closures of Tango Gameworks and Arkane Austin.

PC Gamer

Obsidian's Avowed shows off a 25-minute deep dive—revealing a 3rd person mode, a first look at its RPG mechanics, and a flirty wizard in need of a vase

There are thirsty Animancers in your area.

Windows Central

Avowed reveals third-person mode as we learn it is pretty much "across the finish line" and in its final polishing phase

Avowed just showed off new gameplay footage, revealing the ability to play in third person — and we learned a bunch of new details about its gameplay mechanics and lore in the Xbox Podcast.

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