SHOCKING: 3 - What They Never Told You

Fallout co-creator Tim Cain explains why he's not making more new IPs, and it's partly because he's done "making other people really wealthy with my own creations"

"People who just work on them in a team make more money than I got to even create the IP"

GamesRadar · Jan 5

Fallout designer Tim Cain reckons his subsequent 3 projects were buggy games 'or, as people called them, flawed masterpieces' because 'we had a lot of feature ideas, we did not edit ourselves at all, and we were a small team'

Emphasis on "masterpieces."

PC Gamer · Jan 4

'I'm over making other people really wealthy with my own creations': Fallout co-creator Tim Cain isn't interested in making a new IP or a sequel to one of his classic RPGs and, at this point, he's 'exasperated with the question'

"I'm still making toys and I love them, and they make me happy."

PC Gamer · Jan 3

Fallout co-creator Tim Cain rejoins Obsidian, tells everyone to not bother guessing what game he's working on: "You're not gonna guess right"

An RPG legend goes back to a legendary RPG studio

GamesRadar · Dec 5, 2025

Fallout co-creator Tim Cain is out of 'semi-retirement' and back at Obsidian

Cain? On games?

PC Gamer · Dec 5, 2025

Fallout co-creator says fan theories are too often decided by "the most entitled people on the internet" – only IP owners determine what's canon: "They say something, that's canon"

Tim Cain thinks you might be confused

GamesRadar · Nov 30, 2025

Fallout co-creator Tim Cain says canon is 'whatever the owner of the IP says it is' but that's okay because 'the best part of interpretation is you can't be wrong'

Cain used his long-running vlog series to discuss the lines between text, interpretation, and authorial intent.

PC Gamer · Nov 29, 2025

Fallout co-creator Tim Cain says "leaving some mystery" and undeveloped lore in games is important so players are keen to play follow-ups and sequels: "If you tell everything, players will want nothing"

"Just leave a little mystery in there. It'll be good for you. People will like it."

GamesRadar · Nov 28, 2025

Obsidian says The Outer Worlds 2 isn't a deliberate critique of capitalism, which is even more ridiculous than the time Fallout's co-creator said that isn't either

What's better than a thoughtful analysis of history? How about a vague shrug of the shoulders?

PC Gamer · Nov 27, 2025

Fallout co-creator Tim Cain is behind The Outer Worlds 2's more "mathematical" and "derisive" radio lectures, and it might be because of his YouTube videos: "Wait, why are you asking me to do this?"

Cain also consulted on Obsidian's sequel

GamesRadar · Nov 20, 2025