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Avowed says sorry gang, no fall update this year, but to make up for it the devs are rolling together a bunch of features into a ball and putting them out in February

As the old saying goes, fall back, February… forward?

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This Xbox RPG's next big update has been delayed — with a larger anniversary update coming in 2026 instead

Xbox RPG Avowed is no longer getting a Fall Update, with a larger Anniversary Update planned instead for sometime in February 2026.

Windows Central

Sorry, Fallout fans, but Obsidian isn't really interested in making New Vegas 2: After years of working on other people's games, the studio is finding 'joy' in doing its own thing

Obsidian released three games in 2025, and all of them were original Obsidian IP.

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Now that I'm done mourning BioWare, these are the RPG developers I'm expecting to carry the torch for the next decade

The baton isn't being passed as much as looted off a collapsed old hero.

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Obsidian's Xbox RPG Avowed gets another update bringing bug fixes and these new abilities — and it's now Steam Deck Verified

The latest update for Avowed brings new weapons and skills, alongside a host of bug fixes and Steam Deck Verified status.

Windows Central

Now that we're halfway through 2025, here are my 5 favorite video games I've completed — and the backlog titles I'm most excited to play

We're officially over halfway through 2025, so I'm looking back at my favorite video games of the year so far... and the games I haven't gotten to play yet.

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‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Could Spark A Huge Change To Another Great RPG Series

The future of the Pillars of Eternity series could look very different after the success of 'Baldur's Gate 3' according to developer Obsidian's design director.

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After 12 years bringing RPGs like The Outer Worlds and Pillars of Eternity to life, Avowed director leaves Obsidian for a beloved former indie that's now part of Netflix

Carrie Patel's moving to the Oxenfree studio, Night School

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Avowed director Carrie Patel leaves Obsidian after 12 years to join the Netflix studio behind Oxenfree

Night School's new project still hasn't been revealed, but at least now it has a director.

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The Outer Worlds 2: Release window, trailers, story details & everything else we know

Space isn't safe from money-hungry corporations, and sci-fi RPG The Outer Worlds 2 will play with that idea in 2025. Here's everything we know about Obsidian's sci-fi sequel.

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I replayed Avowed right away to fix a choice I didn't even know I'd made until it was too late

Now Playing | Why I completed Avowed and then dove straight back

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At one point, Avowed would have taught us to use magic with an explosive Elder Scrolls reference: 'How about we just have a guy on the road that blows himself up'

The Morrowind gag is, blessedly, still in the game in a different form.

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Obsidian snuck goodies and secrets around every corner to make exploring Avowed feel worthwhile: 'If you have a lot of dead ends that lead nowhere, you learn the lesson as a player: This game doesn't have much to offer me'

"Around every corner there's a little something that somebody hand placed for everyone."

PC Gamer

This infographic revealing Xbox's massive gaming roadmap is daunting

Microsoft's gaming operation has finally begun hitting its stride with content, and this excellent graphic provides a stellar overview for what Xbox fans can expect.

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Avowed director says Xbox and Microsoft are "very happy" with the reception to its new Obsidian RPG

Carrie Patel reveals the megacorp is happy with the number of people in Eora

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All the Avowed ending choices and epilogue-affecting decisions

Breaking down all the choices big and small.

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I get why Obsidian doesn't like The Elder Scrolls comparisons, but Avowed is the first RPG to have its hooks in me this deep since Skyrim took over my life 14 years ago

Opinion: Eora is my new RPG home until I return to Tamriel for Elder Scrolls 6

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Avowed has a Skyrim Easter egg that pokes fun at the RPG's most memed about companion NPC

Poor Lydia can't catch a break

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I don't care about being able to kill everybody and steal the Mayor's pants in an RPG like Avowed, and I'm tired of pretending it's mandatory

You don't have to be Skyrim to be good.

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This developer is making Xbox Cloud Gaming better—even without Microsoft's help

Balatro was added to Xbox Game Pass, but despite it being in the cloud gaming library since November, you can't play it with touch controls. Thankfully Better Xcloud have solved the issue.

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Avowed's dialogue can feel more like a tabletop RPG than Baldur's Gate 3's, but in a totally different way

Opinion | By reverse-engineering your backstory, Avowed's dialogue system is its most powerful storytelling hook

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Avowed's rarest ending has only been seen by 0.2% of players and demands you make the correct choice at every major quest to not get your head chopped off

Oh, and all your companions leave because they hate you.

GamesRadar

Move over, Hogwarts Legacy and Dragon's Dogma 2 – Avowed's magic combat might be my favorite in RPG history

Now Playing | I'm playing Avowed as a pure wizard and have zero regrets

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You can get an official Avowed fungus kit that lets you grow a piece of the Dreamscourge in your own home: 'If you don't do anything, eventually the mushrooms will find their way out… They'll just burst out of the box'

And you can 3D print your own infected bear to grow it in.

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This Year’s Best RPG Yet Proves Bigger Isn’t Always Better

'Avowed' proves that open-world RPGs don't have to be behemoths to succeed, and sometimes smaller is actually better.

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