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Avowed and The Outer Worlds 2 failed to meet expectations for Obsidian, but Grounded 2 was a hit, and the future is looking positive for the Pillars of Eternity universe

Obsidian's choice-driven first-person RPGs aren't hitting their lofty sales targets.

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One of Microsoft's biggest Xbox studios is forging a new path after development struggles, missing profit targets — "What are we learning?"

Following the underwhelming performance of Avowed and The Outer Worlds 2, Xbox studio Obsidian Entertainment is making some major internal changes.

Windows Central

Avowed and The Outer Worlds 2 weren't "disasters," but one Obsidian veteran admits "it's not good to release three games in the same year"

"Spacing those releases helps the company manage its resources"

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Obsidian's Avowed is leaping from Xbox to PS5 next month

Yet another Xbox Game Studios title is coming to PS5 next month and it's one I like quite a bit.

TechRadar

A year later, Obsidian's fantasy RPG Avowed is coming to PS5, and it's finally going to let you play as a non-human character

Avowed's coming to a whole new audience

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Avowed is coming to PS5 with new playable races, New Game Plus, and major updates

Obsidian confirms Avowed’s PS5 release alongside major updates, including New Game Plus, new races, and quality of life features aimed at improving repeat playthroughs.

Windows Central

Avowed didn't rewrite the RPG rulebook in 2025, but it still gave me some of my biggest gaming 'wow' moments of the year

Call me shallow if you must. In fact, I encourage it.

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From Avowed to Hades 2, the best RPGs of 2025 are the cream of the role-playing crop

Year in Review 2025 | It's been a great year for RPGs, and these five are the absolute peak of the genre's last 12 months

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"RPGs can be divisive": Obsidian chats all things Avowed – how it overcame the Skyrim comparisons, why there's no Baldur's Gate 3-style romance, and what's next for the 2025 gem

Year in Review 2025 | "You're going to get people who really love it and people who really don't love it"

GamesRadar

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?

PC Gamer

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.

PC Gamer

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.

PC Gamer

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.

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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

PC Gamer

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.

PC Gamer

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."

Windows Central

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.

GamesRadar

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

PC Gamer

All the Avowed ending choices and epilogue-affecting decisions

Breaking down all the choices big and small.

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