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Josh Sawyer says there's "a lot of people" at Obsidian who want to make a Pillars of Eternity Tactics game after Avowed, but the "fanbase is not humungous"

The Fallout: New Vegas director explains the difficulty in making a Pillars Tactics

GamesRadar

Avowed could have been Obsidian's Redfall, with a Destiny plus Skyrim co-op multiplayer vision scrapped early in a grueling 6-year development

The great game we got instead is apparently selling well, with DLC and a sequel on the table.

PC Gamer

Avowed is nothing like Bethesda's RPGs, but The Elder Scrolls 6 should take inspiration from its combat

Opinion | Avowed and The Elder Scrolls have distinct takes on open-world RPGs, but Bethesda's next needs some of Obsidian's combat tricks

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Avowed director would "love to see us do more" with the RPG after laying the groundwork for sequels and DLC

Game director Carrie Patel has an appetite to continue cooking in Eora

GamesRadar

Avowed director didn't add romance as RPG players often try to cheese companion relationships and she wanted them to "feel natural"

"My hope with players and their companion relationships in Avowed is that they would feel natural," Carrie Patel says

GamesRadar

These ‘Avowed’ Hidden Features Make A Great RPG Even Better

There are plenty of good reasons to play 'Avowed,' but some of the RPG's best features are small details you might not expect.

Inverse

Avowed's in-dialogue glossary isn't that new, really—it's just somehow not industry-standard yet, though it could solve the 'amnesiac/prisoner RPG protagonist' problem forever

If someone says "wow, you must've hit your head hard" one more time, I'm gonna lose it.

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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

PC Gamer

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

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

PC Gamer

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

PC Gamer

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

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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.

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How to find and use lockpicks in Avowed

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

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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.

Windows Central

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.

The Independent UK

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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