The Latest Breaking News from Carrie Patel

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 · Sep 18, 2025

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

GamesRadar · May 20, 2025

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.

PC Gamer · May 20, 2025

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 · Feb 20, 2025

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.

Creative Bloq · Feb 19, 2025

'Avowed' Director Is Not Trying To Make Games That 'Fill Hundreds Of Hours'

Avowed director Carrie Patel explains the philosophy behind Obsidian's approach to open-world RPGs.

Inverse · Feb 14, 2025

Obsidian insisted that Avowed wouldn't have romance, but that wasn't quite true, because there's at least one eligible bachelor, and he's voiced by an iconic Mass Effect heartthrob

Could any more romance plots be hiding that we don't know about yet?

GamesRadar · Feb 14, 2025

Why 2025's Most Anticipated RPG Shares An Actor With Gaming's Best Sci-Fi Saga

Avowed's director and character artist talk about creating the game's companions and how to portray Pillars of Eternity's universe from a new perspective.

Inverse · Feb 13, 2025

Avowed won't have enemy scaling, director confirms, but it will have jank: "You gotta accept a little jank to do something fun and creative"

Welcome to the jank house

GamesRadar · Feb 7, 2025

Avowed director says about a third of the Pillars of Eternity developers are working on Obsidian's new action-RPG and teases crossover characters

Avowed will let Pillars of Eternity fans "see the world they got to know over two games in a big immersive space around them that they can explore"

GamesRadar · Feb 7, 2025