The Latest Breaking News from Carrie Patel

Obsidian RPG Avowed will only let you pick between two races but it's for a good reason

Obsidian's upcoming fantasy RPG Avowed will only have two playable races according to director Carrie Patel.

TechRadar · Feb 2, 2024

Avowed's game director says Obsidian's choice to limit players to just two races is partially down to its first-person camera

"One of the things [that's] easier to account for in an isometric game is just the variation in sizes."

PC Gamer · Feb 1, 2024

Avowed is a fantasy RPG with open-zone maps, unique local conflicts, and companions to meet – but it's still "the player's story first and foremost"

Big in 2024 | Obsidian highlights Avowed's player-centered view on exploration and storytelling, including how companions factor in

GamesRadar · Jan 31, 2024

Avowed's commitment to ubiquitous player choice could make it 2024's standout RPG: "At Obsidian, it's your world, your way, right?"

Interview | In combat, in questing, and in everything between, Avowed puts you at the heart of everything it does

GamesRadar · Jan 26, 2024

Obsidian's next RPG Avowed won't have the option to do 'a pure pacifist run'

Avowed has a 'focus on combat'.

PC Gamer · Jan 24, 2024

Avowed's companions won't ditch you for making the 'wrong' choices: 'It's not about maintaining their approval, it's about getting to know them'

You'll be able to adventure with two companions at a time in Obsidian's upcoming RPG.

PC Gamer · Jan 23, 2024

Obsidian's next big RPG Avowed is looking to Vermintide's 'masterclass in having a sense of hitting and impact' to make its first-person sword-swinging feel weighty

FPS: First Person Swordster.

PC Gamer · Jan 23, 2024

Obsidian's Avowed is going 'classless', ditching Pillars of Eternity's crunchy stat-heavy builds in favour of Skyrim-like ability trees

I suppose classlessness is the logical next step for a studio so keen on historical materialism.

PC Gamer · Jan 23, 2024

Avowed’s open-zone locations will be ‘size comparable’ to The Outer Worlds’ larger areas

Avowed director Carrie Patel has given a little more indication as to how big the world of Obsidian's upcoming RPG will be.

TechRadar · Jan 23, 2024

Echoing Baldur's Gate 3, Avowed devs say their RPG has heaps of content that "not everybody's gonna find"

"Discoverability and letting players be the author of their own experience is obviously very important to us"

GamesRadar · Jan 22, 2024