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'Devs are getting ground up as collateral damage': Fallout: New Vegas lead says burnout has replaced crunch as 'the primary hazard of the game industry'

Burning up.

PC Gamer

You can get Obsidian's fantastic RPG The Outer Worlds (and all its DLC) for free on the Epic Store this week

Spacer's Choice.

PC Gamer

Dragon's Dogma 2 goes all-in on the open-world RPG design trick that made me fall in love with Skyrim and Fallout: New Vegas

Opinion| Fast-travel isn't always all it's cracked up to be

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Grounded's arrival on more platforms is marked by its FINAL content update and a physical collector's edition

Obsidian Entertainment has detailed the Fully Yoked update for Grounded, the final content update bringing tons of new content to the game on all platforms.

Windows Central

5 years after it was yanked off stores, GOG's bringing underrated spy RPG Alpha Protocol in from the cold with fewer crashes and new achievements

GOG says it's part of its quest to go "back to the roots" of Good Old Games.

PC Gamer

10 best upcoming PC games for 2024 to look out for

These PC titles look jaw-dropping, and they'll be out this year.

As Helldivers 2 draws Metal Gear Solid 5 comparisons, Obsidian RPG master Josh Sawyer says "more games should just directly copy stuff that feels good"

And he's right

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From Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag to Sea of Thieves, there a plenty of pirate games better than Skull and Bones

Time for some skulduggery.

PC Gamer

Xbox Podcast - everything announced at the Future of Xbox event

Xbox's got some news about hardware, exclusivity, and more

GamesRadar

Avowed FAQ: Release window, character creation, platforms, gameplay, and other questions answered

Avowed is an upcoming first-person fantasy RPG from Obsidian Entertainment, set in the Pillars of Eternity universe. Here's everything you need to know.

Windows Central

Obsidian says combat in Avowed will be good, actually, following criticism of battles shown in last month's game overview trailer

Kapow-ed.

PC Gamer

Pro AV Newsmakers: Xilica Doubles Up on Partnerships for Collaborations and 8 More Moves to Know

NETGEAR has a new CEO, plus some more moves you may have missed while at ISE 2024.

AVNetwork

Avowed director says "We're working on" the RPG's combat after a lukewarm reception during the Xbox Direct

Obsidian's upcoming RPG's combat is only going to get better

GamesRadar

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.

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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."

GamesRadar

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

TechRadar

Avowed director teases a ‘more focused’ experience rather than a ‘big sprawling’ one

Avowed director Carrie Patel has explained that the open-zone format allows Obsidian's RPG to have "more intentionality."

GamesRadar

Avowed director says it's "hard" to avoid Skyrim comparisons, but the action-RPG is more like Obsidian's "fantasy take on The Outer Worlds"

There are also elements of Fallout: New Vegas

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Asked once again about Pillars of Eternity 3, Obsidian RPG veteran Josh Sawyer shares what Baldur's Gate 3 features he'd like to riff on

Sawyer points to Baldur's Gate 3's movement as a standout feature

GamesRadar

Avowed's focus on choice and consequence means "most players won't discover 100% of what you've built for them", but Obsidian wouldn't have it any other way

Interview | In combat, narrative and exploration, Avowed is dialing the choice-factor up to 11

TechRadar

Don’t be fooled by Avowed’s dull-looking combat, Obsidian’s RPG has the makings of greatness

Avowed’s combat may look lackluster in trailers, but Obsidian’s rich storytelling means that you might not care while playing.

GamesRadar

Avowed is set in Pillars of Eternity's world, but Obsidian says you don't need to have played its older CRPG

The new game draws things like spells from Obsidian's older game

GamesRadar

Obsidian wants Avowed to be a "challenging" RPG that's more complex than "black-and-white, good-versus-evil morality"

Breaking away from the moral binary

GamesRadar

Avowed lead reveals there's "no one perfect build" in Obsidian's classless RPG: "There's gonna be choice and consequence for what you kit out”

So you can mix and match the guns, wands, and shields however you want

GamesRadar

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

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