Rumor: The Outer Worlds 2 to be Announced at E3 2021 - News

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Microsoft last week announced the Xbox and Bethesda E3 2021 press conference will take place on Sunday, June 13 at 10:00 am PT / 1:00 pm ET / 6:00 pm UK. The showcase will be 90 minutes in length.

Xbox insider Jez Corden in a report published by Windows Central said that he has heard The Outer Worlds 2 might be announced during the E3 2021 press conference. 

The original The Outer Worlds launched in October 2019, so a sequel being announced nearly two years later isn't totally out of the question.

While The Outer Worlds was published by Private Division for the PS4, Xbox One, and PC, the sequel would be an Xbox console exclusive now that developer Obsidian Entertainment is an Xbox first-party studio.

Another Obsidian Entertainment that could potentially be at the game is Grounded, which is currently in Early Access. The report says there could be details on future content coming to the game. Windows Central has heard conflicting reports on whether Avowed would be at the showcase or not. 

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G2ThaUNiT (on 02 June 2021)

That would be a really quick turnaround on a sequel! If true, I hope they use the increased funding from Microsoft to dramatically improve the gunplay and optimization of the game. I played on PC on a pretty hefty rig. Gunplay was clunky and the optimization was terrible lol. FPS would drop well below 60, pop-in issues, and if you increased the FOV to over 75, you would experience a lot of stutter. Story though was fun, the writing was really good and funny, and I still enjoyed the game greatly.

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Dulfite G2ThaUNiT (on 02 June 2021)

I mean they will will probably reuse a lot of assets they already built for the original game on the sequel, just beef them up. Making the sequel should be far cheaper and quicker to make if they don't try to reinvent the wheel.

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dane007 G2ThaUNiT (on 03 June 2021)

Never had any issues on xbox one x. It was very smooth for me

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Dante9 (on 03 June 2021)

The first one was okay, but not so great that I will cry over the sequel that I won't be able to play.

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Shiken (on 02 June 2021)

Aren't the team already working on Avowed?

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G2ThaUNiT Shiken (on 02 June 2021)

There's several teams at Obsidian. Avowed may have the largest team of devs working on it, but it's not the only one.

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method114 (on 02 June 2021)

First game was great but kind of fizzled out a bit after the first world. I'm looking forward to see how they imprive upon the original.

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