Obsidian's Avowed Reportedly to Launch in First Half of 2023 - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 02 April 2022 / 7,074 Views
Publisher Microsoft and developer Obsidian Entertainment in July 2020 announced the first-person RPG, Avowed, for the Xbox Series X|S and PC.
Windows Central's Jez Corden speaking on the World of Gaming podcast said from what he has seen the RPG will likely launch sometime in the first half of 2023.
"We will probably see the game revealed this year and then maybe like a launch in quarter one, quarter two 2023," said Corden.
"You can really see Obsidian getting to that next level with Microsoft's money. All the hiring they've been doing. It looked like it was going to be a stronger game than The Outer Worlds was. With a bigger team and more experience wit the Unreal Engine behind them."
Avowed is set in the Pillars of Eternity universe. Obsidian Entertainment is also known for developing Fallout: New Vegas and The Outer Worlds.
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This is one of my top 3 most anticipated games! Obsidian's take on an Elder Scrolls game is like a match made in fantasy RPG heaven, aside from an actual Elder Scrolls release of course lol. But, it's not looking like Xbox will have its own "Direct" or "State of Play" the way Nintendo and PlayStation do, so E3 or whatever it's going to be in June will most likely be when Xbox has their full showcase of pretty much all announced games and new titles that have been rumored. Last years was an hour and a half long, and this years would probably be at least 2 hours lol.
We already know Starfield will have its full showcase in June for sure and I would be ecstatic to also see Avowed receive the same treatment if this report turns out to be true! 2022 seems like it'll be the last "slow" year for Xbox. I can see Avowed being released in Spring or Summer 2023, so that it's not too close to Starfield, then the Fable reboot be their big Holiday 2023 release.
I am so hard right now
New gotg incoming? :-D
If Hellblade and Starfield both launch in 2022 as planned, this landing a early 2023 release date would make for quite the 1st party exclusive lineup in the not so distant future. Really looking forward to all 3 of these games.
I doubt it, they didn't show off a CGI trailer for fun. If true, then great. Will fill the Elderscrolls shaped hole that will likely exist until 2025
Avowed has been in development since at least 2018. So that would put it around the 5 year development cycle. So the timing seems about right, unless the pandemic really slowed it down that much.
Fable will most likely be releasing not too far after as well since development on that game started in 2017. So there will still be a lot to hold us over in regards to that ES style open world fantasy rpg before ESVI finally releases. But Fable is more lighthearted in nature and has that British humor at times, so that may not be everyone's cup of tea, pun intended :)
Fast! They made this game very fast if true!
The game started at least in 2018, so that would be about 5 years of development. Granted, the pandemic most likely slowed that down some.
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