The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition Announced for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 27 February 2023 / 2,718 Views
Publisher Private Division and developer Obsidian Entertainment have announced The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam, Epic Games Store, Microsoft Store, and GOG. It will launch on March 7.
View the official trailer below:
Read details on the game below:
You’ve tried the rest, now come back to the best! The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition includes the base game and all add-on content as the definitive way to play the beloved RPG from Obsidian Entertainment. This remastered masterpiece is optimized to be the absolute best version of The Outer Worlds… even if you choose to play this critically acclaimed RPG as the absolute worst version of your character.
Lost in transit while on a colonist ship bound for the edge of the galaxy, you awake decades later only to find yourself in the midst of a deep conspiracy threatening to destroy the colony. Explore the various planets and locations of Halcyon, including the mysterious Gorgon Asteroid and delightful distilleries of Eridanos. As you encounter various factions, all vying for power, the character you decide to become will determine how this player-driven story unfolds.
In the corporate equation for the colony, you are the unplanned variable.
- It’s The Outer Worlds You Love, But Even Better – 2019’s hit RPG has been remastered with better graphics, improved performance, additional animations, higher-res environments, and more.
- Increased Level Cap – A higher level cap means even more ways to build your character from the seven branches of the skill tree.
- The Player-Driven Story RPG – In keeping with the Obsidian tradition, how you approach The Outer Worlds is up to you. Your choices affect not only the way the story develops, they also affect your character build, companion stories, and end game scenarios.
- Lead Your Companions – During your journey through the furthest colony, you will meet a host of characters who will want to join your crew. Armed with unique abilities, these companions all have their own missions, motivations, and ideals. It’s up to you to help them achieve their goals, or exploit them to your own ends.
- Explore the Corporate Colony – Halcyon is a colony at the edge of the galaxy owned and operated by a corporate board. They control everything… except for the alien monsters left behind when the terraforming of the colony’s two planets didn’t exactly go according to plan. Find your ship, build your crew, and explore the settlements, space stations, and other intriguing locations throughout Halcyon.
Players who already have The Outer Worlds and its associated downloadable content, “Murder on Eridanos” and “Peril on Gorgon,” for Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, or PC (Steam, Epic Games Store, Microsoft Store, GOG), can upgrade to The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition for the latest console generation within that same console family or, if applicable, from that same PC store at a reduced purchase price.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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Since it’s being called Spacer’s Choice edition, it would’ve been hilarious if Obsidian added a Spacer’s Choice graphical mode that made the game look and run worse than the original xD
Haven't played any of the dlc but thought the base game was fairly average if I'm honest.
Loved the game and have been hoping the dlc price dropped (more than the 25% off) a little more. I’ll certainly take a look when the upgrade comes out.
Being a cynic, MSFT releasing all these multi platform updates is good….hopefully with the eyes of the regulators on them, the outerworlds won’t end up being a multiplatform IP they have purchased which they then make single console exclusivie. Fingers crossed they release outerworlds 2 on PlayStation.
Outer Worlds 2 has already been confirmed as an Xbox exclusive (as well as PC) and being published by Xbox. Private Division is the publisher for the first game and are also handling this re-release.
It's not the best choice, it's the Spacer's choice. Graphics look quite a bit better, I never did play the dlc...tempting.
Peril on Gorgon was decent but Murder on Eridanos was AWESOME!!!!
This was as average a game as I've ever played.
Don’t care. Shooting was bad, with bad AI, especially terrible AI in the animal enemies.
And How does make the game look better improve any of the bad gameplay? Oh, it doesn’t.
Still, Obsidian have good writers, so if for their next game they can do good gameplay with their good writing team, I could be excited for their next game
