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Release date of the new Obsidian game leaked

Avowed podría haber visto filtrada su fecha de lanzamiento, entendemos que por un cambio de última hora en el Xbox Showcase que no se vio en la web

Game designer Obsidian is always a safe bet. They may not make the biggest games, the AAA titles that get all the headlines, but their games are always synonymous with quality, innovation, and imaginative narratives. That’s why every new game they release is cause for celebration for those of us who love video games. It appears the studio’s new game will arrive before the end of the year, even if the official release date has not been revealed yet.

Obsidian’s next game is called Avowed and will take place in Eora, the same world found in their role-playing game series Pillars of Eternity. One important difference from those games is this one will be a first-person action RPG, not a third-person RPG. With clear similarities to games like The Elder Scrolls or Dark Messiah of Might & Magic, it promises a deep story, an interesting world to explore, and numerous ways to approach combat and each mission you encounter.

While we already knew much about the game, what we didn’t know was its release date. But per comment by Wario64, the official Obsidian website has confirmed the game will be released later this year on November 12th. But there’s a small twist. Wario64 later added that Obsidian removed the November release date after his initial post.

Given that last Sunday, June 9th, was the Xbox Showcase, and Avowed didn’t appear (and before that, we didn’t have a release date for the game), it seems the November release date was some kind of accidental leak. One reason this might’ve happened is because Avowed was supposed to appear in the Showcase but, for some reason, did not. So, maybe someone just forgot to remove the automatic update from the website.

At any rate, if they posted a specific release date on their website, that means we should know more about the game soon. And though the Xbox Showcase just occurred, that doesn’t mean they can’t release a trailer or make an announcement without additional media support. After all, we’re talking about Obsidian. They’re probably the most prestigious studio under Microsoft’s wing today. And although November 12th is still far away, it’s good to know that Avowed is already on the horizon.

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Avowed is one of the first exclusive video games announced for Xbox One Series, although it is also available on PC.

Obsidian wanted to make a Skyrim: New Vegas, but Bethesda told them no

At Obsidian, they wanted to do for Skyrim what New Vegas meant for Fallout, but Bethesda told them it was better to stay put.

Sometimes the best thing that can happen to a franchise is for someone outside of it to take the reins. Or if not take the reins, at least provide their own perspective on it. When it feels exhausted, or those in charge of it don’t seem to know what to do with it, that new or different perspective can help put it back in its place. Something that should never be underestimated.

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This is something that Obsidian should know well. Fallout 3 was a tremendously successful game, but it didn’t exactly enamor the classic fans of the franchise. Something that Fallout: New Vegas did, a game that Obsidian Entertainment was in charge of. However, they never did something similar again. And thanks to Chris Avellone, an employee of Obsidian, we have known why.

The proposal made by Obsidian, as commented by Avellone himself on his social media, was to create games that filled the gaps between the main installments. Just like Fallout: New Vegas served to bridge the gap between Fallout 3 and 4, the idea was for them to make games for The Elder Scrolls so that there wouldn’t be such a long wait time between their titles, like Call of Duty does. This was necessary since almost six years passed between The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

Unfortunately, the proposal didn’t get very far. Bethesda flatly refused, cutting their wings claiming the reception that Fallout: New Vegas had. A commercially less successful game, but one that has ended up being recognized over time as the best modern Fallout in terms of criticism and public.

Although since then at Obsidian they have been able to work on many projects, some of them very unique and close to what would be a Fallout: New Vegas 2, such as The Outer Worlds, they have never gone back in this direction. A real shame because, between The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and The Elder Scrolls VI fifteen years will pass at least. And that’s only if everything goes well in an industry where things almost never go well.

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