Everything you need to know about The Outer Worlds 2

Source: Xbox Game Studios (screenshot)

Obsidian is expanding the universe of The Outer Worlds. Announced at E3 2021, The Outer Worlds 2 takes us to a brand new solar system with a new set of characters. It’s still in early development, but we’ll run through everything we know so far about the upcoming RPG. Judging by its reveal trailer, it has that signature Obsidian humor that we’ve come to love from the first game.

The Outer Worlds is an action RPG series developed by Obsidian Entertainment, and some have likened it to a spiritual successor to Fallout: New Vegas, albeit in a completely different universe. It has that typical RPG jank, but it also crafts a memorable world imbued with its own unique sense of dark humor. Players can go through the game a number of ways depending on their choices, befriending or killing various factions and characters.

The Outer Worlds 2: Gameplay

Like its predecessor, The Outer Worlds 2 features primarily first-person gameplay, allowing players to use a variety of melee and ranged weapons in combat. It plays very much like Fallout, in that regard.

The Outer Worlds 2: Story and characters

We don’t know anything about the story in The Outer Worlds 2 except that it will feature a “new solar system, new crew, same Outer Worlds,” according to the trailer description. The first game was set hundreds of years in the future as humanity expanded the colonies across the galaxy. In order to save the failing Halcyon colony, players took on the mega-corporations that ran everything.

The Outer Worlds 2: Release date and platforms

The Outer Worlds 2 appears to be early in development, as indicated by its reveal trailer. Obsidian did not announce a release date or platforms, but it will likely release on Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, and PC.