Xbox’s Obsidian Entertainment titles Grounded and Pentiment head to Nintendo Switch

What you need to know Grounded, a co-op survival game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Xbox Game Studios, is coming to Nintendo Switch.  Pentiment, a medieval narrative RPG also developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Xbox Game Studios, is also heading to Nintendo Switch.  This news was shared during a Nintendo Direct […]

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Xbox Developer_Direct coming on January 18, with studios including MachineGames, Ninja Theory, and Obsidian discussing Indiana Jones, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2, Avowed, and more

What you need to know Microsoft is holding another Xbox Developer_Direct later this month.  Introduced back in 2023, the Developer_Direct format is a presentation style where Xbox studios have team members talk about upcoming games.  For this upcoming Direct, players can expect to hear from MachineGames, Ninja Theory, Obsidian Entertainment, and others about Indiana Jones, […]

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Obsidian proposed making an Elder Scrolls game, but Bethesda said no: “I never got the impression Bethesda was happy with Fallout: New Vegas’ reception”

What you need to know Former Obsidian Entertainment writer and developer Chris Avellone has taken to X (formerly Twitter) to talk about a proposal he made to Bethesda while at the studio. The proposal was for a spinoff The Elder Scrolls game in the style of Fallout: New Vegas that would “provide more adventures in […]

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Here’s why Avowed co-op was canceled by Obsidian

What you need to know A recent documentary video uploaded by Obsidian unveils some interesting background details on the development of Avowed. Obsidian mentions that Avowed was originally going to have co-op, but they canceled it to focus on what they do best and make Avowed into a solid, single-player RPG. Avowed is an upcoming […]

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Obsidian responds to ‘concerns’ about Avowed’s Xbox and PC visuals and scope

What you need to know Avowed is an upcoming Xbox and Windows PC exclusive from Obsidian and Microsoft.  The game is set in the Pillars of Eternity fantasy universe, and was shown off at an Xbox Games Showcase event in June, 2023.  Some fans have offered negative feedback about the game’s visuals. To that end, […]

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Obsidian Entertainment CEO comments on Avowed being the studio’s take on Skyrim

What you need to know Avowed is a AAA RPG by  Obsidian Entertainment that was revealed in 2020. It will be the third release from Obsidian since their acquisition in 2018, joining Grounded and Pentiment. Obsidian CEO Feargus Urquhart gave an interview to PC Gamer about Avowed following the Xbox Games Showcase. Avowed was originally […]

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Could Fallout 5 be built by Obsidian?

What you need to know Obsidian is a Microsoft game studio, currently deep in development on Avowed, Grounded, and The Outer Worlds 2.  Microsoft also owns the popular apocalyptic Fallout franchise, owing to their purchase of ZeniMax media.  Despite its massive popularity, Fallout is essentially on hiatus right now, as Bethesda focuses its attention on […]

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Obsidian CEO would ‘love’ to make another Fallout before retiring

What you need to know Obsidian is a Microsoft game studio, currently deep in development on Avowed, Grounded, and The Outer Worlds 2.  Microsoft also owns the popular apocalyptic Fallout franchise, owing to their purchase of ZeniMax media.  Despite its massive popularity, Fallout is essentially on hiatus right now, as Bethesda focuses its attention on […]

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Obsidian Entertainment’s Grounded crosses 13 million players on Xbox and PC

What you need to know Grounded is a survival game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Xbox Game Studios.  Grounded initially launched in early access in July 2020, with the full 1.0 launch releasing on Sep. 27, 2022.  In February 2022, Grounded crossed 10 million players across Xbox and PC. In an interview on […]

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Obsidian would “love” to make a new Fallout game, but there’s a catch

What you need to know Fallout is an apocalyptic RPG franchise created by Interplay and now stewarded by Bethesda.  Now under Microsoft and Xbox, Bethesda has been busy working on Starfield and The Elder Scrolls VI, making the prospect of a new Fallout game pretty slim in the near future.  Obsidian, who built legendary entry […]

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