Obsidian Leisure is reportedly pulling the plug on a sequel to Avowed in favor of a brand new Fallout recreation.
Bloomberg reports that Obsidian has scrapped plans for Avowed 2 and different unannounced initiatives to concentrate on a brand new Fallout recreation, led by Josh Sawyer. Sawyer was reportedly engaged on a unique RPG that was structurally just like Fallout previous to this. He additionally served as lead designer and challenge director on Fallout: New Vegas, some of the beloved video games in the franchise. Bethesda, the studio that has overseen the Fallout franchise for almost 20 years, will work with Obsidian on the challenge.
A small group of workers will proceed to work on Avowed 2 with the hopes of reviving the challenge later down the road. The information comes as a part of Xbox’s huge reset, which has resulted in hundreds of layoffs, in addition to Microsoft parting methods with a handful of first-party groups akin to Undead Labs. Bloomberg stories {that a} quarter of Obsidian was laid off as properly.
The information of a brand new Fallout from Obsidian is probably going very thrilling to followers, nevertheless. Fallout: New Vegas is a fan-favorite entry in the franchise and the IP hasn’t had a brand new mainline, single-player recreation in over a decade. Fallout 4 was launched in 2015 and some years later, we received Fallout 76, an MMO-style recreation set in the post-apocalyptic universe. A live-action Fallout TV collection has additionally been ongoing on Prime Video, garnering essential reward and excessive viewership.
Nonetheless, the TV collection has solely made folks crave a brand new single-player Fallout recreation and with Bethesda engaged on The Elder Scrolls 6 for the foreseeable future, a brand new Fallout recreation from that workforce is probably going nearly a decade away. It was reported earlier this week that Bethesda could be focusing extra on its greatest franchises, and this transfer seems to be an indication of that.
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