On the 2024 Xbox Games Showcase, Obsidian Leisure launched a brand new trailer for Avowed, and the developer confirmed that it’ll nonetheless be launched someday this yr
The newest trailer is extra cinematic than what we beforehand noticed for the sport, diving extra into the story of Avowed and what gamers shall be tasked with. “Discover the Residing Lands, a mysterious island full of journey and hazard,” Avowed’s story trailer YouTube description reads. “As an envoy of Aedyr, you might be despatched to analyze rumors of a spreading plague with a secret that threatens to destroy all the things. Are you able to save the island and your soul from the forces threatening to tear them aside?”
Along with extra perception into Avowed’s story, a brand new companion named Giatta debuted within the newest trailer. In line with the Xbox Wire blog post, Giatta is a “sensible and outspoken anticancer” who’s a scholar on soul power and is on a mission to unravel the answer to Dreamscourge.
Obsidian confirmed an in-depth have a look at Avowed’s gameplay throughout the Xbox Developer Direct occasion this previous January. Extra particulars that surfaced following the gameplay deep dive embody affirmation that Avowed will keep true to prior Obsidian initiatives and embody a number of endings, encouraging replayability, along with affirmation that it’ll not let you romance your companions.
Avowed is a primary-particular person position-taking part in recreation by Outer Worlds and Fallout New Vegas makers, and Obsidian proprietor Microsoft revealed it. It takes place in the identical universe as certainly one of Obsidian’s different video games, Pillars of Eternity, and as an Xbox Games Studio title, launches day-one on the subscription service Sport Cross.
Regardless of no agency launch date popping out of right this moment’s showcase, there are rumors that Avowed could goal a November 2024 launch date. Early final month, The Verge’s Tom Warren reported that Obsidian’s subsequent challenge could also be launched someday in November of this yr. This traces up with the Fall 2024 launch window that Obsidian supplied earlier this yr.
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