Xbox Boss Says Avowed Was Delayed Due To Scheduling, Not Quality

Oftentimes, video video games are delayed as a result of the challenge hasn’t totally come collectively, riddled with efficiency points or game-breaking bugs. However that is not the case with Avowed, in line with Xbox head honcho Phil Spencer. He pushed again Obsidian’s upcoming RPG as a result of this vacation season was too crowded for the corporate.

Talking with Game File (through VGC), Spencer mentioned Avowed’s delay to February, noting Xbox at present has the good thing about a packed vacation season with Name of Obligation: Black Ops 6, Diablo 4: Vessel of Hate, and subsequent month’s Indiana Jones and the Nice Circle (to not point out Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024). This allowed Xbox to house out releases and provides Avowed its personal time to shine subsequent yr.

“We did not transfer it as a result of Obsidian wanted the time,” Spencer stated. “They’re going to use the time.”

As such, Spencer labored with Xbox Recreation Studios head Matt Booty on scheduling out sport releases and dealing with the Recreation Go staff. “We stated, ‘OK, let’s ensure that we tempo this out a bit higher.’”

Avowed is now slated to launch on PC and Xbox Sequence X|S on February 18, 2025. It isn’t a barren month by any means, as different huge video games scheduled then embrace Civilization VII and Monster Hunter Wilds.

Earlier this yr, Obsidian revealed that Avowed will run at 30fps on Xbox Sequence X, enabling “juicier visuals.” The developer is promising doable endings in Avowed that “quantity within the double digits.” GameSpot obtained an hour with the RPG in August, coming away with the impression that Avowed is like Skyrim blended with Annihilation.