Obsidian Entetainment has no plans to make The Outer Worlds 3, however will make extra video games within the Avowed world, regardless of the latest entries for each sequence underperforming financially.
In a Bloomberg interview with Obsidian head Fergus Urquhart, it’s implied that Grounded 2 was “an enormous hit” for the studio however neither The Outer Worlds 2 nor Avowed met gross sales expectations.
Whereas the article doesn’t immediately quote Urquharty stating that each video games bought lower than anticipated, it claims that each video games had “disappointing outcomes”, then quotes Urquhart as saying the outcomes of every sport made the studio “assume rather a lot about how a lot we put into the video games, how a lot we spend on them, how lengthy they take”.
Urquhart additionally defined that each video games have been in growth for greater than six years, and his position is to chop that down to a few or 4 years per sport going ahead.
Later within the article, it’s confirmed that whereas Obsidian is engaged on added content material for The Outer Worlds 2 (and Grounded 2), in addition to different fully new video games, there are not any plans to make The Outer Worlds 3.
The studio does, nevertheless, plan to “maintain making video games within the Avowed universe”, the article states. This doesn’t essentially imply Avowed 2 – it ought to be famous that Avowed was set in the identical universe as Pillars of Eternity.
Obsidian’s studio design director Josh Sawyer additionally addressed the truth that Obsidian launched three video games final 12 months, stating that it wasn’t deliberate and wasn’t essentially a superb factor regardless of Xbox hailing it because the “12 months of Obsidian”.
Noting that the discharge of three video games meant the studio’s help groups have been stretched skinny, Sawyer stated: “Spacing these releases helps the corporate handle its sources and never burn everyone out. It’s not good to launch three video games in the identical 12 months. It’s the results of issues going unsuitable.”
Avowed is coming to PlayStation 5 on February 17, alongside an anniversary replace for the Xbox and PC variations which features a New Recreation Plus mode, new races, new weapon sorts, a Photograph Mode and extra (all of which can even be within the PS5 model).
VGC’s Avowed assessment referred to as the sport “a stable, entertaining RPG that neatly fills a niche”, praising its “entertaining script, satisfying fight and impressively detailed environments”.
“The lack to scrub up facet quests after the primary story is overwhelmed will be irritating, however take your time with it and luxuriate in every thing it has to supply, and also you’ll discover loads of memorable moments,” we wrote.
