What do you need to know
- Avowed is another big RPG in development at Obsidian Entertainment, the beloved studio behind games like Fallout: New Vegas, Pillars of Eternity, The Outer Worlds, and Grounded (among others).
- It received a new story trailer during the Xbox Games Showcase 2024, but it still listed the game’s release window as “2024”.
- clock after however, the showcase featured a blog post about the trailer from Obsidian that stated the game’s release date as November 12, 2024. Obsidian quickly edited the post to remove mention of that date, but not before fans caught wind.
- There is currently no concrete confirmation if this is indeed the planned release date for Avowed, but it could be.
During the Xbox Games Showcase 2024 today, we got a lot of big news about several upcoming Xbox releases, and thanks to a random leak from one of the biggest developers under the Xbox Game Studios banner, we even got a little more information than we had. .
That developer is Obsidian Entertainment, and the subject of the leak is none other than its next big RPG project, Avowed. In the hours following the debut of the Avowed story trailer, the studio posted a blog post about the video on its website; its text stated that the fantasy title has a planned release date of November 12, 2024 (the trailer itself stated the same “2024” release window we already knew about).
Obsidian quickly edited the post to remove mention of that particular date, but not before players picked up on the leak and started spreading it on social media. I learned about it. As you can see in the embedded post below, the cat is out of the bag:
Very strange. They immediately removed the Avowed release date after I posted this. Attached before and after photos. pic.twitter.com/vfH9QVlwzoJune 9, 2024
“The past few months at Obsidian Entertainment have been fast-paced and exciting. Since seeing you at the Xbox Developer Direct this January, we’ve been busy preparing Avowed for release on November 12, 2024,” reads the original unedited quote from game director Carrie Patel . “Today, we’re excited to reveal our first-ever story trailer at Xbox Games Showcase 2024 and to talk to you more about what we’ve been sharing.”
The reason why Microsoft and Obsidian weren’t ready to officially share this release date with fans during today’s Xbox unveiling is unknown, but it’s possible that it’s just an internal guess that’s not meant for the public. Alternatively, the game’s release date may have changed since Patel made this quote, which may have prompted the decision not to give a specific date. Microsoft may have had other plans for the reveal as well — plans that have now been disrupted.
Avowed itself is one of my most anticipated Xbox 2024 exclusives, just below STALKER 2 GSC Game World (it also made an appearance, by the way) and I’m incredibly excited to dive into it. I’ve always loved Obsidian’s RPGs — Fallout: New Vegas is without a doubt one of the best PC games I’ve ever played — and because I’ve been hungry for a new Elder Scrolls-style single-player experience lately. months, I’m here for Avowed and its mix of ranged weapons, melee, and magic that feels like a more fluid and dynamic take on Skyrim’s combat.
Of course, I also have high hopes for the writing of Avowed, especially as it takes place in the world of Eora, which Obsidian has been developing since the release of Pillars of Eternity in 2015. The story takes players to a new area of ​​this universe known as The Living Lands and tasks them with investigating the rapid spread of a magical plague for the Aedyr Empire. Everything we’ve seen so far about the narrative and the game’s dialogue system looks great, so I’m optimistic that Obsidian will knock this aspect of Avowed out of the park.
Whenever Announced, you’ll be able to play it on Xbox Series X|S consoles as well as Windows PC via the Microsoft Store or Valve’s Steam distribution platform. Per Microsoft’s policy for Xbox exclusives, it will also be available day one on Xbox and PC Game Pass and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate (along with Xbox Cloud Gaming if you have the latter).