Xbox Reportedly Cancels Avowed Sequel to Make Room for a New Fallout Game From the New Vegas Director
The move follows 1,600 Xbox layoffs and a shift toward games that can sell copies, Game Pass subscriptions or consoles, Bloomberg reported.
- Xbox-owned developer Obsidian has cancelled a sequel to Avowed, shifting resources to develop a new Fallout game under the direction of Fallout New Vegas director Josh Sawyer.
- This development follows deep cuts at Xbox, which slashed 1,600 jobs this week as part of a long-term turnaround strategy to prioritize games that sell.
- The Fallout franchise remains more popular than ever following the Amazon Prime Fallout TV series, though industry conditions have changed significantly since the 18-month development cycle of Fallout New Vegas 17 years ago.
- Xbox is entering a "common sense" era, reversing an earlier 50% price hike on Game Pass that caused a loss of subscribers.
- Bethesda does not plan to release a new mainline Fallout entry until well into the 2030s, leaving Obsidian's project as a near-term alternative in the franchise roadmap.
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Xbox reportedly cancels Avowed sequel to make room for a new Fallout game from the New Vegas director
Bloomberg reports that Obsidian Entertainment has shifted development to a new Fallout game led by Fallout: New Vegas director Josh Sawyer, while the planned Avowed sequel has been cancelled.
New Fallout Reportedly Coming From New Vegas Studio Amid Mass Layoffs & Game Cancellations
Image Courtesy of Bethesda Softworks News surrounding Xbox’s long-rumored layoff spree is continuing to spill out as the bodies stack up and the dust settles. Obsidian Entertainment is one such team Xbox has taken the hatchet to as the console maker continues to flail. A new report has gone into some of these less public dealings, sifting through some of […]
Microsoft’s Xbox reset is pivoting Obsidian to make Fallout instead of Avowed
As part of Microsoft's big Xbox "reset," which includes layoffs affecting 3,200 staffers, jettisoning studios, and shifting investments to focus on "higher priority projects," Obsidian Entertainment is changing its plans. The studio, behind games like Grounded and The Outer Worlds, is starting work on a new Fallout title and has canceled "multiple projects," including a sequel to last year's Avowed, according to Bloomberg. Despite the success of…
Obsidian Reportedly Cancels Avowed 2 to Focus on a New Fallout Game
Obsidian Entertainment is reportedly pulling the plug on a sequel to Avowed in favor of a new Fallout game.Bloomberg reports that Obsidian has scrapped plans for Avowed 2 and other unannounced projects to focus on a new Fallout game, led by Josh Sawyer. Sawyer was reportedly working on a different RPG that was structurally similar to Fallout prior to this. He also served as lead designer and project director on Fallout: New Vegas, one of the mos…
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