Avowed

Xbox has just announced another showcase scheduled for June later this year. Xbox executives revealed that it'll be showing off games such as Senua's Saga: Hellblade II, Avowed, and more.The news comes from the official Xbox podcast where Matt Booty, president of gaming content and studios, explained that Xbox is expected to have a big year with "more than ten major releases coming up," and more information on what's coming out will be shared at the "June showcase coming up pretty soon."…

A number of Xbox-exclusive titles have had any mention of Xbox Game Pass removed from their listing on the official Microsoft website. Previously, the likes of Fable, Avowed and Hellblade 2 all mentioned their inclusion on Xbox Game Pass on their respective listing on the Microsoft website, alongside the logo for the Xbox Series console. Now it seems Microsoft has updated those listings. There is no mention of Xbox Game Pass until much further down the page, and text reading “console and PC” has replaced the Xbox Series…

Obsidian Entertainment’s upcoming flagship first-person RPG, Avowed, may have a smudge of weirdness in it. In a recent interview, Avowed director Carrie Patel explained that the game’s already iconic mutated skeleton warrior may have been inspired by Jeff Vandermeer’s Annihilation, a popular New Weird novel. Press Start‘s James Wood interviewed Carrie Patel and her fellow director, Gabe Paramo, about Avowed. It’s an interesting and engaging piece that helps put much of Avowed‘s previously shown-off gameplay footage into…

Excitement for Obsidian Entertainment’s upcoming action-RPG Avowed has no doubt ramped up since it was shown off at Developer Direct. Since then, some extended footage has been doing the rounds, with an in-depth discussion about the game from its two directors. In the recent video from the official Xbox podcast, Game Director Carrie Patel and Gameplay Director Gabe Paramo take us through some moments from Avowed‘s Shatterskarp area. We get a pretty tasty morsel of what’s to come from Obsidian’s next release (though it…

Microsoft Xbox has long struggled with consistency and maintaining a steady stream of exclusives. Some years would be chock-full of exciting new games, while others were barren wastelands outside of a couple of smaller releases. After a turnaround in 2023, Xbox’s 2024 first-party game lineup is looking to be its most compelling in years. That’s thanks to a successful Developer_Direct showcase that set Xbox on the right track this week. It doesn’t feel like this year is relying too heavily on one studio or genre, and…

Avowed, the latest fantasy action role-playing game from Obsidian Entertainment, has received an updated release window. First announced back in 2020, it was then confirmed Avowed would be released in 2024 last June. Obsidian have now said the game will release Autumn 2024 via an update at the latest Xbox Developer Direct. During a deep-dive, game director Carrie Patel said: “Avowed is an adventure into the heart of the Living Lands, a frontier at the edge of the known world. You must put a stop to a mysterious spiritual…

Xbox kicked off its 2024 with a jam-packed Developer Direct showcase, bringing reveals and updates on four upcoming releases from four studios, plus a bonus update from Square Enix. The 45-minute presentation, streamed live on YouTube and Xbox's other social channels late Thursday, took the covers off MachineGames' upcoming Indiana Jones game, provided a release date for the highly anticipated Senua's Saga, and revealed a release window for Avowed, Obsidian's next big fantasy RPG.While 2023 was a quiet year for Xbox, the…

Avowed, the fantasy roleplaying game from Outer Worlds studio Obsidian Entertainment, is due to hit Xbox and PC in the fall. This is a slight update from the game's original release window, which was just "2024." Specifically, Avowed will hit Xbox Series X/S, PC via Xbox and Steam, and it'll be available through Game Pass on day one.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ni50utYFq14Avowed is an expansive first-person RPG with old-school fantasy vibes. Players will set off on a journey across the Living Lands, on a mission for…

Obsidian Entertainment Obsidian Entertainment gave us an in-depth look at Avowed during today’s Developer_Direct event and confirmed that the RPG will release in the fall. Whether you’re into open-world RPGs in the vein of The Elder Scrolls or The Outer Worlds or you’re a longtime fan of Obsidian’s Pillars of Eternity series, the upcoming fantasy RPG Avowed may be exactly what you’ve been waiting for. More importantly, the world of Eora, which Pillars of Eternity and its sequel inhabit, is finally back in action for…

Xbox is laying out its road ahead with the Developer Direct 2024. Obsidian started the show today, sharing some new looks at Avowed as it heads for a Fall 2024 window. Today, we got a deeper look at the first-person RPG from Obsidian Entertainment. Set in the same world as Pillars of Eternity, Eora, Avowed is a more action-oriented approach. And a decent chunk of the opening minutes of today’s look covered the scrapping, from magic and swords to flintlock-style pistols. Heck, you can even wield a bunch of wands, if you…