Avowed is the most recent Xbox Sport Studios title to be developed for PlayStation, developer Obsidian introduced right this moment.
The information was introduced as a part of an interview on the New Sport+ Showcase, the place the Obsidian developer shared that the February 17 launch on PS5 will coincide with the sport’s promised anniversary replace on all platforms.
This anniversary replace consists of many long-requested options, together with a New Sport Plus mode, Picture Mode, the power to play as three new races (Aumaur, Orlan, and Dwarf), new weapon varieties, the power to vary your look within the overworld, and different extremely requested upgrades.
Pre-orders for the PS5 model begin right this moment, and the replace is free for customers who already personal it on different platforms.
Avowed was launched nearly a 12 months in the past (therefore the anniversary replace). The ranking on the time was 7/10. We mentioned the sport had “nice world-building and wonderful character writing”, however on the identical time “performs very secure with a by-the-numbers fantasy journey”.
Avowed’s transfer to PlayStation is an element of a bigger pattern of Xbox releasing its first-party video games on competing platforms, which has lately included Forza Horizon 5, Doom: The Darkish Ages, Indiana Jones and the Nice Circle, and even Halo. It is a technique that seems to be working nicely in a number of methods. Within the first quarter of final 12 months, six of the ten best-selling video games on PlayStation had been launched on Xbox. And its management has publicly embraced the concept that customers discover platform exclusivity βoutdated.β
As {hardware} costs soar and gamers gravitate towards timeless video games, will this technique work? We check out what 2026 will maintain for Xbox. You’ll be able to learn that prediction right here.
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