Obsidian Leisure has reportedly halted manufacturing on the Avowed sequel in favor of a brand new Fallout sport.
Bloomberg reported that Obsidian has scrapped plans for Avowed 2 and different unannounced initiatives to deal with the brand new Fallout sport, led by Josh Sawyer. Sawyer was reportedly beforehand engaged on one other RPG that was structurally just like Fallout. He additionally served as lead designer and mission director for Fallout: New Vegas, one of the crucial well-liked video games within the collection. Bethesda, the studio that has overseen the Fallout collection for almost twenty years, will collaborate with Obsidian on the mission.
A small group of workers will proceed to work on Avowed 2, with hopes of reviving the mission sooner or later. The information comes as a part of a significant Xbox reset that has resulted in hundreds of layoffs, along with Microsoft parting methods with a handful of first-party groups resembling Undead Labs. Bloomberg reported {that a} quarter of Obsidian workers have been additionally fired.
However the information of a brand new Fallout by Obsidian might be going to be very thrilling for followers. Fallout: New Vegas is a fan-favorite entry within the collection, however the IP hasn’t had a brand new mainline single-player sport in over a decade. Fallout 4 was launched in 2015, and some years later got here Fallout 76, an MMO-style sport set in a post-apocalyptic world. A live-action Fallout TV collection can also be accessible on Prime Video and has acquired crucial acclaim and excessive rankings.
Nonetheless, the TV collection solely made folks yearn for a brand new single-player Fallout sport, and with Bethesda engaged on The Elder Scrolls 6 for the foreseeable future, we’ll most likely be near a decade away from seeing a brand new Fallout sport from that crew. It was reported earlier this week that Bethesda can be focusing extra on its largest franchise, and this transfer appears to be an indication of that.
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