Microsoft has slowly however certainly supplied updates on initiatives introduced years in the past, together with Fable, State of Decay 3, and Good Darkish. Nevertheless, there are nonetheless outliers, together with The Outer Worlds 2, introduced in 2021. Whereas Obsidian Leisure focuses on Avowed, CEO Feargus Urquhart just lately revealed that growth on the sequel is “going rather well.”
In a current video interview with Restrict Break Community, Urquhart stated, “I’m impressed with the crew…We have been very fortunate. Now we have lots of people on that sport that get it, who’ve labored on the primary one and labored for us a really very long time. So I’ve truly been actually impressed by it.”
Urquhart additionally famous that the developer had a “actually onerous time” throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, which adopted its acquisition by Microsoft. “We have been making an attempt to get The Outer Worlds finished, and we’re making an attempt to get the DLC finished, and we’re making an attempt to maneuver Avowed ahead. We need to get The Outer Worlds 2 shifting, Grounded’s shifting, and Josh [Sawyer] is on Pentiment…
“There’s simply all these things taking place, and to be sincere, we have been sort of a crappy developer for a couple of 12 months, 12 months and a half. There was speak of, ‘Will we cease work on The Outer Worlds 2 and simply throw the entire crew on Avowed?’ Grounded wasn’t Early Entry but throughout a few of these conversations.
“I admire Microsoft and the groups and all people and that we sort of, you already know, we stated, ‘No, we are going to get there. We’ll get there with all these video games. Are they going to be on the timelines that we initially thought? No, however we’re going to get there.” He famous how Grounded and Pentiment turned out properly, Avowed is “wanting nice” and The Outer Worlds 2 is “wanting unbelievable.”
The Outer Worlds 2 has been introduced Xbox Sequence X/S and PC, although it doesn’t have a launch date (and it’s PlayStation launch is seemingly undecided). It’s reportedly been in growth since 2019, with Fallout co-creator Tim Cain introduced as a marketing consultant earlier this 12 months.
Within the meantime, Avowed will likely be launching on February 18th, 2025, for Xbox Sequence X/S and PC after dealing with a brief delay. It’s additionally confirmed to look at Gamescom later this month.
