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Avowed is shaping up to be one of 2025's most exciting new RPG titles, but will it come to Game Pass? Here's what you need to know.

Windows Central

Avowed is an RPG that's both the culmination of everything Obsidian has done before, and also an evolution of it: "There's really not a whole lot of our regions that's off limits to the players"

Big in 2025 | Avowed is going to open us up to the fantasy world of Eora with one of the most ambitious RPGs of the year

GamesRadar

These are the 14 biggest upcoming RPGs of 2025—get ready for another amazing year for the genre

12 more months of to-hit rolls.

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Games to look forward to in 2025: Avowed

Fun combat, breezy banter and colourful characters promise to make this role playing game from Obsidian a must-play for fans of Skyrim

The Guardian - UK

The legendary South Park RPG that has over 50,000 'Overwhelmingly Positive' reviews on Steam is now cheaper than a cup of coffee

Obsidian's stellar RPG delivers hours of hilarious adventuring

PC Gamer

You ain’t seen nothing yet! 'The Outer Worlds 2' gets wild new trailer at The Game Awards

A new trailer for Obsidian Entertainment's "The Outer Worlds 2" was released at TGA 2024

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5 best sci-fi games coming in 2025 and beyond

Sci-fi was a big topic during The Game Awards 2024 – here are five games announced to put on your wishlist.

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The Outer Worlds 2 has been announced and it's arriving in 2025

Obsidian Entertainment has officially announced The Outer Worlds 2, a sequel to its 2019 hit.

TechRadar

Obsidian is about to make it a monster year for RPGs, with The Outer Worlds 2 coming later in 2025 after Avowed

Begin and end the year with a huge Obsidian RPG.

PC Gamer

We just got our first proper look at The Outer Worlds 2, coming 2025 - and Obsidian's RPG sequel is coming to PS5 too

Obsidian's keeping the series multiplatform

GamesRadar

Xbox's The Outer Worlds 2 makes a surprise appearance during the Game Awards 2024 — and it's coming next year

Xbox showed up to The Game Awards 2024 to reveal gameplay for The Outer Worlds 2, and it's launching in 2025.

Windows Central

You'll be able start 'almost every, if not every' quest in Obsidian's Avowed in multiple ways, so you can feel safe wandering around doing whatever

"We want to just constantly foster that sense of exploration, wanderlust"

PC Gamer

Almost every quest in RPG Avowed can be started in multiple ways: "We want to just constantly foster that sense of exploration, wanderlust"

Obsidian Entertainment's next game lets you do things "out of order"

GamesRadar

Every game, trailer, and announcement in the 2024 PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted

This year's showcase featured over 80 games to look forward to in the new year.

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Watch Avowed's director set a new speed record for answering our questions about Obsidian's upcoming RPG

Carrie Patel joined The PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted ahead of Avowed's release in February.

GamesRadar

Obsidian's new first-person RPG Avowed channels Baldur's Gate 3 in one key way: "The core of RPGs that makes them special is missable content"

"It makes your experience feel more personal to you."

GamesRadar

Obsidian's Josh Sawyer thought Pillars of Eternity's Kickstarter had a 50% chance of failing, only for the RPG to be fully funded within 27 hours

"Other people at the studio were also like 'are we really not going to do this?'"

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Avowed is "an evolution" of Obsidian's past RPGs, including The Outer Worlds and Fallout: New Vegas

Pillars of Eternity lives on with Avowed

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Avowed Attributes and Backgrounds explained

When creating your character your Background in Avowed is important, as are your Attributes when levelling up

Space

'Knights of the Old Republic II' at 20: The key to Star Wars' future is found in its past

We revisit the Star Wars RPG sequel that subverted the expectations of fans and gained a cult following, despite a troubled development.

GamesRadar

Avowed's Kai, who shares a voice actor with Mass Effect's Garrus, has me hooked on the RPG after only 3 hours

Opinion | Kai, voiced by Brandon "Garrus Vakarian" Keener, offers an excellent introduction to The Living Lands in Avowed, and I can't wait to continue questing together

PC Gamer

Even if Avowed does well, it doesn't sound like we'll get Pillars of Eternity 3, at least not from Josh Sawyer: 'I am more interested in doing original IP'

Pillars 2 really burned him out, and Avowed is now the future of the series.

PC Gamer

My favorite thing about Avowed might just be how much stuff it lets me turn off

Avowed's deep commitment to UI options is one of its greatest strengths.

GamesRadar

Fallout: New Vegas director Josh Sawyer is "helping on Avowed," but he's "more interested in doing original IP" when he directs his next game

"We'll see where the future takes me"

GamesRadar

The 10 RPGs that defined Xbox and evolved the genre

Feature | Xbox built a bridge between computer-first RPGs and playing on the couch, redefining the genre in the process – here are the 10 Xbox RPG games that redefined the format for good

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