Latest about Avowed
With Assassin's Creed Shadows pushed back to an already-full February, expect a bloodbath that might decide the future of RPGs
Opinion Opinion | Five major RPGs are about to go to war, and it's gamers' chance to vote on the future of the medium
Avowed is "targeting 30FPS, bare minimum" on Xbox Series X/S because "you don't necessarily need 60 frames" for a first-person single-player RPG
News Optimization and stability is apparently "one of the last things you do"
Avowed lead says the Blood Mage build is "absolutely the best way to play" the RPG, even if Obsidian stumbled on it by accident
News Blood Mage it is, then
Playing Avowed feels like an Obsidian RPG with Skyrim-like combat, dialog options that reflect your build, and newbie-friendly fantasy lore
Preview Preview | I cast spells as a mage, clobbered enemies as a barbarian, and learned more about the Pillars of Eternity universe
Avowed lead says it's "very hard to say" how many endings the RPG has, but it's in "the double digits, and you can end up with a lot of different combinations of them"
News It's not 17,000, but it's still quite a lot
Avowed shares a universe with Obsidian RPG Pillars of Eternity, but OG director Josh Sawyer isn't on it as he was "burned out" and didn't want to be an "overprotective parent"
News "I don't care. It's not mine. It was never mine"
Avowed devs compared notes with Baldur's Gate 3 to make "mercurial" companions with "distinct personalities"
News "I want to take a lot from that and compare that to what we've been doing with companions"
Xbox is giving Avowed room to breathe by delaying it until February 2025, but what this RPG really needs is a stage to shine on
Opinion Opinion | Avowed looks great, but Xbox is running out of time to properly define this upcoming exclusive
