Neowin News Feed for: Avowed

Avowed anniversary update is here with New Game+, new races, and a PS5 version

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 19:26:02 +0000

The latest Xbox game to get a PlayStation 5 port is Avowed, the Obsidian-developed RPG from last year. Read more...

Obsidian plans faster game development under Xbox using some old tricks

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 20:40:01 +0000

Obsidian doesn't want to release three games in the same year again, but it does have plans to make game development times much shorter. Read more...

Avowed announced for PS5, will land alongside massive anniversary update

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 23:52:01 +0000

The fantasy RPG that Obsidian released for Xbox platforms last year is finally coming to PlayStation 5 alongside its content-heavy anniversary update. Read more...

Avowed gets Steam Deck Verified as new update reworks Fighter and Ranger classes

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 20:32:01 +0000

Obsidian's latest RPG, Avowed, has finally gained Steam Deck Verification alongside its 1.5 update, which lands with major reworks, new features, bug fixes, and more. Read more...

Obsidian director behind Avowed leaves studio to take position at Netflix Games

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 20 May 2025 20:14:01 +0000

Obsidian Entertainment's latest RPG, Avowed, was released only a few months ago, and its director has now announced that she is moving over to Netflix's gaming division. Read more...

Avowed roadmap has New Game Plus, new abilities, weapons, and more incoming

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 15 May 2025 21:08:01 +0000

Obsidian has shared what it has planned for its recently released RPG Avowed. The roadmap covers two more massive updates that are coming in 2025. Read more...

Obsidian's new RPG Avowed is now available on PC, Xbox Series X|S, and Game Pass

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 18:00:10 +0000

The next first-party launch from an Xbox studio is now available, with Obsidian releasing its fantasy RPG Avowed to the masses across PC and Xbox consoles, as well as Game Pass. Read more...

Nvidia releases driver 572.42 with Avowed and DLSS 4 support for Indiana Jones

Taras Buria — Thu, 13 Feb 2025 15:26:01 +0000

Nvidia has released a new graphics driver with optimizations for Avowed, DLSS 4 support for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, and more. Read more...

AMD releases new GPU driver with support for Avowed, Civilization VII, and more

Taras Buria — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 22:02:01 +0000

AMD has a new optional driver for Radeon users, and it adds support for several new games, such as Avowed, Civilization VII, Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, and more. Read more...

Intel releases new GPU driver with Avowed support, Hellblade II FPS improvements, and more

Taras Buria — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 14:06:02 +0000

Intel has released a new WHQL driver with optimizations for Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii and Avowed, FPS improvements for Hellblade 2, and more. Read more...

Avowed, Madden NFL 25, and more arrive to Xbox Game Pass in February

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 14:48:01 +0000

Xbox Game Pass subscribers have plenty of new games to play this February, with Microsoft unveiling Obsidian's Avowed, EA's latest Madden entry, and more for the service this month. Read more...

Avowed is also launching on Battle.net for some reason, pre-orders now live

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 20:00:01 +0000

In addition to the Microsoft Store and Steam, the PC version of Avowed is also releasing on the Battle.net app. Pre-orders are now live for standard and premium editions. Read more...

Obsidian has set Avowed's frame rate at 30FPS on Xbox consoles to improve its visuals

John Callaham — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 13:40:01 +0000

Obsidian Entertainment has decided to lock in the frame rate for Avowed at 30fps for Xbox consoles, but that might not be a bad thing. Read more...

Obsidian's Feargus Urquhart: The Outer Worlds II "is going really well"

John Callaham — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 21:00:01 +0000

In a new podcast interview, Obsidian studio head Feargus Urquhart stated that development of the long-awaited sci-fi RPF sequel The Outer Worlds II "is going really well" even as it finishes Avowed. Read more...

Microsoft officially delays Obsidian's RPG Avowed to give "backlogs some breathing room"

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Fri, 02 Aug 2024 23:30:01 +0000

Following rumors, Microsoft has confirmed that the Xbox platform exclusive RPG Avowed from Obsidian Entertainment will no longer be targeting a 2024 launch schedule as previously announced. Read more...

Avowed reportedly delayed to early 2025 to avoid a traffic jam of games in late 2024

Omer Dursun — Thu, 01 Aug 2024 18:00:02 +0000

Rumors swirl that Obsidian's Avowed may face a delay from its fall 2024 release window to early 2025. The reported decision stems from a strategic move by Microsoft to optimize its release calendar. Read more...

Obsidian's Avowed gets a story trailer showing off factions and the Dreamscourge

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Sun, 09 Jun 2024 19:34:01 +0000

Obsidian Entertainment's upcoming fantasy RPG Avowed received another trailer at the Xbox Games Showcase, revealing one of the four companions, the Dreamscourge, and three rivaling factions. Read more...

Microsoft reportedly has lots of first-party Xbox and PC games due out for the rest of 2024

John Callaham — Wed, 01 May 2024 13:30:01 +0000

A new report claims Microsoft has a schedule of when it plans to release its major first-party gaming titles for the rest of 2024. That includes games like the next Call of Duty title and more. Read more...

More Avowed info and gameplay was shown during today's official Xbox Podcast episode

John Callaham — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 02:22:01 +0000

The official Xbox Podcast posted a surprise episode that focused on one of Microsoft's big 2024 first party games, the fantasy RPG Avowed, with new info and new gameplay from the Obisidian title. Read more...

Obsidian's Avowed launches this fall on Xbox and PC, catch more gameplay here

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 21:46:01 +0000

The Xbox Developer_Direct showed off gameplay, combat, and a quest of the upcoming Obsidian Entertainment-developed RPG, Avowed today. The game is out this fall on Xbox, PC, and Game Pass. Read more...

Here's when and where to watch the Xbox Developer_Direct 2024 event and what to expect

John Callaham — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 13:00:01 +0000

Microsoft will hold the 2024 edition of its Xbox Developer_Direct streaming event later today starting at 3 pm Eastern time. Here's how to watch it and what we can expect from the event. Read more...

Xbox Direct showcase will have Indiana Jones gameplay and more next week

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 15:50:02 +0000

The second annual Xbox Developer_Direct is streaming next week, giving the spotlight to the upcoming Xbox titles Indiana Jones, Avowed, Senua's Saga: Hellblade II, and Ara: History Untold. Read more...

An exec says Microsoft unleashes "relay race" of exclusive games with Starfield

Omer Dursun — Wed, 23 Aug 2023 17:44:01 +0000

Xbox's Chief Marketing Officer believes that Starfield is just the "starting gun" for Xbox-exclusive games that will be released over the next few years. And he is "super excited" about that. Read more...

Obsidian reveals Avowed was originally a co-op RPG before fully single-player pivot

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 18:34:01 +0000

Obsidian had originally begun developing Avowed as a co-op RPG, even before Microsoft's acquisition of the studio. The studio later ditched this version to focus on single-player instead. Read more...

Microsoft's Xbox Games Showcase 2023 had some highs, some lows, but mostly just questions

John Callaham — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 14:30:02 +0000

This year's Xbox Games Showcase did show off some promising upcoming games, but it also didn't do enough to convince me that Microsoft has made enough of a course correction in releasing major titles. Read more...

Obsidian's next RPG Avowed is out next year, gameplay trailer is here

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Sun, 11 Jun 2023 17:40:01 +0000

Obsidian Entertainment's next big RPG received its first gameplay trailer at the Xbox Games Showcase today. The title will feature combat with swords, guns, magic, and more with dual wielding. Read more...

It's time to play Xbox Games Showcase 2023 Bingo as we give our predictions

John Callaham — Sat, 10 Jun 2023 19:00:01 +0000

Tomorrow, Microsoft will hold its 2023 Xbox Games Showcase, and we decided to create a bingo card to see if we can predict what will be shown and announced during the live-streaming event. Read more...

Original Fallout: New Vegas developers think a graphics upgrade would be "awesome"

John Callaham — Tue, 28 Feb 2023 20:46:01 +0000

The team members behind Fallout: New Vegas agree it would be "awesome" if the post-apocalypse RPG could be released at some point with the graphics remastered, but they are busy with other projects. Read more...

Obsidian's next big RPG is Avowed, a first-person Pillars of Eternity game

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 17:36:02 +0000

Obsidian revealed its next epic open-world fantasy RPG today during the Xbox Games Showcase. Avowed will be a first-person game set in the studios' popular Pillars of Eternity universe. Read more...