Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind Fallout: New Vegas, has reportedly been moved by Xbox onto a new Fallout game, but at the cost of canceling multiple projects, including a sequel to the 2025 RPG Avowed. According to a Bloomberg report, the Avowed sequel was "going well" and set to be unveiled in 2027. The shift in focus aligns with Xbox's strategy to concentrate on its biggest franchises. The new Fallout game will be led by studio design director Josh Sawyer, who directed the critically acclaimed Fallout: New Vegas. This marks the first non-Bethesda-developed Fallout since the studio acquired the rights. The report also notes that another canceled project, also led by Sawyer, was an RPG thematically similar to Fallout. The decision comes after Microsoft's massive layoffs, which reportedly saw Obsidian lose a quarter of its staff.
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