Avowed (Xbox Series X|S) News Articles
Wednesday3rd Dec 2025
News Avowed Is Getting Its 'Biggest Update Yet' To Mark The Xbox Title's One-Year Anniversary
Coming February 2026!
Back in the summer, Xbox developer Obsidian reassured fans that Avowed's Fall 2025 update was still on track - but plans have since changed, and this update has now morphed into a bigger content drop set to arrive in February 2026. To mark the game's one-year anniversary next Feb., Obsidian says that it's delivering "our...
Friday7th Nov 2025
Rumour Ex-Obsidian Dev Suggests Avowed 2 Is On The Cards, But 'No Plans' For Outer Worlds 3
Believe what you will
It's been a busy old year for Obsidian, with three major games released by the studio in 2025 alone (Avowed, Grounded 2 and Outer Worlds 2), and the team seem really happy with being able to work on their own IP right now. Not much has been revealed about what to expect in the future, but speaking on Twitter this week,...
Wednesday16th Jul 2025
News Avowed Update 1.5 Now Live, Obsidian Confirms Major Fall 2025 Patch Still On Track
Avowed's Summer 2025 update is here
Obsidian has just dropped the second major update of its 2025 roadmap for Avowed, featuring improvements to crafting, new abilities and weapons, changes to NPC behaviour and more. Avowed Update 1.5 is now live on Xbox & PC, and we'll chuck the team's full patch notes down below. However, before we get onto...
Wednesday21st May 2025
News Avowed Game Director Leaves Xbox & Obsidian For Netflix Studio
After spending 11 years at Obsidian
There's been a big departure from the team at Obsidian Entertainment, with Avowed game director Carrie Patel announcing on LinkedIn that she's now joined Night School: A Netflix Game Studio has of this month. Patel had been at Obsidian for 11 years and 7 months, contributing to not only Avowed, but also The Outer...
Thursday15th May 2025
News Avowed Update 1.4 Now Live, Full Roadmap For 2025 Also Revealed
Lots to look forward to
The latest update for Avowed has gone live today on Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S and PC in the form of update 1.4, which brings some cool new features to the game including an Aracnaphobia Mode for spider-haters like me! Before we get there though, we also need to mention that the full roadmap for Avowed in 2025 has been...
Friday25th Apr 2025
News Xbox Game Studios Publisher Sale Now Live On Steam, Up To 90% Off Select Titles
Including some newer releases
With lots of Xbox's catalogue now available on the PC platform Steam, we're always curious to see when Microsoft hosts sales over there - particularly to play bits and pieces from the portfolio on Steam Deck. And, to close out April, a big Xbox Game Studios sale has just gone live on the platform - including some of the...
Thursday27th Mar 2025
News Avowed Update 1.31 Now Live, Includes Improved Performance On Xbox Series X|S
"This update includes important fixes"
Obsidian's Avowed continues to receive regular updates around six weeks since launch, with today's offering adding bug fixes, UI improvements, community-requested features and even some Xbox performance upgrades. The specifics behind those performance upgrades haven't really been revealed, aside from the fact...
Friday14th Mar 2025
News Avowed's New Update Now Live For Xbox, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Community requested features, quest fixes, and more
Avowed's developer Obsidian Entertainment has been patching the game non-stop since its arrival and the latest build (Patch 1.3) has now been released on Xbox Series X|S and PC. This latest update addresses key areas including community-requested features, crashes and major issues, quests and...
Monday3rd Mar 2025
News Avowed Estimated To Reach 6 Million Players In First Month On Xbox & PC
Data suggests stronger launch than Indy
According to fresh data from outlet mindGAME, Xbox's Avowed is about to reach 6 million players across Game Pass and traditional sales on Xbox & PC. The source also stacks this up against recent Microsoft releases Black Ops 6 and Indiana Jones - which reached 26.2 million and 4 million in their first...
Friday28th Feb 2025
News Avowed New Update Now Live For Xbox, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Visual fixes, gameplay improvements, and more
Since Avowed's launch, Obsidian has been doing its best to address player concerns with all sorts of fixes and updates. The first patch rolled out on release included a bunch of community-requested fixes and even some visual fixes and audio improvements, and now in the latest update (Patch 1.2.4) there...
Monday24th Feb 2025
News Xbox RPG Avowed Seemingly Sold Well Despite Being In Game Pass
The dev is 'happy' with sales so far
Avowed has only been live in its standard edition form for just about a week now, but it sounds like it's doing pretty well both critically and commercially - at least in the eyes of Xbox developer Obsidian Entertainment. As part of a recent newsletter over at Bloomberg, game director Carrie Patel touched on...
Wednesday19th Feb 2025
News Xbox Exec Thanks Fans For Helping Avowed Go Number 1 On Steam
It's a top seller in multiple regions
Avowed is finally available outside of early access this week, and as a result of the game's standard edition becoming available to purchase, the Xbox RPG has rocketed up the charts on PC platform Steam. At the time of writing, the Obsidian title is number one in Steam's US sales charts - and here in the UK...
News Avowed Launch Update Now Live For Xbox, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Improved shadow quality for XSX and more!
In case you somehow missed it, Obisdian's new RPG Avowed is now available. As part of this, a new launch patch has been rolled out. This patch includes a bunch of community-requested fixes, addressing missing NPCs, comes with all sorts of fixes for quests, resolves some crashes and other major issues, and...
Tuesday18th Feb 2025
News Avowed Is Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (February 18)
A massive Xbox RPG hits the library
Today we have a major Xbox Game Pass update for you all! After years of anticipation, Obsidian's Avowed hits the library later today - playable for all Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members thanks to Microsoft's acquisition of the studio. We're sure that most of you have seen plenty of online chatter about this game...
Friday14th Feb 2025
News Xbox Studio Obsidian Says 'Not Trying To Grow Aggressively' Will Keep It Going For Decades
It hopes to stick around for 100(!) years
Obsidian Entertainment is in and amongst the headlines right now for its stellar work on Avowed, but it isn't stopping there. The Xbox studio plans to be around for 100 years or more, by sticking to what it knows and staying true to itself. In a new talk at DICE 2025 (thanks, PC Gamer), Obsidia
News Xbox's Avowed Is 'One Of The Best' Unreal Engine 5 Games So Far, Says Digital Foundry
"Avowed surprised me"
Yesterday, we covered an early look at how new Xbox title Avowed is running on both Series X and S - having been surprised by the inclusion of a 40FPS mode on Xbox Series S. Now though, the tech experts over at Digital Foundry have dug a little deeper - and they're claiming that
Thursday13th Feb 2025
News Avowed Performance Modes Tested, Including 40FPS Option On Xbox Series S
Here's a quick look at how the game is shaping up
Avowed launches in early access later today, and while developer Obsidian has detailed how Xbox Series X should perform, it hasn't really showcased that in gameplay - or given us proper details on the Xbox Series S version. Well, we've now got a bunch of early gameplay rolling in from both machines,...
News Avowed Review Roundup: Here's What The Critics Think So Far
How has Obsidian's new RPG fared?
The Avowed reviews have landed! Xbox's huge first-party release arrives in early access form today, so a whole bunch of critics have been sharing their impressions of the full game - the majority of which have been very positive! Below, we've gathered up some of these early reviews to give you an idea of what to...
Tuesday11th Feb 2025
News Avowed Xbox Preload Now Live Ahead Of Game Pass Release
Get locked and loaded for next week!
We're fast approaching the Xbox Game Pass launch for Avowed, and about a week out from that release, the Obsidian team has set preloads live for its upcoming RPG on Xbox and PC. Heading to Game Pass on February 18, Avowed is now available to download - coming in at roughly 74.8GB on Xbox Series X. Over on PC,...
Monday10th Feb 2025
News Avowed's Full Performance Mode Options Detailed For Xbox Series X
Lots of ways to go at it
In the run up to Avowed launching on Xbox Game Pass, we're hearing more about the shape of the game following its 2024 delay - and it sounds like Xbox Series X users will have plenty of performance options on day one. After finding out the game can at least run "up to 60FPS", a new
Thursday6th Feb 2025
News Avowed Has A 60FPS Mode On Xbox Series X, Confirms Obsidian
"Up to 60FPS"
Back in 2024, Microsoft confirmed that the console versions of Avowed would aim for 30FPS - but it's looking like developer Obsidian has since managed to squeeze more out of Xbox Series X in the meantime. In a new rapid-fire interview with game director Carrie Patel, the lead dev confirms that Series X players can enjoy Avowed at
Wednesday5th Feb 2025
News Xbox Exec Showcases Incredible Avowed Advert In Times Square
"Our global media campaign launches"
Things may feel a little quiet right now considering how close we are to Xbox's big Avowed launch this month, but marketing on the game might just be about to heat up. The Obsidian RPG is now the star of a huge animated billboard in Times Square, as Microsoft's "global media campaign launches" this week for the...
Monday9th Dec 2024
News Xbox Might Be Preparing To Release Two First-Party Games In Early 2025
Avowed could be joined by South of Midnight
It's almost time to finish up with 2024 and look ahead to a busy 2025, and as we peek around the corner at the early months of next year, it seems there's a good chance we'll be getting two first-party releases from Xbox very soon. The first of these has already been confirmed in the form of Avowed...
Tuesday26th Nov 2024
News Xbox's Avowed Team 'Very Confident' About Competing With Other Big Releases Next Year
"We're very confident that Avowed is going to stand on its own"
Earlier this year, Xbox's Avowed got delayed to February 2025 - a launch window that now looks busy with the likes of Assassin's Creed Shadows, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 and Monster Hunter Wilds all launching in the same month. However, dev team Obsidian Entertainment isn't wor
Thursday21st Nov 2024
News Avowed Third-Person Mode Looks Super Slick In New Xbox Preview Footage
Coming to Game Pass next Feb!
Obsidian RPG Avowed isn't too far off launching on Xbox Game Pass early next year, and ahead of that release, we have a batch of new press previews to dig into - including more of an extended look at the game's third-person mode. Yep, if you didn't know it, Avowed is playable entirely from a third-person perspective -...
Friday15th Nov 2024
News Surprise! Xbox's Avowed Has Been Confirmed For Another Platform
Even Blizzard's digital service "is an Xbox"
Well, here's a bit of a surprise. Xbox has today revealed it's bringing Obsidian Entertainment's upcoming fantasy RPG Avowed to not only Xbox Series X|S, Windows, and Steam platforms, but also Blizzard's Battle.net launcher on PC. This was confirmed in an announcement today on Xbox Wire. While we've seen...
Thursday14th Nov 2024
News Xbox Delayed Avowed Purely Because Of Its 2024 Game Pass Schedule
"Okay, let's make sure we pace this out a little better"
Obsidian's upcoming RPG Avowed was supposed to be out at this point, but the game was eventually delayed to February 2025 earlier this year. While delays in this industry often happen due to evolving development timelines, Xbox insists this isn't the case with Avowed. Speaking in a new...
Monday28th Oct 2024
News Xbox's Avowed Is A 'Meaningful' RPG With Plenty Of Choices, Says Obsidian Dev
"That's what makes it meaningful roleplay"
A few months ago, there was a load of news coming out regularly about Avowed as Xbox opened up on its new RPG, but things have gone a little quiet since the game's recent delay. Still, we're quite excited about this one dropping next February, and some new information coming from
Thursday29th Aug 2024
News Obsidian Says Avowed Is Running 'Really, Really Well' On Xbox Series X, Despite 30FPS Target
Series S is still being figured out
During Gamescom 2024, Xbox developer Obsidian Entertainment revealed that its upcoming RPG Avowed will run at 30FPS on console, and despite this lower frame rate target, the team claims that the game is running "really, really well" on Xbox Series X right now. As part of a preview over at Windows Central,...
Monday26th Aug 2024
News Here's Over An Hour Of Fresh Gameplay From Xbox RPG Avowed
A deep dive on the Game Pass title
Throughout the last week or so, Obsidian's Avowed has been a massive part of Xbox's presence at the Gamescom 2024 industry event. We saw new gameplay, read some early previews, and learnt about
