We're already well aware of the fact that The Outer Worlds 2, Obsidian's sequel to their excellent 2019 sci-fi RPG, is currently in development, with a rather tongue-in-cheek announcement trailer having been aired for the game at E3 back in June.
However, according to a Twitter post by @FaizShaikh7681, which zeroes in on Obsidian production manager Dan Maas' LinkedIn page, it seems the follow-up has actually been in production since all the way back in 2019. The LinkedIn entry suggests that Maas and his team have been beavering away on this next space adventure for over two years.
Does this mean we could be getting our hands on The Outer Worlds 2 sooner rather than later? Well, we haven't got much else to go on just now and, judging by the E3 trailer, which you can see above, there is definitely quite a bit of work left to do before we get to return to Halcyon and our shipmates on The Unreliable.
Obsidian also has the likes of Avowed in the works just now, so it could well still be quite a while before we get to catch up with Parvati and the rest of the gang.
Looking forward to getting back to Halycon when The Outer Worlds 2 finally releases? Let us know below!
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So ...
Starfield(2022) -> Avowed(2023) -> Outer Worlds 2(2024) ->
TES VI(2025) ?
Nice alternate between sci-fi and high-fantasy
Not bad ... not bad at all!
I don't mean to be rude or anything, but the guy said possibly late 2023 or early 2024, so no it won't sooner rather than later.
Halo, The gunk, Starfield, Redfall, Avowed, Outer worlds, TES to make but a few exclusives, and you can get your bottoms there are more to come. Xbox has its five years mapped out nicely
@chicken_chaser
And Fable should squeeze in between Avowed & Outer Worlds 2 for a Q2 2024 release.
And the inXile's Steampunk-RPG can compliment TES VI.
What does 'Development' mean in this case? "We had a meeting discussing ideas for a sequel and we'll put that as a start date on the CV" or "the game entered full scale development in 2019".
I started thinking about putting a shelf up in 2019 and only just did it last weekend. In development for 3 years!
Of course it's entirely possible but considering the source i'd take it with a huge pinch of salt.
@chicken_chaser that’s looking like a great list to me!
@chicken_chaser I have a fools hope that Avowed will be 2022. The leaked clips seem pretty good(and were an old build when they leaked). I think that could flesh out MS 2022 offering and would be 4 big exclusives along with Stalker, Redfall and Starfield.
@elpardo1984
I think MS is targeting Starfield, Redfall, Forza Moto & CrossFireX for 2022 along with GhostWire(MS internal but for PS/PC).
As well as Xbox will get Deathloop in 2022, too.
Avowed will just add to the clutter.
Whereas 2023 seems barren for the time being and Avowed is perfect to garner attention it deserves and not share spotlight with other MS First Party. Give it some room to breath.
In theory, a sequel could actually take 'less' time to develop because you already have created a lot of assets and artwork for its predecessor as well as all that experience of getting everything working together.
They could also have dialogue/music recorded that didn't make the predecessor, maybe some areas that were 'cut' from the original idea but that area can now be accessible etc so they are not having to start from 'scratch'.
Experience too can help improve efficiency in some areas because they have a better understanding and idea of what the 'end' goal is, what issues and problems they had to overcome with the last game, and perhaps a better idea on how they could of achieved the same results in a more efficient way.
As for any potential release window, MS have said they want at least 1 first party game a quarter (4 a year) and I wouldn't be surprised if we get one (on average) every 2months or 6+ games a year some years.
I really don't think that MS will hold games back unnecessarily just because the last release was a Sci-fi RPG so can't release another in the same year (Starfield and OW2 for example) but I can see one releasing Q4 2022 and (if ready) the other releasing Q1 2023. I can see MS even releasing games a month apart if the games are 'ready' because they want 'big' games on Game Pass and having a 'big' game every month would not only encourage more subscribers, it encourages people to keep subscribed.
Part of the reason you may not want to release your games too close to each other is because they want to maximise its 'sales' and know that a lot of people can't buy 2+ games a month. Titanfall 2 struggled releasing between BF & CoD but with Game Pass, you are not limited by your own personal budget. Also with Quick Resume, you can have a few games on the go anyway...
With MS owning a few of the biggest RPG developers in their studio line-up, its inevitable that some day, a couple of games may well end up being ready to release relatively closely and I wouldn't be surprised if MS do release them separated by a month or so because Game Pass is the driving force and it makes the Subscription look even better value...
I hope they're more bold with the sequel. The first Outer Worlds was good but fairly mechanical. The tone between "cynical sci-fi" and "semi-cynical sci-fi" is tough to walk.
I wanted to like the first one more than I did. I didn't enjoy the combat and the story's wasn't great - great/cool world though. Shame it never received an FPS Boost too, it's getting more and more difficult to play games at 30 haha
Xbox owners will be in RPG heaven for many years to come it seems!
@Hippy_Pirate_89
It got a patch for 60FPS
@blinx01 Maybe il give it another go 😅👍
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