Obsidian Entertainment

Avowed : PlayStation 5 and PS5 Pro Analysis

Avowed : PlayStation 5 and PS5 Pro Analysis

Originally announced back in the initial Xbox Series X/S Showcase for July 2020, Obsidian Entertainment’s Avowed took a long while before finally making it to market around this time a year ago. While it didn’t set the world on fire critically compared to other high profile games from 2025 (including…
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Review : The Outer Worlds 2 : All Systems Go

Review : The Outer Worlds 2 : All Systems Go

A sequel is judged in the context of several factors: how well it improves upon the previous entry's systems, where it breaks new ground, and what it ultimately does better. The best sequels are those remembered for their generational impact beyond those limitations. This includes how it expands the franchise,…
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Hands-On Preview : The Outer Worlds 2

Hands-On Preview : The Outer Worlds 2

While it may not feel like it, it's been nearly six years since Obsidian Entertainment released The Outer Worlds. I enjoyed the original immensely though, like others, I had wished the scope was a little more vast and the combat was more polished. Given Obsidian later confirming that entire locations…
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Review : Avowed : Awowed

Review : Avowed : Awowed

In 2012, Obsidian Entertainment announced, launched, and funded what became, at the time, the biggest video game Kickstarter project in history: Project Eternity. Four million dollars and three years later, Project Eternity released to critical acclaim and commercial success as Pillars of Eternity, a traditional computer role-playing game, or cRPG,…
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Review : Pentiment : Rewriting History

Review : Pentiment : Rewriting History

You can find Seasoned Gaming’s review policy here “History gives answers only to those who know how to ask questions.” Upon first reading the synopsis for Pentiment, I was intrigued. However, I didn't exactly know what the game was going for. Was it a commentary on history and religion? Was…
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Obsidian Design Director Confirms the Studio is Working on Another (Fourth) Project

Obsidian Design Director Confirms the Studio is Working on Another (Fourth) Project

Earlier this week some discussions online led to learning that Obsidian Entertainment was working on a fourth title outside of Grounded, The Outer Worlds, and the newly revealed Avowed. The morning, Josh Sawyer, Studio Design Director, confirmed that he is leading a new, unannounced project. https://twitter.com/jesawyer/status/1290856058991316992?s=20 https://twitter.com/jesawyer/status/1290867551711268864?s=20 Our Take Obsidian…
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Story DLC Coming to The Outer Worlds in 2020

Story DLC Coming to The Outer Worlds in 2020

One of our favorite titles this year, The Outer Worlds has been a critical and commercial success for Obsidian Entertainment. It's dialog and narrative options were a breath of fresh air and reminiscent of classic BioWare titles. Well good news citizens! It seems that there's more story coming to Halcyon…
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