Following the reveal last week at the Xbox Developer Direct, Microsoft and Obsidian Entertainment showcased more gameplay of the upcoming RPG Avowed. We hear from game director Carrie Patel and…
January 22, 2024 | 04:19 EST
Recently, Obsidian announced The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition, a revamped version of the original 2019 RPG that would contain visual improvements and also pack in both DLC expansions for the…
March 3, 2023 | 09:27 EST
Obsidian's 2019 RPG The Outer Worlds is getting a new "definitive edition"-style release. The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition packs in all of the game's DLC and makes a number of other…
February 27, 2023 | 10:22 EST
One of the strongest games of 2022 also happens to have some of the greatest writing: Pentiment, the recipient of TechRaptor's Award for Best Writing in 2022. For history fans such as myself, it's…
January 9, 2023 | 12:30 EST
A new Pentiment update is live, bringing some fun new features to Obsidian's artistic RPG adventure. These include a new minigame at the start of Act 1, as well as some quality-of-life improvements…
December 13, 2022 | 11:58 EST
Get out your bug-splattering Mint Mace, because Grounded has gotten another update that includes quality-of-life improvements and bug fixes. This holiday update comes with another special gift for…
December 9, 2022 | 03:01 EST
We are so late into the year and, while most of 2022's blockbuster hits have finally landed, there's one that's going under the radar. A heavy hitter, despite being overshadowed by titans like God of…
November 22, 2022 | 11:30 EST
Take a trip into the past with Pentiment as you take on the role of Andreas Maler, an artist who happens to get wrapped up in a series of murders. This new game from Obsidian Entertainment crafted…
August 23, 2022 | 08:40 EDT
There’s no doubt that Obsidian has a lot on its plates at the moment. After the success of The Outer Worlds, the Early Access launch of Grounded, and the impending release of Avowed and The Outer…
August 24, 2022 | 12:00 EDT
The video game Grounded will be getting its very own animated series. Picture the movie A Bugs Life mixed with Honey I Shrunk the Kids, and you get a phenomenal game called Grounded. Brent Friedman,…
July 18, 2022 | 02:39 EDT
At the Xbox E3 2022 showcase, Grounded was revealed to officially be moving from the preview stages into the full game, complete with upgradable armor, weapons, and a full story mode. The Grounded…
June 12, 2022 | 02:10 EDT
Continuing the Xbox and Bethesda Game Showcase is a trailer for an upcoming title from Obsidian Entertainment. This game is titled Pentiment and involved the players moving through a narrative…
June 12, 2022 | 02:11 EDT
"Very early" talks about Fallout New Vegas 2 are reportedly underway at Microsoft according to Jeff Grubb -- and Obsidian may very well be the developer working on it. Fallout: New Vegas is an…
February 24, 2022 | 04:06 EST
The Grounded Into the Wood Update has arrived, adding three new areas, Resource Survey Stations, 11 new bugs, and more to the open-world crafting game from Obsidian Entertainment. Grounded is a game…
February 1, 2022 | 04:17 EST
Fallout: New Vegas is a bit of a cult classic among the Bethesda-era Fallout games, and it still sees plenty of modding efforts to this day. One recently-released mod known as Project Mojave is an…
October 25, 2021 | 11:30 EDT
Obsidian Entertainment has launched Grounded Update 0.10.1 for PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S in order to fix a number of issues with the new "pets" feature that was recently added to the game.…
July 12, 2021 | 03:30 EDT
An ambitious total conversion mod for Fallout: New Vegas has just released a new video showcasing their graphical progress. Known as Star Wars Open Worlds, the mod is looking to bring the famous sci-…
July 9, 2021 | 10:30 EDT
The release schedule for Grounded updates is going to be slowing down in the future in order to provide more "meaningful" updates to players. Additionally, there will be no May 2021 Grounded update…
May 28, 2021 | 03:45 EDT
Get ready for more backyard building — Grounded Update 0.9 has arrived and features new curved building pieces, a buildable ladder, multiplayer Photo Mode, and more! Grounded is a relatively new…
April 27, 2021 | 03:22 EDT
The pulp, retro aesthetic and themes of The Outer Worlds is a prime setting for a good ol' murder mystery, and what do you know? The second and final DLC for Obsidian's RPG, Murder on Eridanos,…
March 17, 2021 | 09:00 EDT
Content warning: This article contains mentions and descriptions of sexual assault and pedophilia. A few years back, I was on my usual annual Fallout: New Vegas playthrough. This time around, I was…
February 3, 2021 | 12:00 EST
The Grounded 0.6 update has arrived, introducing bees, mosquitos, and more to the game alongside some changes to some of its fundamental gameplay systems. If you haven't yet played Grounded, you're…
January 28, 2021 | 02:14 EST
Grab your winter coat, assault rifle, and some Nuka-Cola! Fallout: The Frontier, a massive Fallout: New Vegas mod that will allow players to explore the post-apocalyptic city of Portland, Oregon, is…
January 15, 2021 | 10:34 EST
Ever wanted to shoot down hordes of zombies in Fallout: New Vegas? Well now you can thanks to a new mod. Titled the New Vegas Zombies mod, user ZRV01 set out to recreate the frantic gameplay of the…
December 29, 2020 | 01:33 EST
The newest update for Grounded, a game where tiny people struggle to survive in a backyard full of bugs and other nefarious creatures, revamps the pond and makes adjustments to building structures…
December 16, 2020 | 09:45 EST
Fallout: New Vegas is the outlier of the modern Fallouts. While it shares the same alternate-history and wasteland of Fallout 3, 4, and even 76, thematically, it is a world apart. While the other…
October 19, 2020 | 11:00 EDT
2019's The Outer Worlds wasn't a perfect game by any means, but it was a really fun and lighthearted romp in a unique sci-fi universe. Developer Obsidian Entertainment knocked it out of the park with…
September 9, 2020 | 12:00 EDT
For those who are terrified of spiders and/or have been diagnosed with Arachnophobia, Obsidian Entertainment has your back with Grounded. Sorta. */ /*-->*/ /*-->*/ Launching in just over 24…
July 27, 2020 | 09:50 EDT
Obsidian Entertainment took viewers by surprise at today's Xbox Series X game showcase by announcing new content for their sci-fi action-RPG, The Outer Worlds. The DLC is titled The Perils of Gorgon…
July 23, 2020 | 12:34 EDT
Fallout: New Vegas is well over a decade old, but people are still making mods — and one of them is getting released via Steam. The Fallout: The Frontier Steam release will make it easier than ever…
June 22, 2020 | 03:09 EDT
Survival games might be a little played out these days, but they can still be fun to play. As long as care is taken to make them feel distinct and the world feels like one you want to spend some time…
June 27, 2020 | 01:00 EDT
I was fortunate enough to play through The Outer Worlds twice in 2019. Both times, I sided with Dr. Phineas Welles, undermining the Board’s authority to restore some semblance of hope in Halcyon.…
June 4, 2020 | 08:00 EDT
Earlier in one of April's Inside Xbox presentations, we got to see our first glimpse of Obsidian Entertainment's Grounded. The title falls within the survival genre, but with its own twist. Imagine…
May 21, 2020 | 02:20 EDT
The Grounded spider enemies looked pretty darn cool in the recently-released story trailer, but not everyone liked the/m. Some people just aren't that fond of spiders, but that won't be a big problem…
April 9, 2020 | 03:40 EDT
Obsidian Entertainment has given us the first good look at Grounded, their mysterious new game that shrinks a bunch of kids to the size of an ant. This kicked off April 7's Inside Xbox presentation…
April 7, 2020 | 05:21 EDT
Licensing has always been a bit of a joke in the games industry. Movies based on games almost always suck, and a lot of games based on movies, comics, and TV shows don’t fare much better. A lot, but…
March 24, 2020 | 11:00 EDT
The legend that Bethesda can't seem to replicate. Fallout: New Vegas is what you get when you get the original development team behind the first two Fallout games, and let them loose upon the Fallout…
May 4, 2020 | 08:30 EDT
The coronavirus outbreak currently ravaging mainland China has been having adverse effects on the video game market. Nintendo has reported production and shipment delays on the Nintendo Switch and…
February 7, 2020 | 09:30 EST
Obsidian Entertainment, Virtuos Games, and Private Division announced in a press release today news of a port of The Outer Worlds to the Nintendo Switch. Expected to release March 6, 2020, the…
January 30, 2020 | 02:00 EST
If you've enjoyed Obsdian Entertainment's newest RPG romp The Outer Worlds, there's some good news: they've just recently announced that the first bit of The Outer Worlds DLC will be arriving next…
December 16, 2019 | 12:30 EST
Grounded pits your shrunken self in the middle of your yard. Now it's up to you to survive. We could've mentioned Honey I Shrunk The Kids or Antz, but that would risk drawing the ire of the emperor…
November 23, 2019 | 11:26 EST
With the recent release of The Outer Worlds by Obsidian, there has been a revival of talk regarding their other IPs and franchises, most notably Pillars of Eternity. Josh Sawyer, the Pillars of…
November 11, 2019 | 04:54 EST
At first glance, The Outer Worlds looks a lot like Fallout: New Vegas but in space. It may have something to do with the art style, the engine, or the fact that the same developer made both games. In…
November 6, 2019 | 11:00 EST
With The Outer Worlds finally released, it seems the media blitz has been in full swing for Obsidian's latest little RPG adventure. Though curiously, it seems Walmart stores are taking a different…
October 28, 2019 | 04:45 EDT
When you arrive 70 years late to the corporate party, you quickly realize that Halcyon doesn’t really hold your hand. Wandering too much gets you a faceful of swarming primals, who don’t take kindly…
October 29, 2019 | 11:00 EDT
In comedy, you come across a pretty common mantra: Commit to the bit. Obsidian does this in spades with its most recently RPG, The Outer Worlds. The studio skewers unchecked capitalism with its…
October 28, 2019 | 12:00 EDT
In classic RPG fashion, Obsidian created a handful of fleshed-out companions for The Outer Worlds. They all have their own motivations that we explore in each of their lengthy side quests. Of the six…
October 26, 2019 | 02:56 EDT
More than 300 years into the future, humanity's reach extends far beyond our humble solar system. One of our furthest colonies lies in the Halcyon system, a capitalist paradise controlled by…
October 22, 2019 | 09:02 EDT