Interesting, Obsidian Is Hiring For An 'Unannounced' RPG

Actually this must be the unannounced new IP other than Avowed that he has told about last year in twitter. Obsidian is actually working on atleast 3 new IPs right now - Grounded, Avowed and the unannounced new IP.

It's going to be interesting to read the general opinion of Xbox in a couple of years when it comes to the first-party titles. People tend to associate PlayStation with narrative-adventure games and now Microsoft has Bethesda that works on Elder Scrolls 6 and Starfield; inXile that works on Wasteland and an unannounced FPS RPG; and finally Obsidian that works on Avowed and possibly The Outer Worlds 2. Not to mention other studios such as Playground Games working on Fable. The question is then if Xbox will in a couple of years be associated with primarily Western action RPGs.

It's certainly an interesting topic because a fair amount of people apparently don't want more narrative-adventure games on Xbox but what about an abundance of Western RPGs? Because that's what we'll inevitably be getting. Hypothetically speaking, people could get tired real fast of a trend like this just like a lot are tired of narrative-adventure games. Not to mention that Western RPGs are after all dozens of hours, if not hundreds of hours long.

But for those who game on Xbox and love Western RPGs, they are in for a treat throughout the coming years!

@LtSarge You can expect several narrative-adventure titles from studios like the Initiative, Ninja Theory, Compulsion, Coalition, Xbox Game Studios Publishing and several Zenimax studios (Indiana Jones etc.). There’s no need to worry about the diversity in Xbox 1st party lineup.

Fall Out: Vegas II, New New Vegas: The Newer

@LtSarge it is possible. It's.the shorter 3rd person adventure are my preferred genre mainly because I can actually get to the end while those long RPG games just get tiresome after a while. Never completed the Fallout, Elder Scrolls, Assassin's Creed games nor Witcher 3, GTAV off top of my head. Usually I give them a rest then struggle to get back into them and lose track of which fetch request Im up to.
Would welcome some more shorter adventure driven games so long as they are not just a 'catch up' to the Sony games and they try and do something different.
With WB selling off some of their IPs I wouldn't be surprised if MS are going to nab another load of studios to deliver those IPs to game pass.

I loved the Outer Worlds. I’m really hoping for a sequel.

Haven't played Outer World's yet but it's installed in my Series X so I'm almost there. Just need to get to 10K gamerscore and play Dishonoured first...on maybe not almost there at all

Outer Worlds 2, Pillars of Eternity 3, and FO:NV2 are the only ones that make sense.

Between Outer Worlds, Avowed, Poe, Starfield, Fallout, Elder Scrolls, Fable, Wasteland, and the InXile RPG, Xbox (as much as I love RPGs) does not need a new RPG IP.

Unless it's a Too Human revival.

@LtSarge
Did people get tired of Skyrim? 😏

@SegataSanshiro
Sony can't assert themselves as anything remotely japanese nowadays. Specially to japanese gamers. 🤭😂🤣

@Senua Yes, that's true. Hopefully Microsoft will be able to pace these games well so that we won't get too many of the same kind at a given point.

@SegataSanshiro Yeah that makes sense. I'm hoping that Microsoft will be able to bring the best of both Western and Japanese games to Xbox. That's looking to be the case now at least!

@StonyKL I was actually looking through the list of Xbox Game Studios and Microsoft does have some studios like that, such as Compulsion Games. Same with Double Fine, so hopefully we'll see more short adventure games from those guys.

@gingataisen Well I was thinking more along the lines of us getting 2-3 games like Skyrim every year. I think even I would get tired of Western RPGs at that point, lol. But yeah as I said to @Senua, if Microsoft are able to pace themselves well with these games then maybe it won't be a problem at all.

@SegataSanshiro
Xbox will absolutely reign supreme in NA, once more. 👊🏼💚😎

@gingataisen @SegataSanshiro unfortunately (or fortunately depending on your view) its not the 90s/early 2000s anymore the console war narrative has gone. No one reigns supreme these days.

Playstation and Xbox are almost like Coca Cola and Pepsi at this point. One may have the edge in a region but ultimately they now do their own thing.

@Jaxx420
So now that Xbox is starting to get the limelight, suddenly the "console war narrative has gone", huh? How very convenient. 😒

@SegataSanshiro True point taken. I too am also a fan, Series X owner and a GP subscriber. I just think the whole sales and regional battle a bit of a dead horse.

Still some conquering there for the taking though. Keen to see how Japanese market looks once Xcloud grows out there.

@gingataisen I think the narrative went long before this gen. But I dont disagree getting back on top in their home region would be a bonus. Just that there isnt really that age old sales battle anymore.