After being perhaps best known for developing sequels for licensed properties such as Star Wars, Neverwinter Nights and Fallout, leadership at California-based Obsidian Entertainment decided, in early 2016, that it was time for a new RPG set in their own original world. They decided that the best person to helm such a project would be Tim Cain, who joined the company in 2011 and was one of the two creators of the Fallout series. Cain then himself invited Leonard Boyarsky, with whom he created Fallout, to embark on developing what eventually became the space RPG The Outer Worlds, released in 2019. The game was generally well received, even though some criticized the short length of the campaign and lacklustre player decisions.
A sequel, The Outer Worlds 2, was announced in 2021, but it was this year that things, including the release date of 29 October 2025, finally started falling into place. During gamescom 2025, I not only got the chance to go hands-on with the game for a full... Read more