Summary
It’s looking like a pretty jam-packed end to the year for video games, with October and November both bursting with big titles that threaten to devour both our cash and free time. It’s a real wrestling match between developers for our attention, butXboxandObsidianreckon the fight isn’t worth the risk withAvowed.
In a new post on the official Xbox Twitter account,the company has confirmed previous reportsthat Avowed will be pushed back from its original release date of 2024 in order to give the title “some breathing room.” Instead, Avowed is now launching on June 22, 2025, a month which doesn’t currently include any other big game launches.
While delays are usually a sign of trouble (despite what that Miyamoto quote says), a report from earlier this week has assured fans that Obsidian thinks Avowed is actually in good shape. Xbox is simply worried about launching the game in a busy period of Xbox Game Pass, with titles likeCall of Duty: Black Ops 6,Indiana Jones and the Great Circle,Stalker 2, andStarfield’s Shattered Space DLCall still to launch at some point later this year.
2024’s Final Months Are Looking Pretty Stacked Without Xbox
Even if you take out all of Xbox’s big holiday games this year, 2024’s final few months are still pretty stacked. You have titles likeSilent Hill 2,Metaphor: ReFantazio,Sonic X Shadow Generations, and (reportedly)Dragon Age: The Veilguardall launching in October, while November also has a few big RPGs inAssassin’s Creed Shadows,Dragon Quest 3’s HD-2D Remake, andMario & Luigi: Brothership.
Avowed has been looking pretty good and Obsidian’s name has some heft behind it, but releasing a new IP among that lot, including several other games that will be included in Xbox Game Pass, is an obvious recipe for disaster. The longer wait sucks, of course, but Avowed now has space to succeed, while we’ve got plenty of games coming to Game Pass to pass the time.
Avowed
WHERE TO PLAY
Welcome to the Living Lands, a mysterious island filled with adventure and danger. Set in the fictional world of Eora that was first introduced to players in the Pillars of Eternity franchise, Avowed is a first-person fantasy action RPG from the award-winning team at Obsidian Entertainment.You are the envoy of Aedyr, a distant land, sent to investigate rumors of a spreading plague throughout the Living Lands - an island full of mysteries and secrets, danger and adventure, and choices and consequences, and untamed wilderness. You discover a personal connection to the Living Lands and an ancient secret that threatens to destroy everything. Can you save this unknown frontier and your soul from the forces threatening to tear them asunder?
