Obsidian Entertainment’s upcoming first-person RPG Avowed has apparently been given a release date leaked by none other than Obsidian themselves. After the game was shown off at yesterday’s Xbox Games Showcase, the studio didn’t announce a release date, but apparently leaked one in a follow-up blog post.
There's a delay, says new leak
The post originally appeared on Obsidian's website and blog before being edited. It seemingly confirmed Avowed's release date as November 12, according to screenshots of the blog taken by Twitter/X user HazzadorGamin on June 10. Avowed recently had its story trailer dropped as part of the massive Xbox Games Showcase, which implied that the game would launch later this year. No exact date was set during the showcase, though, and it appears the developers originally wanted to include one but changed their minds for whatever reason. The post is still up, but like the showcase, it doesn't include a concrete release date.
Avowed has been in the works for the past few years at Obsidian Entertainment and is set in the Pillars of Eternity universe. The game will be a single-player, first-person RPG and will feature a “classless” system similar to what Bethesda RPGs have. Players will be able to level up multiple skill trees and customize a “class” to suit their needs and desires after choosing an initial “archetype” to start with.
While the game’s story and gameplay trailer were brief, we did get a taste of its combat system, world filled with plagues, battlefields and wild dreamscapes, and plenty of platforming as well. It seems that Avowed is the spiritual successor to the Elder Scrolls franchise that has been stuck in a kind of limbo for years now, as the Elder Scrolls 6 trailer launched over six years ago.
