Obsidian Entertainment’s next major open-world RPG, Avowed, will be the company’s first title to return to the RPG genre since 2019’s The Outer Worlds and will be playable in both third-person and first-person.

Longtime game director Carrie Patel confirmed during an official Xbox deep dive of the upcoming game that there will be a third-person mode in addition to a first-person mode: "A lot of the footage we're showing today will be first-person, but we do have a third-person option for players who prefer that." The game's official account on Twitter/X also confirmed the news, with a clear message reading, "Third. Person. Gameplay."

This marks the first time in a long time that Obsidian has released an RPG with third-person capabilities. The aforementioned The Outer Worlds was only playable in first-person, and the company's successful Pillars of Eternity games, which share the same universe as the upcoming Avowed title, used a top-down isometric perspective. While some fans were disappointed by the lack of third-person options in The Outer Worlds, the game still sold well and was well received by critics, and a sequel is in the works.

Avowed will also be the first Obsidian game to receive a day-one release on Game Pass. While the rest of Obsidian’s catalog is available on Microsoft’s flagship gaming subscription service, Avowed marks the first time a game has launched on the service. Obsidian was acquired by Microsoft in late 2018, and The Outer Worlds was the first game to release post-acquisition, though it had been in development since 2016.