Xbox Kills Obsidian’s Avowed Sequel In The Wake Of Layoffs – Report

Xbox's big reset continues , as the company has targeted RPG icon Obsidian Entertainment, laying off about a quarter of its staff and cancelling a sequel to the underrated 2025 action-RPG Avowed . According to a July 8 Bloomberg report , Obsidian Entertainment has cancelled "multiple projects" so that the California-based developer can focus on a bigger franchise: Fallout . As part of the cuts, Avowed was a casualty, along with 52 workers, per a July 8 Game File report . GameSpot gave it a 6/10 in our Avowed review , but it has a "mostly positive" rating on Steam and an 80 Metacritic score .