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The Outer Worlds

Outer Worlds is a first-person, action-RPG set in the year 2355 in the Halcyon system, a world ruled by mega-corporations. Players assume the role of Stranger, who's found aboard the thought-to-be-lost colonisation ship Hope.

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The Outer Worlds is coming to Epic Store, not Steam

Obsidian Entertainment's much-anticipated RPG The Outer Worlds will be available only on Epic Store and Microsoft Store for one year it's been confirmed by Epic Games. The game will release on Steam in 2020, once the exclusive deals expire.

The Outer Worlds will have Supernova mode, basically Hardcore FNV

Obsidian Entertainment have revealed that The Outer Worlds will have something called Supernova mode which sounds a lot like the Hardcore mode from Fallout New Vegas, which in turn was inspired by an unforgettable mod from Fallout 3.

The Outer Worlds release date may have been leaked by Amazon

Picture of the player looking at a nearby planet in The Outer Worlds

Obsidian Entertainment have been try to temper the hype surrounding The Outer Worlds as they don't want the players to expect too much from the game. Just when the hype went to normal levels, Amazon probably leaked the game's release date.

The Outer Worlds is just the first instalment in the series

A city setting from Obsidian Entertainment's The Outer Worlds

The Outer Worlds creators Leonard Boyarsky and Tim Cain may have inadvertently revealed Obsidian's future plans as they talked about the game's universe. It was suggested in one sentence that this is just the first instalment in the series.

Obsidian don't really like the bashing of Fallout 76

Obsidian Entertainment's CEO Feargus Urquhart has heard some truly wild propositions in the quest of fans to pit them against Bethesda, even suggesting they knew Fallout 76 will flop back in 2015, but the man isn't very happy about them.

The Outer Worlds to be on Steam with mod support & 4K on consoles

Picture of some dude in The Outer Worlds aiming his rifle

Obsidian Entertainment recently teased new information about The Outer Worlds coming up. They held up their word and now we know the developers will look to add mod support after shipping, 4K / 60FPS for consoles and sell the game Steam.

Obsidian Entertainment are teasing The Outer Worlds announcement

Picture of a pilot cabin of a spaceship in The Outer Worlds

Obsidian Entertainment's director of communications has posted a tweet hinting at a reveal for a bit of new information regarding The Outer Worlds. It comes in a precarious time, just after a massively successful launch and a controversy.

The Outer Worlds won't have essential NPCs, you can kill everyone

Picture of some dude with a machete in The Outer Worlds

Obsidian Entertainment are skipping the easier way of creating a branching RPG experience with The Outer Worlds as they have decided not to introduce essential NPCs that are unkillable. If you feel like it, you can murder everyone.

You can actually see the Steam games that are the most wished for

Two samurai fighting in Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

Steam has many search filters, but one of the more obscure is filtering games by top wishlists. After a quick glance, you can easily see that Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice and Resident Evil 2 are the most wished for upcoming games on Steam.

Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire is coming to consoles next year

picture showing four characters with weapons

Obsidian Entertainment had plans for console versions of Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire before the studio was bought out by Microsoft and it seems the plans have not been shelved. It will come to PS4, Xbox One and Switch in 2019.