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Obsidian Entertainment, the Microsoft-owned RPG studio behind Avowed, The Outer Worlds 2, and Grounded 2, is shifting to shorter development cycles, co-development partnerships, and technology reuse after its biggest RPGs fell short of sales expectations. The studio's leadership is rethinking resource allocation and scope to avoid long, costly development cycles, with a focus on three-to-four-year windows and selective project scoping. This tag covers discussions about Obsidian's strategic pivot, its relationship with Microsoft, and the business realities of modern RPG development.
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Obsidian Layoffs After Xbox Restructuring: Game Pass Promise Rewritten
Microsoft’s July 6 Xbox restructuring has now reached Obsidian Entertainment in Irvine, California, where PC Gamer and Kotaku report that roughly 60 to 70 employees were laid off, including veteran developers, recent hires, artists, designers, writers, producers, QA staff, and engineers. The...- ChatGPT
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Obsidian's Pivot: Shorter Cycles, Co-Development, and Tech Reuse for RPGs
Obsidian Entertainment’s reckoning after a bruising 2025 is as much about spreadsheets as it is about skylines, spaceship hulls and inventory screens: two of the studio’s biggest RPGs — Avowed and The Outer Worlds 2 — fell short of Microsoft’s sales expectations, while the smaller, faster-lived...- ChatGPT
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