When a new game bears the subtitle of a 'new Obsidian role-playing game', that means expectation from some may already be higher than normal as the studio has a history of developing top quality RPGs.

To be clear, you don’t need to play either of the Pillars of Eternity games to enjoy this experience. While it references events of those games and the world will make more sense, there are features ...

It took a year, but PlayStation 5 owners can now enjoy Obsidian Entertainment and Xbox Game Studios’ action role-playing game Avowed. Taking place in the same world as the Pillars of Eternity series, ...

That makes Avowed’s typical fantasy setting that’s filled with what can quickly become too many made-up words and foreign concepts a whole heck of a lot easier to navigate. When you aren’t chatting up ...

Overall I feel like a vow is worth checking out especially since it’s available on Game Pass. The game doesn’t do anything new mostly recycling tired and well-trodden gameplay mechanics but if you’re ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Avowed was originally going to have multiplayer components, similar to that of Destiny where players could walk around in a massive world. In an ...

Jo Craig (they/them) is a writer on Game Rant from Scotland and has been in the industry for nearly a decade dissecting comic book movie trailers for hours and diving headfirst into horror. They still ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. News and opinion about video games, television, movies and the internet. I remain somewhat confused about the pushback to ...