Highlights
- Xbox has a strong lineup of highly-anticipated games confirmed for release in 2024, including Obsidian’s first-person fantasy RPG Avowed.
- Avowed is set in the same universe as the Pillars of Eternity series, but adopts a first-person approach similar to Bethesda’s Elder Scrolls franchise.
- Obsidian has a history of consistently releasing solid RPGs with predictable release dates, and based on past patterns, the most likely release date for Avowed is May 24, 2024.
Xbox is in a position to have a strong year in 2024 with several highly-anticipated titles confirmed for release next year, with even more rumored to be coming as well. Among the games slated for a 2024 release is Obsidian’s first-person fantasy RPG Avowed which will likely join the ranks of other great RPGs available on Xbox, like this year’s Starfield. Currently, Avowed doesn’t have a specific release date nailed down outside a 2024 release window, but given Obsidian’s past release schedule and the positioning of other Xbox games releasing in 2024, it isn’t too hard to predict when fans might see this game launch.
Avowed was first announced back in July 2021 during the Xbox Games Showcase as a new IP from Obsidian set in the same universe as the Pillars of Eternity series. Rather than the top-down CRPG gameplay of Pillars of Eternity, Avowed adopts a first-person approach more akin to Bethesda’s Elder Scrolls franchise. News about Avowed was fairly quiet until Xbox debuted an official gameplay trailer for the title at the 2023 Xbox Games Showcase, giving the game a release window of 2024 but no concrete release date.
Determining Avowed’s Most Likely Release Date
Next year’s release schedule is already looking a bit crowded for Xbox with games like Ark 2, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl all slated for release in 2024. Additionally, games like Fable, Machine Games’ Indiana Jones game, and the Oblivion remaster mentioned in the FTC leak are also rumored to be coming next year. If all of these titles do release in 2024, Avowed might have a hard time finding a comfortable release date given how many fantasy RPGs are among Xbox’s upcoming lineup.
However, Obsidian Entertainment has a long history of releasing consistently solid RPGs with equally consistent release dates. With this knowledge in mind, narrowing down Avowed‘s most likely release date gets a bit easier.
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Title |
Release Date |
|---|---|
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Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords |
December 6, 2004 |
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Neverwinter Nights 2 |
October 31, 2006 |
|
Alpha Protocol |
May 27, 2010 |
|
Fallout: New Vegas |
October 19, 2010 |
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Dungeon Siege 3 |
May 26, 2011 |
|
South Park: The Stick of Truth |
March 4, 2014 |
|
Pillars of Eternity |
March 26, 2015 |
|
Skyforge |
July 16, 2015 |
|
Pathfinder Adventures |
April 27, 2016 |
|
Tyranny |
November 10, 2016 |
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Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire |
May 8, 2018 |
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The Outer Worlds |
October 25, 2019 |
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Grounded |
September 27, 2022 |
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Pentiment |
November 15, 2022 |
These release dates reveal a pattern of spring and fall releases, with May and October being the most popular months for Obsidian games to launch. This pattern aligns with the gaming industry’s greater trend of releases scheduled around those two seasons, so it’s not surprising that Obsidian would follow suit. Comparing these release dates to the rest of Xbox’s potential 2024 game lineup reveals one most likely date that fans can expect Avowed to release on, barring an unforeseen delay.
The most likely release date for Avowed is May 24, 2024, given Obsidian’s past release patterns and because it opens the door for other major RPGs like Fable and Obsidian’s additional upcoming title, The Outer Worlds 2, to release in Fall 2024.
If Fable is also planned for a 2024 release, then it likely wouldn’t be released until Late 2024 at the earliest, meaning Xbox could offset its fantasy RPG releases by launching Avowed in May 2024. This would also give Obsidian space to release their other in-development RPG, The Outer Worlds 2, in Fall 2024 if that title is also planned for release next year. Since most games launch on a Thursday or Friday, Avowed will most likely be released on May 24, 2024, as it lines up with Obsidian’s past release dates and would fit into Xbox’s currently wide-open May release schedule while giving its other major 2024 titles some breathing room.
Avowed
- Franchise
- Pillars of Eternity
- Platform(s)
- Windows, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S
- Released
- 2024-00-00
- Developer(s)
- Obsidian Entertainment
- Publisher(s)
- Xbox Game Studios
- Genre(s)
- Action RPG
