CEO Feargus Urquhart pushed for multiplayer early and "kept on that for a long time" before realizing it was the "wrong decision."
The Living Lands are composed of interconnected open zones, which are full of secrets, side quests and characters, per Obsidian.
In Obsidian's upcoming fantasy RPG, players can have two companions and decide their envoy's appearance and personality.
"Sometimes you realize the way you're building is not quite living up to the experience you want to create," says director Carrie Patel.
The narrator of the gameplay trailer is Kai, a companion who plays a "major role" in the story. Players can also dual-wield various weapons.
Travel to the Living Lands as an envoy of Aedyr and investigate a mysterious plague in Obsidian's first-person fantasy action RPG.
A new leak claims that the duo of upcoming fantasy RPGs will both receive new showings at the Xbox event.
Xbox boss Phil Spencer says Microsoft will "announce some things that people haven’t seen" and "give updates" on previously announced titles.
"Witcher-like" has reportedly been thrown around a lot to describe the next Fable, says Video Games Chronicle's Jordan Miller.
Though unsure of its appearance at today's showcase, Bloomberg's Jason Schreier said the project went through a "major leadership change" last year.
Azure Specialist Paul T. recently posted on LinkedIn about appearances from these four Xbox-exclusive titles at today's showcase.
The LinkedIn page of Obsidian Entertainment's lead VFX artist Aaron Dubois seems to confirm that Avowed will run on Unreal Engine 5.
Jez Corden of Windows Central also believes that Obsidian's first person fantasy RPG could be revealed sometime this year.
Along with differing abilities for each class, there will be familiar spells from Pillars of Eternity, more colorful visuals than The Elder Scrolls and more.
Xbox boss Phil Spencer says Avowed isn't just going to be Obsidian Entertainment's version of The Elder Scrolls.
With E3 2021 officially over, let's take a look back at all of the announcements that flopped along with a few others that angered fans.
Multiple upcoming first party Xbox games are currently scheduled for 2023 launches, according to GamesBeat journalist Jeff Grubb.
The development team is "hard at work making something we're sure fans of our games and the Pillars of Eternity universe are going to love."
Insider Nate Drake says information from GamesBeat's Jeff Grubb is "more up to date", though the fantasy RPG was "definitely considered for E3."
Insider sponger, who reported the fantasy RPG as releasing in late 2022/early 2023, has been told that it's "in great shape."