{"id":79539,"date":"2020-09-21T19:16:30","date_gmt":"2020-09-21T19:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/microsoft-bethesda-acquisition-obsidian-avowed\/"},"modified":"2020-09-21T19:16:30","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T19:16:30","slug":"what-the-bethesda-acquisition-means-for-obsidian-and-avowed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/09\/21\/what-the-bethesda-acquisition-means-for-obsidian-and-avowed\/","title":{"rendered":"What the Bethesda Acquisition Means for Obsidian and Avowed"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Microsoft’s blockbuster announcement that it has purchased ZeniMax Media<\/a>, which includes Bethesda Game Studios, has rocked the gaming world. It has completely changed the complexion of the next-generation console war, and seemingly solves Xbox’s console exclusivity problem in one fell swoop. However, the acquisition also creates some interesting questions for some of the other studios Microsoft has acquired over the past few years.<\/p>\n

In particular, Microsoft’s acquisition of Bethesda may mean some interesting things for Obsidian Entertainment<\/a>. In the past, Obsidian had a working relationship with Bethesda, with the companies collaborating on things like\u00a0Fallout: New Vegas<\/em>. But in recent years, Obsidian has been making games that appear to be spiritual successors of sorts to Bethesda’s, with\u00a0The Outer Worlds<\/em> mirroring\u00a0Fallout<\/em>, and the upcoming\u00a0Avowed<\/em> seemingly taking a page out of\u00a0The Elder Scrolls<\/em> playbook.\u00a0But now that both companies are under the Xbox umbrella, some may be wondering what it all means for Obsidian and games like\u00a0Avowed<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Here is what Microsoft’s acquisition of Bethesda means for Obsidian and its upcoming RPG\u00a0Avowed<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Xbox owning both Obsidian and Bethesda means that it is\u00a0the<\/em> console for western RPGs. Upcoming games like\u00a0The Elder Scrolls 6<\/em> and\u00a0Avowed<\/em> will both potentially be console exclusive to Xbox Series X, not to mention any potential\u00a0Outer Worlds<\/em> sequels or\u00a0Bethesda’s\u00a0Starfield<\/em><\/a>. Having console exclusivity for these massive games is a big deal, as Xbox will likely still get some of the other major third-party western RPGs that are on the way, like games from\u00a0Cyberpunk 2077<\/em> developer CD Projekt Red. And that’s not even mentioning other Xbox exclusive western RPGs on the way, like Playground Games’\u00a0Fable<\/em> reboot.<\/p>\n

With the acquisitions of Bethesda and Obsidian, Microsoft has effectively cornered the western RPG market, and it will definitely be interesting to see if Sony has any kind of counterattack planned for the PS5.<\/p>\n