

In The Outer Worlds, you awake from hibernation on a colonist ship lost in transit to its destination on the edge of the galaxy, only to find yourself in the midst of a deep conspiracy threatening to destroy the colony.

It's a first-person RPG in a world filled with space colonists and nefarious factions and a steampunk-meets-Jetsons aesthetic that seems to hit the sweet spot of those hardscrabble space ports that serve as wretched hives of scum and villainy. It's a solid pedigree, so RPG fans have every reason to be excited for Obsidian's new game, The Outer Worlds.Īs seen in the above trailer, The Outer Worlds may be best described as Fallout in space. Known for creating Fallout, and arguably the best modern entry in the franchise Fallout: New Vegas, Obsidian also developer S tar Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II, the Pillars of Eternity franchise and South Park: The Stick of Truth. But old school RPG fans remember Tim Cain and Leonard Boyarsky, or if not the men their studio, Obsidian Games. Many expected to see Todd Howard or Pete Hines of Bethesda Game Studios, the developer that's been launching Fallout games for the better part of a decade. During The Game Awards 2018, some viewers were perplexed when it was announced that the creators of Fallout were on stage.
