Avowed, the upcoming action-RPG from Obsidian Leisure, was not too long ago delayed and is now set to launch on PC and current-gen Xbox consoles on February 18, 2025. Now, the developer has confirmed that the sport will run at 30fps on each Xbox Sequence X and Sequence S. Extra particulars concerning the recreation have surfaced on the ongoing Gamescom 2024 occasion, the place Obsidian revealed that Avowed could have a number of doable endings, going double digits.
Avowed Efficiency on Xbox Sequence S/X
Obsidian shared particulars about Avowed’s efficiency on Xbox Sequence S/X on the Iron Lords Podcast on the sidelines of Gamescom in Los Angeles. Showing on the podcast, printed on YouTube Friday, the sport’s artwork director Matt Hansen mentioned that the studio was “focusing on a baseline of 30fps” for the RPG on Xbox consoles.
“We’re core focusing on 30fps, naked minimal,” Hansen mentioned, responding to a question concerning the recreation’s console efficiency. “That is the expectation.”
The developer reasoned that gamers did not essentially want 60fps efficiency in a first-person single-player recreation and a 30fps output allowed Obsidian to enhance graphical constancy and lighting.
“It is a trade-off we opted to make comparatively early and we’re actually pleased with it. The sport’s operating fairly easy for a way visually dense it’s, and that was at all times our aim,” Hansen mentioned. “However so far as a better understanding of efficiency spec, we’re nonetheless figuring all that out. It is one of many final belongings you do,” he added.
Avowed just isn’t the primary Xbox first-party title to launch with efficiency on consoles locked at 30fps. Bethesda’s Starfield launched at 30fps on Xbox Sequence S/X final yr, and so did Arkane Austin’s Redfall. Each video games, nonetheless, acquired a patch later that introduced the efficiency as much as 60fps on consoles. In truth, the most recent Starfield replace added 60fps efficiency for the sport on the lower-end Xbox Sequence S earlier this week.
Avowed Potential Endings
In a separate interview with IGN on the sidelines of Gamescom earlier this week, Avowed recreation director Carrie Patel confirmed that the sport would come with a number of doable endings. “I can let you know our ending slides quantity within the double digits, you’ll be able to find yourself with loads of totally different mixtures of them,” Patel mentioned.
“I imply, that is an Obsidian recreation, so your ending is basically the sum complete of your decisions throughout the sport, throughout loads of items of content material, relying on what you encountered and what you probably did if you discovered it,” she added.
Avowed was initially set for launch in late 2024. After the introduced delay, which provides the Obsidian RPG a little bit of respiration room amidst a packed late 2024 online game launch calendar, the sport is confirmed to launch February 18, 2025, throughout PC, Xbox Sequence S/X and Sport Go.
