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shikamaru317 on 08 August 2023

Yeah, Zenimax stopped giving early review code for their games like 7 years ago as I recall, don't think that policy ever changed under Xbox but maybe I'm wrong.

Edit: 2016 it seems

https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2016/10/25/bethesda-no-longer-sending-early-review-copies-to-the-media.aspx

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Ryuu96 on 08 August 2023

Xbox | Overwatch 2 marketing campaign.

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Overwatch 2: Invasion coming August 10.

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Ryuu96 on 08 August 2023

Adam Brennecke (Obsidian; Director of Grounded): "As long as they're gonna let me work on Grounded, there's gonna be Grounded stuff going on. There's going to be a lot of new and exciting things for the future."https://t.co/PIuym99ZyQ pic.twitter.com/dPK61U6Ezl
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Ryuu96 on 08 August 2023

Alongside today's #HaloInfinite playlist refresh at 11am PT, the team deployed a backend update with the following map improvements:
• Weapon spawns on Catalyst have been adjusted and, as a result, it has been re-added to the Ranked Arena matchmaking playlist.
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• Squad Battle is now a staple playlist, meaning it will not be removed from matchmaking.

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Ryuu96 on 08 August 2023

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Ryuu96 on 08 August 2023

Feargus pushed for Avowed to have multiplayer, he kept on it for a long time, in the end he knows it was the wrong decision to keep pushing it, the reason he was pushing it is because when they were independent he thought they needed multiplayer for major publishers to pick it up. Refocused and made it into a traditional single-player Obsidian RPG.

Confirms Jez's reporting that Avowed originally had multiplayer but was removed.

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G2ThaUNiT on 08 August 2023

I wonder how much time was spent working on the game before changing directions. Sounds like it was in development for like 3-4 years before switching everything up since Obsidian showed Avowed to MS as part of the acquisition phase.

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Ryuu96 on 08 August 2023

They talk a little more about how they don't want to become a huge studio, they're cautious about growth, they don't want to lose their identity.

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Ryuu96 on 08 August 2023

Carrie Patel says she'd love to do a spy RPG or survival horror in the end credits where they asked random questions, Lol.

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