Just finished Hellblade 2. That was such a step above the first. So glad they got the development time to create something that was downright fucking beautiful.

But someone in YouTube comments told me Avowed was only 30fps :(

was that confirmed or just a rumor? Because weren't there other games that used that engine on xbox? or maybe it's a different version of it.

I would gladly buy the MonHun Stories games, I have lil interest in the mainline titles but those look fun.

If you can dodge a haint, you can dodge a ball 🔧

In South of Midnight, dodging is key to surviving combat. Time it just right and you'll blast haints back, but miss the mark and you'll be at their mercy!

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— Compulsion Games (@compulsiongames.bsky.social) 5 February 2025 at 20:27

Shatterscarp, a vast desert on the southern coast of the Living Lands, is home to the city of Thirdborn—settled by determined emigrants from Rauatai.

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— Obsidian (@obsidian.net) 5 February 2025 at 18:06

can't wait for you to meet all these friends in Avowed on February 18

remember to pre-install the game if you haven't already: xbx.lv/4gxPLgy

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— Game Pass (@gamepass.xbox.com) 5 February 2025 at 20:03

• DLC? Maybe.
• Up to 100 NPCs in one of the towns.
• Team size around the same size as The Outer Worlds 1.
• About a third of Pillars of Eternity team on Avowed.
• You can side with the antagonist.
• You can betray your homeland but don't have to.
• Carrie's favourite games: Dishonoured, Mass Effect, Morrowind
• Xbox's advice: "We love your game, do more of it"
• No enemy level scaling.
• Can't change equipment or appearance for companions outside of skins.
• Definitive end, a point of no return in the story.
• Over 3 cameos from Pillars of Eternity
• Technically 6 companions but really only 4 (I suppose 2 leave the party?)
• Creative pivot when Carrie joined.
• Lots of changes mid-development.
• Previous leadership named it Avowed.
• Big boss battles.
• Multiple endings.
• Carrie wrote Kai.

That's what I thought to but they are still only predicting single digit growth. Maybe they are just setting very low expectations on sales for those games just in case and hoping for bigger sales.

Next Quarter is Jan - March isn't it? So it'll be the quarter after which we will see their projections for all this.

I also made a mistake, it would be their Q4, not their Q2, I was using calendar quarters instead of business quarters, Lol.

• Q3 would be Jan - March 31st so basically Avowed.
• Q4 would be April - June 30th so all of that + Oblivion Remaster.

xbots better run