We could probably end up with an AAA RPG releasing every year up until 2028-2029.

It's certainly possible, assuming Shaolin is properly AAA. If it is, I could maybe see:

2025- Avowed, Outer Worlds 2, Oblivion Remaster/Remake

2026- Fable, Clockwork Revolution, possibly Fallout 3 Remaster/Remake (was on the Bethesda Roadmap from the ABK court docs leak)

2027- Project Shaolin, possibly Fallout 3 Remaster/Remake

2028- Possibly TES 6

2029- TES 6 if it's not in 2028, possibly Avowed 2 or some other RPG by Obsidian's Avowed team (depending on if Avowed is considered a success or not probably)

TES 6 is the big sticking point I'd say, I'd like to think they can release it in 2028, 5 years after Starfield (which itself took 5 years to develop after Fallout 76 released), but considering it's possibly going to be a cross-gen multiplat game now, that is a hell of alot of platforms to optimize for (Series S, Series X, PS5, PS5 Pro, Switch 2, PC, next-gen Xbox, PS6), I could maybe see it delayed into 2029 sadly.

Actually, come to think of it, I remember an interview with Brian Fargo from like 2020 or 2021 where he implied they had 2 RPG's in development at the time, the AAA one which had already leaked to be a time based RPG at that point (Clockwork Revolution), and a smaller 2nd RPG. So we could maybe see that 2nd inXile RPG by 2029 as well.

Dragon Age Veilguard on PS Plus already, probably means it's right around the corner for Game Pass too, March makes sense, no major Xbox 1st party releasing in March and only Atomfall as the headliner so unlike February which had Avowed it's pretty open, well, I think Tony Hawk could release in March too but we'll see.

Starborn DLC as well for Starfield probably this year

Avowed | Storm-Sworn 😎

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— Klobrille (@klobrille.bsky.social) 26 February 2025 at 13:56

I didn't even touch bow, but damn, Lol.

I was thinking this game needs an arena add-on where you can test out different builds with unlimited points to assign just so people can experiment, then again, you can respec at any point in the game at a very cheap price so it doesn't really need one but an arena would be cool either way, Lol. NG+ as well but other than that, I want them to move straight onto Avowed 2, I rarely play expansions now.

To be fair 4 did get a boost from a Steam release in 2021 so it was still selling well when 5 came out. The main thing that is making me think 2025 is 4 getting its last update just a few months before 5 came out and support for 5 is winding down now but 2026 is definitely possible. I'd actually be down for a full five year gap between 5 and 6 since that would help it be a notable leap. 

Fable delay does suck because I really want to play it, but making the game the best it can be is priority. With such a loaded year from Xbox, spacing out releases is not a bad thing, especially with 3 RPGs releasing this year.

Well it would mean somthing if the app is finally app by then, when games are also available on mobile it is just an extra reason to make your game available on the Xbox anywhere store.