--- title: Obsidian Is Reportedly Making a New Fallout Game, Avowed... description: Bloomberg reports that Microsoft is redirecting Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind Fallout: New Vegas, to develop a new Fallout game led by director... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/obsidian-is-reportedly-making-a-new-fallout-game-avowed-2-cancelled-mcz09zy2m twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Obsidian Is Reportedly Making a New Fallout Game, Avowed 2 Cancelled | daily.dev og:description: Bloomberg reports that Microsoft is redirecting Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind Fallout: New Vegas, to develop a new Fallout game led by director... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/obsidian-is-reportedly-making-a-new-fallout-game-avowed-2-cancelled-mcz09zy2m og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/mcZ09zy2m.png og:image:alt: Obsidian Is Reportedly Making a New Fallout Game, Avowed 2 Cancelled og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Obsidian Is Reportedly Making a New Fallout Game, Avowed 2 Cancelled **[80 LEVEL](https://daily.dev/sources/80lv)** · 3 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Bloomberg reports that Microsoft is redirecting Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind Fallout: New Vegas, to develop a new Fallout game led by director Josh Sawyer. As part of Xbox's broader restructuring toward established franchises, a planned Avowed sequel has been cancelled. The move also coincides with layoffs at Obsidian. Notable Fallout veterans including Tim Cain (original Fallout creator) are now at Obsidian, and Brian Fargo's inXile Entertainment is also under the Xbox umbrella. The last mainline Fallout game from Bethesda was Fallout 76 in 2018, making this a significant development for the franchise. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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