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Upcoming Xbox Series X games for 2025 and beyond
By Sam Loveridge, Emma-Jane Betts last updated
Upcoming July is about to bring us Grounded 2, Killing Floor 3, and more, here are all the new and upcoming Xbox Series X games heading our way in 2025

The Outer Worlds 2 director "loves" complex RPG systems, which means if "you just want to blow stuff up, you never have to worry about stealth"
By Ali Jones published
News There's a true RPG sicko behind The Outer Worlds 2

The Outer Worlds 2 was obviously inspired by Fallout: New Vegas, but if you're "tired" of hearing that, its director says it's got plenty of Deus Ex DNA too
By Ali Jones published
News Obsidian seems to have a confusing relationship with some of its RPG legacy

The Outer Worlds 2 has over 90 perks, but you can't respec your character because your "choices are permanent" and the RPG's director wants to make sure "you're building your character and really doubling down"
By Scott McCrae published
News "There's a lot of times where you'll see games where they allow infinite respec, and at that point I'm not really role-playing a character"

The Outer Worlds 2 director says not every RPG is "for every single person," so Obsidian is "not going to make a game for literally everybody" because "it waters down the experience a lot"
By Anna Koselke published
News He wants to "make sure that the role-playing is really strong"

Grounded 2: Everything we know so far about the upcoming survival game
By Emma-Jane Betts last updated
Guide Grounded 2 was just announced, so here's all the latest news before you dive into a new bug-filled adventure

How Obsidian became Xbox's most prolific studio: "There's not a lot of studios at Microsoft that have an entire external developer making the whole game for them"
By Josh West published
Exclusive | There's a reason 2025 is being called the "Year of Obsidian"

The Outer Worlds 2: Everything we know so far about Obsidian's new RPG
By Josh West last updated
Guide With an innovated perks and flaws system on the way, The Outer Worlds 2 wants you to play your way this October

Grounded 2 is targeting updates every "four to five months" after Obsidian learned the hard way: "When we started with Grounded 1 in early access we were trying to do monthly updates – that was a hassle and it didn't work"
By Josh West published
Feature Summer Preview | Obsidian Entertainment details the lessons learned after its first early access adventure, and how it changed the studio's approach to Grounded 2

With The Outer Worlds 2, Obsidian is dedicated to making sneaky playstyles truly viable: "We have a strike team going room-by-room to see if we can stealth properly through each location"
By Josh West published
Feature Summer Preview | The improvements to stealth in The Outer Worlds 2 reflect the effort Obsidian is putting into creating an RPG that's reactive to your decisions
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