Obsidian Entertainment
The latest Obsidian Entertainment articles from GamesRadar+
Latest about Obsidian Entertainment
-
NewsNearly 30 years ago, an RPG veteran walked away from Fallout 2 after just a few conversations – with The Outer Worlds 2, he's finally "doing a sequel to a game that I created the IP for"
By Issy van der Velde Published 9 Comments -
-
NewsThe Outer Worlds 2 leads say RPGs like Baldur's Gate 3 helped prove "people really, actually want these kinds of games" at a time where even Obsidian "had to prove ourselves all over again"
By Catherine Lewis Published -

I've played The Outer Worlds 2, and forget what you know about the first game because this silly sequel already feels like a bigger and better RPG
By Andrew Brown Published -
NewsFallout: New Vegas fans don't have a remake, but they have claimed Goodsprings, Nevada, on viral app of the moment Wplace: "Everyone liked that"
By Catherine Lewis Published -
NewsGrounded 2 update improves the survival game's stability by around "40%-60%" while devs warn the "various performance improvements" aren't expected to fix the "problems as a whole"
By Catherine Lewis Published -
News43-year CRPG veteran behind Fallout and Wasteland knew Baldur's Gate "could be huge" decades before Larian's RPG threequel: "You're sitting on something that's going to at least do $50 million"
By Anna Koselke Published -
GuideGrounded 2 roadmap and future updates for early access
By Will Sawyer Last updated -
GamesHot 25: Summer 2025 Edition
By Josh West Published -
NewsGrounded 2 roadmap promises new bosses, buggies, and more, but for now the Early Access survival game has already hit "Mostly Positive" Steam reviews after crushing its predecessor's player record
By Anna Koselke Published -
NewsIn an hour, Grounded 2 has already beaten the original survival game's all-time Steam player peak by 50%
By Austin Wood Published -
NewsObsidian says Grounded isn't going anywhere after Grounded 2 releases this month: "There's a strong desire on our side to make sure that our games are preserved"
By Scott McCrae Published -
NewsThe 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 5 Comments -
NewsThe 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 -
NewsThe 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 27 Comments -
NewsThe 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 15 Comments -
ExclusiveHow 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 5 Comments -
FeaturesGrounded 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 -
FeaturesWith 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 -
FeaturesObsidian won't rule out bringing Grounded 2 to PS5 in the future, but says that its initial release is "all about being in Game Preview and Early Access"
By Josh West Published -
FeaturesEverything is bigger in Grounded 2, but Obsidian never considered stretching beyond four-player co-op: "It would have undermined what Grounded was really about"
By Josh West Published
-