00:00report obsidian shifts focus to new fallout project after avowed sequel is canceled a new report
00:06suggests that obsidian entertainment is turning its attention back to the fallout franchise
00:11after microsoft repeatedly cancelled several projects at the studio including a planned
00:16sequel to avowed according to bloomberg the change comes in the wake of microsoft's recent layoffs
00:22across its xbox division the report claims obsidian has shown multiple unannounced games
00:28with an avowed follow-up among the projects that will no longer move forward bloomberg also notes
00:34that these plans are still subject to change the restructuring appears to have significantly
00:39impacted the studio a california warn filing first highlighted by game file shows that 52 employees
00:47at obsidian were laid off bloomberg reports that the cuts represent roughly 25 of the studio's workforce
00:55rather than continuing work on an avowed sequel obsidian is reportedly preparing to begin
01:01development on a new fallout title the project is said to be led by design director josh sawyer a
01:08veteran rpg developer best known for directing and designing fallout new vegas which remains one of
01:14the most beloved entries in the series while many fans are excited by the possibility of sawyer returning
01:20to fallout the circumstances surrounding the project have led to mixed reactions some players had hoped
01:27ocidian would continue expanding the pillars of eternity universe following the release of avowed while
01:32others were eager to see the studio develop entirely new role-playing experiences sawyer had previously
01:39expressed interest in working on another fallout game if the opportunity arose provided he had the
01:44creative freedom to approach the project on his own terms however the reported shift comes after
01:49substantial layoffs at the studio raising questions about how the reduced workforce and broader restructuring
01:55could affect development neither microsoft nor obsidian had officially confirmed bloomberg's report
02:02or announced a new fallout game as a result the project status remains unverified and plans could still evolve
02:09if the report proves accurate it would mark obsidian's return to the franchise it helped redefine with
02:14fallout new vegas in 2010 for many fans that project that prospect is exciting but it also serves as a
02:21reminder that the
02:22announcement may come at the cost of cancelled projects and significant job losses within one of xbox's most respected rpg
02:30studios
02:33yeah so um some people are
02:38i don't i think it was rgt 85 again i hate to um i hate to say it was if
02:44it wasn't him uh but i think it was
02:46uh because he did say you know with fallout new vegas if we do get fallout new vegas 2
02:52it's not the person it's not the people that the people that worked on the original fallout new vegas are
02:58not
02:59there anymore um but as this article just said the create um what is his title at um what is
03:08sawyer's title
03:10uh
03:13a veteran rpg developer uh led by design director he's leading the project um
03:20um so he did and so maybe maybe fallout new vegas the sequel is not so bad maybe fallout uh
03:31new vegas
03:32um 2 uh will be like uh the uh like the first one it'll be just as um maybe not
03:41just as beloved
03:41but it's going to be the same in spirit you're not going to have um because they like they said
03:48this
03:48guy that created the first one he's the design director he's in charge the only thing that's
03:54going to that could really affect this then if the original creator um
04:01if he if the original creator can't create something that people would love again is if
04:06he doesn't have the time or resources i think that is a i think that's something uh we have to
04:13look at
04:13you know is this guy going to have enough time to create fallout new vegas 2 like it should be
04:18if if it's going to be called to and i'll just assume it's going to be two until we hear
04:23something
04:23else but can he create fallout new vegas 2 like he should be can um is he going to have
04:31the time to
04:31make sure that it's um working on day one is it um is he going to have the resources needed
04:38because with
04:39all this cost cutting and restructuring i can't imagine the budget's going to be huge for fallout
04:45new vegas 2 so you know while they got someone while they got uh the creative director for the
04:53first one and he said he'd be willing to come back as long as he could use his creative direction
04:59to make
04:59the game um we just gotta wonder okay uh do they have the budget are they are they going to
05:07be dealing
05:07with a slashed budget are they going to be dealing in a time crunch either one of those things could
05:13spell disaster for fallout new vegas 2. but um on when new reports come out of whether this is fallout
05:23new vegas 2 or just an or just a different subtitle for fallout and different um entirely uh we'll keep
05:32we'll keep an eye on it and we'll bring that information as we get it but uh until we hear
05:39something bad i wouldn't assume fallout new vegas 2 is going to be a disaster unless we hear time
05:46crunch or slashed resources but slashed resources is a possibility since they're restructuring to begin with
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