20 Most Anticipated Video Games Of 2024
16. Avowed
Platforms: Xbox Series X and Series S, Microsoft Windows
The elevator pitch for Avowed is essentially "Obsidian does Elder Scrolls". Which, considering "Obsidian does Fallout" led to the best Fallout ever made, is a hell of a pitch!
Of course, the reality is a little more complex than that. Obsidian aren't actually making their own Elder Scrolls game, as Avowed will be set in the same world as Obsidian's criminally underrated Pillars of Eternity duology. It'll also include guns, so anyone who's ever dreamed about shooting Skyrim's ludicrously tenacious bears in the face now has a placebo for that particular fantasy.
After the mild disappointment of Outer Worlds (which was "only" a solid eight of ten), Obsidian scored two home runs in a row with Pentiment and Grounded, and considering the studio's pedigree only a fool would bet against them smashing a third ball out of the stands with Avowed.
(Hopefully the above baseball metaphor will appease anyone put off by the extreme Britishness of the previous entry).