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Microsoft’s Xbox to Shift Obsidian Studio to New ‘Fallout’ Video Game

As part of Microsoft's big Xbox "reset," which includes layoffs affecting 3,200 staffers, jettisoning studios, and shifting investments to focus on "higher priority projects," Obsidian Entertainment is changing its plans. The studio, behind games like Grounded and The Outer Worlds, is starting work...

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What happenedThe game maker is also canceling a planned sequel to last year’s ‘Avowed’.
What changedThe left frames it as "Microsoft’s Xbox reset is pivoting Obsidian to make Fallout instead of Avowed". The center frames it as "Microsoft’s Xbox to Shift Obsidian Studio to New ‘Fallout’ Video Game".
ConfidenceLow. Two-source or narrow-bucket comparison.
Archive healthDeveloping · 2 sources · 2 buckets

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Still Watching. The left frames it as "Microsoft’s Xbox reset is pivoting Obsidian to make Fallout instead of Avowed". The center frames it as "Microsoft’s Xbox to Shift Obsidian Studio to New ‘Fallout’ Video Game".

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The Verge3m ago

Microsoft’s Xbox reset is pivoting Obsidian to make Fallout instead of Avowed

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As part of Microsoft's big Xbox "reset," which includes layoffs affecting 3,200 staffers, jettisoning studios, and shifting investments to focus on "higher priority projects," Obsidian Ente...

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Center ·News report

Microsoft’s Xbox to Shift Obsidian Studio to New ‘Fallout’ Video Game

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The game maker is also canceling a planned sequel to last year’s ‘Avowed’

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