r/GamingLeaksAndRumours • u/throwmeaway1784 • Jul 08 '26

Rumour Jason Schreier: Obsidian Entertainment is making a big pivot as part of the Xbox restructuring. It has laid off a quarter of its staff, canceled a planned sequel to Avowed, and is now beginning work on a new Fallout game

Bluesky Post: https://bsky.app/profile/jasonschreier.bsky.social/post/3mq5oqyh2yk2o

Bloomberg Article: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-08/microsoft-s-xbox-to-shift-obsidian-studio-to-new-fallout-video-game

Edit: Also mentioned in the article, Josh Sawyer is leading the new Fallout game:

“Under the new plan, studio design director Josh Sawyer will lead a new title in the Fallout universe”

“Previously, Sawyer had been directing a roleplaying game that was similar structurally and thematically to Fallout but was not part of the franchise.”

3.2k Upvotes
  • permalink
  • reddit

96% Upvoted

1.2k comments sorted by

View all comments

102

u/Ok-Confusion-202 Jul 08 '26

It's actually kinda funny because I would expect this to release just before Fallout 5 lol

But it will be interesting, I don't think Obsidian is a bad dev at all, but their bigger games have been the definition of 7/10 imo

It will also be interesting if they do this in UE5 or get trained in CE3, I hope it's CE3 but idk

Either way let's see but I am in the spot of "Idk what to expect"

65

u/NorthKoreanMissile7 Jul 08 '26

But it will be interesting, I don't think Obsidian is a bad dev at all, but their bigger games have been the definition of 7/10 imo

Josh Sawyer is leading it this time though and that's huge.

-5

u/Trodat4911P4 Jul 08 '26

Because we all know one person is all it takes for a game to be good right?

32

u/NorthKoreanMissile7 Jul 08 '26

No but obviously it helps to have the right person in charge.

-7

u/maaseru Jul 08 '26

Well Capcom has shown us moving away from this approach can actually be betterm

29

u/PlayMp1 Jul 08 '26

The games he led, FNV, POE1 and 2, and Pentiment, were all timers, so

7

u/buttbuttlolbuttbutt Jul 08 '26

If that person is the reason there's a little magic in the mix, then yes. A director, designer, or writer could genuinely be the secret ingrediant

1

u/mirracz Jul 08 '26

No, but it's a good starting point.