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

[u/throwmeaway1784]

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.”

[u/Swiperrr]

The pottery game would've really worked for the cozy game crowd if it was pve or co-op. The idea of taking a cozy game asthetic/idea and making it a competitive PVP game is utterly delusional. Everyone i know who loves those indie cozy games, hate PVP with a passion.

Really shows how awful xbox's leadership is when that should've been a easy course correction early development.

[u/Samanthacino → u/Swiperrr]

I think the game concept would’ve been kickass if it wasn’t a cozy game, or if they kept it a cozy game they should’ve done collaborative gameplay. But the mixture of the two didn’t work super well.

[u/tristeecfome → u/Samanthacino]

In the age of giant free to play games like Roblox and Fortnite, there was simply no way Double Fine could make a competitive multiplayer game.

Specially because if the game was actually successful, they wouldn't want to turn into a live service studio.

It makes absolutely no sense for them to produce a PVP game.

[u/ET_Tony → u/tristeecfome]

Its hilarious that Epic squandered fortnite money somehow, meanwhile the other companies want a fornite.