Xbox is giving Avowed room to breathe by delaying it until February 2025, but what this RPG really needs is a stage to shine on
Opinion | Avowed looks great, but Xbox is running out of time to properly define this upcoming exclusive
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In an effort to giveAvowedroom to breathe,Xbox Game Studioshas pushed its upcoming RPG into what may be the most suffocating year of the current generation. It’s almost poetic. The new title fromObsidian Entertainmenthas beendelayed until February 18, 2025– a release window which has the capacity to be actively hostile to unknown quantities.
Avowed will land in the aftermath ofDragon Age: The Veilguard, and under the shadow ofupcoming Xbox Series X gameslikeDoom: The Dark Ages,Fable, andSouth of Midnight. There’sDeath Stranding 2: On the BeachandMonster Hunter Wildsto contend with, which will no doubt dominate early Game of the Year conversations. And it’s impossible to anticipate the vacuum thatGTA 6and the launch of Nintendo’sSwitch 2will generate. 2025 is going to bewild.
Which is all to say that Xbox will need to be deliberate and decisive in the ways it …
