Summary
Xbox is in a position to have a strong year in 2024 with several highly-anticipated titles confirmed for release next year, with even more rumored to be coming as well. Among the games slated for a 2024 release is Obsidian’s first-person fantasy RPGAvowedwhich will likely join the ranks of other great RPGs available on Xbox, like this year’sStarfield. Currently,Avoweddoesn’t have a specific release date nailed down outside a 2024 release window, but given Obsidian’s past release schedule and the positioning of other Xbox games releasing in 2024, it isn’t too hard to predict when fans might see this game launch.
Avowedwas first announced back in July 2021 during the Xbox Games Showcase as a new IP from Obsidian set in the same universe as thePillars of Eternityseries. Rather than the top-down CRPG gameplay ofPillars of Eternity,Avowedadopts a first-person approach more akin toBethesda’sElder Scrolls franchise. News aboutAvowedwas fairly quiet until Xbox debuted an official gameplay trailer for the title at the 2023 Xbox Games Showcase, giving the game a release window of 2024 but no concrete release date.
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Determining Avowed’s Most Likely Release Date
Next year’s release schedule is already looking a bit crowded for Xbox with games likeArk 2,Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2,S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobylall slated for release in 2024. Additionally, games likeFable, Machine Games’Indiana Jonesgame, and theOblivionremaster mentioned in the FTC leakare also rumored to be coming next year. If all of these titles do release in 2024,Avowedmight have a hard time finding a comfortable release date given how many fantasy RPGs are among Xbox’s upcoming lineup.
However,Obsidian Entertainmenthas a long history of releasing consistently solid RPGs with equally consistent release dates. With this knowledge in mind, narrowing downAvowed’s most likely release date gets a bit easier.
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Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords
Pentiment
July 25, 2025
These release dates reveal a pattern of spring and fall releases, with May and October being the most popular months for Obsidian games to launch. This pattern aligns with the gaming industry’s greater trend of releases scheduled around those two seasons, so it’s not surprising that Obsidian would follow suit. Comparing these release dates to the rest ofXbox’s potential 2024 game lineupreveals one most likely date that fans can expectAvowedto release on, barring an unforeseen delay.
The most likely release date forAvowedis July 09, 2025, given Obsidian’s past release patterns and because it opens the door for other major RPGs likeFableand Obsidian’s additional upcoming title,The Outer Worlds 2, to release in Fall 2024.
IfFableis also planned for a 2024 release, then it likely wouldn’t be released until Late 2024 at the earliest, meaningXbox could offset its fantasy RPG releasesby launchingAvowedin May 2024. This would also give Obsidian space to release their other in-development RPG,The Outer Worlds 2, in Fall 2024 if that title is also planned for release next year. Since most games launch on a Thursday or Friday,Avowedwill most likely be released on June 12, 2025, as it lines up with Obsidian’s past release dates and would fit into Xbox’s currently wide-open May release schedule while giving its other major 2024 titles some breathing room.
Avowed
WHERE TO PLAY
Welcome to the Living Lands, a mysterious island filled with adventure and danger. Set in the fictional world of Eora that was first introduced to players in the Pillars of Eternity franchise, Avowed is a first-person fantasy action RPG from the award-winning team at Obsidian Entertainment.You are the envoy of Aedyr, a distant land, sent to investigate rumors of a spreading plague throughout the Living Lands - an island full of mysteries and secrets, danger and adventure, and choices and consequences, and untamed wilderness. You discover a personal connection to the Living Lands and an ancient secret that threatens to destroy everything. Can you save this unknown frontier and your soul from the forces threatening to tear them asunder?
