Microsoft’s Xbox reset is pivoting Obsidian to make Fallout instead of Avowed
Microsoft’s Xbox reset is pivoting Obsidian to make Fallout instead of Avowed
微软 Xbox 战略调整：Obsidian 工作室将转向开发《辐射》系列，而非《宣誓》续作
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 on a new Fallout title and has canceled “multiple projects,” including a sequel to last year’s Avowed, according to Bloomberg.
作为微软大规模 Xbox “重置”计划的一部分（该计划涉及 3200 名员工裁员、剥离部分工作室，并将投资重心转向“更高优先级的项目”），Obsidian Entertainment 工作室正在调整其开发计划。据彭博社报道，这家曾开发《禁闭求生》（Grounded）和《天外世界》（The Outer Worlds）的工作室目前已开始着手开发一款新的《辐射》（Fallout）游戏，并取消了“多个项目”，其中包括去年发售的《宣誓》（Avowed）的续作。
Despite the success of the Fallout TV show, which is getting a third season, Xbox hasn’t released a new game in the series since 2018’s Fallout 76. Josh Sawyer, Obsidian’s studio design director, will head up the new Fallout game. Sawyer, who has also served as director on 2022’s Pentiment and on Fallout: New Vegas, had apparently been directing an RPG that was “similar structurally and thematically to Fallout but was not part of the franchise,” Bloomberg says.
尽管《辐射》电视剧大获成功并已续订第三季，但 Xbox 自 2018 年的《辐射 76》以来，尚未发布过该系列的任何新游戏。Obsidian 工作室设计总监 Josh Sawyer 将负责这款新的《辐射》游戏。据彭博社称，Sawyer 曾担任 2022 年游戏《隐迹渐现》（Pentiment）以及《辐射：新维加斯》（Fallout: New Vegas）的导演，他此前似乎正在执导一款“在结构和主题上与《辐射》相似，但并非该系列一部分”的 RPG 游戏。
As for the Avowed sequel, Bloomberg reports that development was “going well” and would have been announced within the next year. Obsidian still plans to work on the early access game Grounded 2 and on DLC for The Outer Worlds 2.
至于《宣誓》的续作，彭博社报道称其开发工作原本“进展顺利”，并计划在明年内公布。Obsidian 目前仍计划继续开发处于抢先体验阶段的《禁闭求生 2》（Grounded 2）以及《天外世界 2》（The Outer Worlds 2）的 DLC。
Xbox spokesperson Delaney Simmons declined to comment. The company laid off about 25 percent of Obsidian’s staff this week, according to Kotaku.
Xbox 发言人 Delaney Simmons 对此拒绝置评。据 Kotaku 报道，该公司本周裁减了 Obsidian 约 25% 的员工。