Avowed, the upcoming fantasy action-RPG from Obsidian Entertainment, has reportedly been delayed, moving out of its previously announced 2024 release window into 2025.
That’s according to journalist Tom Warren, writing in The Verge’s (paywalled) Notepad newsletter. “I’m hearing that Obsidian is about to announce an Avowed delay to early 2025,” he revealed, adding the decision had been made to avoid a “very busy period” for Game Pass.
Obsidian and Microsoft have yet to formally announce a release date for Avowed beyond its vague “2024” launch window, but a 12th November date was inadvertently shared – and then rapidly deleted – in a developer blog post published in June.
Despite the reported delay, Warren’s sources say Avowed is in “good shape” and that the shift to 2025 is “more a matter of wanting to give the game breathing room during very busy period for Xbox Game Pass”. As Warren notes, a November launch for Avowed would see it competing for attention on Game Pass with developer GSC Game World’s long-in-the-works Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl, which recently saw its release date shift from 5th September to 20th November.
A 12th November launch for Avowed would also see it jostling with Assassin’s Creed Shadows, while another big RPG – BioWare’s Dragon Age: The Veilguard – is also expected to land in roughly the same timeframe. “Things are getting stacked for Xbox games in the all-important holiday season,” Warren noted.
Eurogamer spoke to Obsidian about Avowed back in June, when the developer revealed it was “finalising” the game and “in a polish phase”.