Obsidian Entertainment's
The Outer Worlds was announced during The Game Awards 2018 as a spiritual successor to the studio's own
Fallout: New Vegas. In
TOW, the player's avatar awake from hibernation on a ship that was lost in transit to the furthest colony from Earth located at the edge of the galaxy with only one mission: solving a deep conspiracy threatening to destroy the Halcyon base.
According to an update on the game's Steam page, someone had added (and instantly deleted) a release date for
The Outer Worlds – August 6, 2019. Given that August 6 falls on a Tuesday this year, there's a chance that the listing is accurate, as Tuesday is a traditional release date for video games.
The Outer Worlds has been in active development since April 2016, around when Leonard (Boyarsky [the Senior World Designer on Diablo III and the Art Director on the very first
Fallout]) joined the team.
Published by Private Division, a label of Take-Two Interactive (parent company of 2K and Rockstar),
The Outer Worlds might be the last major multiplatform project created by Obsidian, as Microsoft has recently announced that the
Alpha Protocol studio has joined the newly formed Xbox Game Studios.
In The Outer Worlds, you awake from hibernation on a colonist ship that was lost in transit to Halcyon, the furthest colony from Earth located at the edge of the galaxy, only to find yourself in the midst of a deep conspiracy threatening to destroy it. As you explore the furthest reaches of space and encounter various factions, all vying for power, the character you decide to become will determine how this player-driven story unfolds. In the corporate equation for the colony, you are the unplanned variable.
The Outer Worlds will release for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC in 2019.