Avowed is Obsidian’s answer to The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim on Xbox

Obsidian Entertainment is one of the developers to wow fans during the Xbox Games Showcase today. The studio had a trailer for its small-scale (pun intended) survival project Grounded, and it showed off the first expansion for The Outer Worlds. But then it had something bigger. Obsidian revealed that it is making a big-budget fantasy role-playing adventure called Avowed. This looks like Obsidian’s take on Bethesda’s open-world megahits like The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

Avowed is an ideal project for Obsidian. The studio has experience working on role-playing games like Fallout: New Vegas and Pillars of Eternity. Now it has the money to pursue the narrative and mechanical richness it’s known for, in combination with high-production values.