The Outer Worlds sci-fi role-playing game debuts October 25

Microsoft opened the Xbox press event ahead of the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) by announcing that The Outer Worlds science fiction massively multiplayer online game world would debut October 25 for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. The Outer Worlds is coming from developer Obsidian Entertainment, and Take-Two Interactive’s Private Division label for independent games will publish it.

The game’s co-directors are Tim Cain and Leonard Boyarsky, the original creators of Fallout, who have reunited to make a new single-player role-playing game set in a science fiction universe. The development team has worked on titles such as Fallout: New Vegas, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II, South Park: The Stick of Truth, and the Pillars of Eternity franchise.