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The Outer Worlds2may feature multiplayer elements, some newly emerged evidence suggests. This bit of unofficial insight into the upcoming game represents a potentially significant addition to the list of things thatfans can expect from Obsidian Entertainment in the near future.
The Microsoft-owned studio is presently pursuing several projects, two of which—AvowedandThe Outer Worlds 2—have already been announced. An April 2023 job listing alsosuggested that Obsidian is currently working on one other gamepowered by the Unity engine.
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The implication thatThe Outer Worlds 2may feature multiplayer elements stems from yet another opening at the company, which Obsidian started advertising earlier this week. While the listing in question doesn’t mentionThe Outer Worldssequel by name, it does state that the studio is looking for a senior network programmer who would help it develop “multiplayer gameplay systems using Unreal Engine.” That description suggests the opening is unrelated to the aforementioned Unity project, while indirectly ruling out a connection to the Unreal Engine 5-poweredAvowed.
AlthoughAvowedwas originally a co-op RPG, Obsidian scrapped its multiplayer aspects at some point during development, as revealed by the company’s 20th anniversary documentary published in early August. Discounting the somewhat implausible scenario wherein Obsidian—a studio with fewer than 300 employees—is currently working on four or more projects, this newly emerged job listing appears to indicate thatThe Outer Worlds 2will feature some sort of multiplayer functionality.
Although that’s not immediately obvious, this implication also dovetails with a recent report suggesting thatThe Outer Worlds 2could be coming to PlayStation. Prior to that leak, the upcoming title wasn’t expected to reach Sony’s ecosystem on account of the fact that Obsidian is nowadays part of the Xbox Game Studios family. However, multiplayer games have so far proven to be partially exempt from Microsoft’s policy of withholding first-party content from its fiercest rival. This year’s most high-profile example of that phenomenon was theCall of Dutydeal that Sony signed with Microsoft back in July.
The Outer Worlds 2is currently in development.
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