The Outer Worlds News

• Level cap increased by 3
  
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• New armor variants
  
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• New perks and a new flaw
  

March 11, 2021 The Outer Worlds: Muder on Eridanos launches on March 17.

Obsidian's The Outer Worlds first launched back in October 2019, which may as well be October 1919 for as long ago as it feels. The first of the two DLC expansions, Peril on Gorgon, launched around the game's first anniversary, but we still hadn't gotten anything but a title for the second pack. Now, at last, the devs have lifted the veil on Murder on Eridanos.

Murder on Eridanos launches on March 17. (That's soon!) The expansion will have you working to solve a murder mystery, as you might've guessed from the titles. You'll explore the floating islands of Eridanos using a gadget that'll let uncover clues for you.

You'll also be able to find a new science weapon here, plus the expected array of armour and weapon variants. The DLC will increase your level cap by three, and introduce a handful of new, as-yet-unspecified perks and flaws to help build your character.

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The Outer Worlds has been a fantastically zany adventure in most of its content, whether it was the battle of corporate interests against human self-preservation in the base game or the additional hijinks in the previous Peril on Gorgon DLC. Now, it’s time to get up to some new sci-fi troubles. The second DLC, Murder on Eridanos, has promised a new mystery-fueled adventure and we’ve finally got a release date for it. It’s coming next week.

Obsidian Entertainment announced the release date for The Outer Worlds: Murder on Eridanos with a new trailer on The Outer Worlds Twitter on March 11, 2021. On March 17, 2021, we’ll be able to jump into the new DLC on PC, Xbox, and PlayStation consoles. This one takes us on a trip to the Grand Colonial hotel on the titular planet on Eridanos. As you might have also discerned, there’s been a murder. And not the kind you find yourself committing on the reg in The Outer Worlds. No, it’s a caper-type murder that needs solving. Have a look at the trailer for yourself below.

Pour yourself a bowl of Purpleberry Crunch and grab a glass of the triple-distilled deliciousness of Rizzo's Spectrum Brown Vodka, because next week's aetherwave serial of Murder on Eridanos is going to be a doozy!

Coming to PC, Xbox, and PlayStation consoles on March 17, 2021! pic.twitter.com/N2Fg5A6p4n

— The Outer Worlds (@OuterWorlds) March 11, 2021

As nearly always in The Outer Worlds, a corporate faction is at the heart of Murder on Eridanos, Rizzo’s this time to be precise. The company’s spokesperson has been killed and outside of wanting a new face for its company, Rizzo’s also wants to figure out how to make sure that doesn’t happen again. Will you heed the call, put on your sleuthing cap, and explore the mystery?

Murder on Eridanos looks to be another pretty good outing for Obsidian as it continues its work on The Outer Worlds content. The base game was a delight, as was Peril on Gorgon, and Murder on Eridanos is shaping up to be more of the same if our hands-on preview has anything to say about it.

With the March 17, 2021 release date right around the corner, it’s time to dust off your Outer Worlds saves and get ready for galactic mystery-solving fun. Eridanos and the Grand Colonial hotel await.

The Outer Worlds was a fantastic return to the first-person Obsidian Entertainment RPG we’ve known they were capable of pulling off since Fallout: New Vegas. But Obsidian didn’t do it alone. Private Division was right there with them and Take-Two got to enjoy some credit for the success of the game as a result. The Outer Worlds already got some quality DLC in the form of Peril on Gorgon, but it’s getting another apparently very soon if Take-Two’s recent Q3 earnings report is to be believed. Dubbed The Outer Worlds: Murder on Eridanos, the second expansion could be out before April 2021.

Take-Two Interactive shared the first teases of this new DLC in its recently released Q3 2021 report. Though much of the report applauded the success of games with service components like GTA Online and NBA 2K, The Outer Worlds also made some waves in there. It was on the back of the game’s success that Take-Two teased what comes next: a second DLC expansion called Murder on Eridanos which will arrive apparently before the end of Take-Two’s fiscal year.

Take-Two stated that the Outer Worlds: Murder on Eridanos expansion will be out not only in the 2021 calendar year but also this fiscal year, as both standalone and part of The Outer Worlds’ expansion pass.

“[Peril on Gorgon] was released previously for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC, and is available individually or at a discount as part of The Outer Worlds Expansion Pass, which will also include The Outer Worlds: Murder on Eridanos, the second expansion set to launch on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC this fiscal year, and on Nintendo Switch in calendar 2021,” the report reads.

For Take-Two, who just finished its Q3, this would put the expected launch window for Murder on Eridanos somewhere between now and March 31, 2021, when the next fiscal quarter comes to an end (which would be Q4 for Take-Two).

The Outer Worlds has been great in most of its content thus far. The original game earned itself a high rating in our Shacknews review and we had a similarly great time with the Peril on Gorgon DLC in our impressions. More The Outer Worlds is higly acceptable, so we’ll be keeping an eye out for details on the new Murder on Eridanos DLC as it becomes available.

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