The Outer Worlds News

The Outer Worlds once had an incredible secret ending that was cut for pushing the limits of 'too horny'

Baldur's Gate 3 has certainly changed the conversation on sex in games, from the breakout viral moment around its bear sex scene to the way it turns intimacy, rather than sex, into the end goal of many of its relationships. Our RPG roundtable from this year's Game Developers Conference, now available on the PC Gamer Chat Log podcast feed, touches on the topic of sex in games—but it also spawned an incredible anecdote from Obsidian game director Carrie Patel from her time as a narrative designer on The Outer Worlds...
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You can get Obsidian's fantastic RPG The Outer Worlds (and all its DLC) for free on the Epic Store this week

It's time to slam that "forgot password link" on the Epic launcher and dust off your profile because the platform's got another dinger for its free game of the week: The Outer Worlds, Obsidian's 2019 space gilded age spiritual successor to Fallout...
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Two brilliant action RPGs are free to keep right now, but move fast

The Epic Games Store has carved out an impressive niche for itself: it somehow always manages to be offering a game you've always thought about playing, completely for free. This week, those games include the Thief reboot and The Outer Worlds.

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The Outer Worlds and Thief are free from Epic next week

Head over to the Epic Games Store on April 4th and you'll be able to grab The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition and Thief (2014) for free and to keep forever. Like a thief!

We might not know much about The Outer Worlds 2 yet, but one little nugget that’s just emerged is that its devs are getting some helpful guidance from Fallout co-creator Tim Cain.

If Starfield didn’t quite live up to your expectations, odds are you’re looking forward to playing Obsidian’s next interstellar RPG, which was announced back in 2021, whenever it arrives. While that point might still be a while off, here’s a little bit of insight into how its development is going.

Speaking to Rock Paper Shotgun, Cain, who served as a director for The Outer Worlds revealed that despite being now semi-retired, he’s currently consulting on its sequel, providing some feedback on the likes of level design and lore. “There’s stuff they’re trying to do in the sequel, that of course I can’t talk about, that I get pulled in on because it’s similar to stuff I’ve done in the past,” Cain said.