Avowed takes place in a region of Eora dubbed The Living Lands, which is in the midst of a deadly pandemic. Known as the Dreamscourge, the plague is essentially a zombie apocalypse. Those ...

they’ve mastered the art of sequels. Ahead of the release of the Avowed, Rolling Stone recently spoke with Urquhart, as well as the game’s director Carrie Patel, about Obsidian’s legacy and ...

Avowed is undeniably a product of the studio ... framed vista that would have looked like overly ambitious concept art 10 years ago. Marius is one of four companions, and like the others, he's ...

A new interview reveals that Obsidian originally intended to develop Avowed as a multiplayer take on Skyrim before pivoting to the current concept.

This is embodied in Avowed companion Marius, whose entire concept revolves around a quote from John Donne's Devotions: "No man is an Island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the Continent ...

In a recent interview with Xbox Wire, the narrative designer of Avowed, Kate Dollarhyde, explained how the open-zone concept works and why it was implemented in the game: "Pacing is really tough ...

"We pull a mixture of concept art from the dev team, find supplemental imagery, and have artists on staff fill in the gaps." But Avowed’s key art called for something beyond a digital composite.