Microsoft’s Xbox to Shift Obsidian Studio to New ‘Fallout’ Video Game

2026-07-08 18:12 UTC

The layoffs at one of your studios most able to ship games is a bonkers, stupid decision; but pivoting Obsidian to making a new Fallout game is a good business decision if you don’t care about what your creatives feel led to create.

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@justdaveisfine@piefed.social 2026-07-08 18:54

I feel obligated to point out that this won’t be the same Obsidian who made New Vegas. Same company, but (mostly) not the same devs or the same leadership. Though I’m a little hopeful that Josh Sawyer manages to make something neat.

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@darkangelazuarl@lemmy.world 2026-07-09 04:43

And then shut them down.

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@placebo@lemmy.zip 2026-07-09 06:09

Sad/. They have better games to develop than Fallout.

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@hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works 2026-07-09 00:38

Honestly, the new Odsidian game is not going to be on the same level of New Vegas. Due most of the people who made NV left Odsidian (mainly the writers) years ago.

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@TachyonTele_Esq@piefed.social 2026-07-08 18:21

It’s gotta really suck to be some employee at a cool studio… And then microfuckingsoft buys it. I’d be wicked pissed at whoever made that decision. I don’t know why you’d want to work at Bethesda these days, but Id Soft does not deserve to be in that spot. Stoked Obsidian gets to do a proper title though. I hope they can use a different engine this time.

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