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How 2025 became the Year of Obsidian: "There's not a lot of studios at Microsoft that have an entire external developer making the whole game for them" | GamesRadar+

1 week ago | gamesradar.com | Josh West

2025 is the year of Obsidian Entertainment. Formed 22 years ago, the legendary RPG maker responsible for Pillars of Eternity, Fallout: New Vegas, Alpha Protocol and countless other video games is on something of a hot streak. Microsoft Gaming purchased Obsidian in 2018, folding the team into the Xbox Game Studios group.
I think the ROG Xbox Ally X can tell us a surprising amount about the "next-generation of Xbox"

1 week ago | gamesradar.com | Josh West

When I sat down with leaders from the Xbox hardware and Xbox ecosystem divisions a couple of weeks ago, it was to get an early look at two new consoles. The ROG Xbox Ally and the ROG Xbox Ally X, handheld gaming PCs that have been brought to life as part of a surprise collaboration between ASUS, Xbox, AMD, and the Windows division at Microsoft.
As Play Anywhere takes center stage, the future of Xbox has never been clearer: "Our plan is to keep making amazing games and have them reach as many players as we can"

1 week ago | gamesradar.com | Josh West

Xbox is getting serious about Play Anywhere. The initiative has existed in some form for a decade, where a single purchase of a video game carries across to any supported device within the Xbox ecosystem. Despite the clear value proposition, Xbox Play Anywhere has largely been sat in the shadow of Game Pass; more of a curiosity than a centrepiece of the platform. But something has changed.
As Play Anywhere takes center stage, the future of Xbox has never been clearer: "Our plan is to keep making amazing games and have them reach as many players as we can" | Flipboard

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Josh West

7 hours agoDon't want to forget someone's birthday? Schedule a text to send them later. Apple announced at its Worldwide Developers Conference on June 9 that the next version of the iPhone's operating system will be called iOS 26, not iOS 19. The tech giant also announced that iOS 26 will bring a transparent …
After 4 hours with Borderlands 4 I'm not yet sold on its biggest changes, but Gearbox says "it would be strange" if Borderlands wasn't "constantly growing and adapting"

1 week ago | gamesradar.com | Josh West

What wastelands are left for Borderlands to conquer? This time it's Kairos, a vast open world made of four distinct, seamlessly connected regions. I stomped across the rolling hills of the Fadefields for a few hours, looting and shooting my way through endless, cacophonic firefights almost on autopilot. Or should that be instinct? Borderlands has rarely strayed all that far beyond the boundaries that it set 16 years ago.
After 4 hours with Borderlands 4 I'm not yet sold on its biggest changes, but Gearbox says "it would be strange" if Borderlands wasn't "constantly growing and adapting"

1 week ago | inkl.com | Josh West

Borderlands 4 screenshot showing a player on a Digirunner. What wastelands are left for Borderlands to conquer? This time it's Kairos, a vast open world made of four distinct, seamlessly connected regions. I stomped across the rolling hills of the Fadefields for a few hours, looting and shooting my way through endless, cacophonic firefights almost on autopilot. Or should that be instinct? Borderlands has rarely strayed all that far beyond the boundaries that it set 16 years ago.
Diving into Gears of War: Reloaded's chaotic multiplayer servers is like being wrapped in a warm blanket lined with sandpaper

1 week ago | gamesradar.com | Josh West

The Gears of War: Reloaded multiplayer experience is a real nostalgia trip. The Coalition may have given the iconic shooter a fairly comprehensive coat of paint, offering up 4K visual assets and a significant performance boost of up-to 120 frames-per second, but at its heart this is the original Gears as you remember it. Which is to say, the multiplayer side of play remains a fairly chaotic dance of wall-bouncing and Gnasher blasts.
Diving into Gears of War: Reloaded's chaotic multiplayer servers is like being wrapped in a warm blanket lined with sandpaper

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Josh West

Amazon Prime Is Adding Six More Free Games In Run-Up To Four-Day Prime DayYou know you’re going to forget to do it at all if you don’t do it now, so make sure to claim the free games included in Amazon Prime this month. …
Grounded 2 is targeting updates every "four to five months" after Obsidian learned the hard way: "When we started with Grounded 1 in early access we were trying to do monthly updates – that was a hassle and it didn't work"

1 week ago | inkl.com | Josh West

Grounded 2 screenshot showing four players battling a massive bug. Image has GR+ Summer Preview branding. Obsidian Entertainment is committed to pursuing another journey through early access. We already covered why the studio is heading back into Game Preview in the second part of our bite-sized preview of Grounded 2, with the development team keen to work with the community to shape the future of this cooperative survival adventure, but how exactly will the team approach updates?
Grounded 2 is targeting updates every "four to five months" after Obsidian learned the hard way: "When we started with Grounded 1 in early access we were trying to do monthly updates - that was a hassle and it didn't work" | Flipboard

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Josh West

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9 Jun 25

I haven't been at the SGF campus today as I've been otherwise occupied, but it's good to see the team keeping themselves busy in my absence 😂

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23 May 25

RT @austinwoodmedia: It's here! A story I've wanted to do for years and have been working on for months. I asked over 40 game devs one ques…

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21 May 25

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Thrilled to say that I've joined the @GamesRadar team as Managing Editor of the site's entertainment coverage. Excited to be working with such a talented bunch, and to be back behind the wheel of the good ship @totalfilm. As a great man once said... https://t.co/soDWMLtg2h

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Articles

How 2025 became the Year of Obsidian: "There's not a lot of studios at Microsoft that have an entire external developer making the whole game for them" | GamesRadar+

I think the ROG Xbox Ally X can tell us a surprising amount about the "next-generation of Xbox"

As Play Anywhere takes center stage, the future of Xbox has never been clearer: "Our plan is to keep making amazing games and have them reach as many players as we can"

As Play Anywhere takes center stage, the future of Xbox has never been clearer: "Our plan is to keep making amazing games and have them reach as many players as we can" | Flipboard

After 4 hours with Borderlands 4 I'm not yet sold on its biggest changes, but Gearbox says "it would be strange" if Borderlands wasn't "constantly growing and adapting"

After 4 hours with Borderlands 4 I'm not yet sold on its biggest changes, but Gearbox says "it would be strange" if Borderlands wasn't "constantly growing and adapting"

Diving into Gears of War: Reloaded's chaotic multiplayer servers is like being wrapped in a warm blanket lined with sandpaper

Diving into Gears of War: Reloaded's chaotic multiplayer servers is like being wrapped in a warm blanket lined with sandpaper

Grounded 2 is targeting updates every "four to five months" after Obsidian learned the hard way: "When we started with Grounded 1 in early access we were trying to do monthly updates – that was a hassle and it didn't work"

Grounded 2 is targeting updates every "four to five months" after Obsidian learned the hard way: "When we started with Grounded 1 in early access we were trying to do monthly updates - that was a hassle and it didn't work" | Flipboard

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