Microsoft’s Xbox to Shift Obsidian Studio to New ‘Fallout’ Video Game
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"Microsoft’s Xbox to Shift Obsidian Studio to New ‘Fallout’ Video Game" is generating significant coverage in the Technology category, with 5 articles from 5 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include Kotaku, The Verge, MMORPG.com and Forbes. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Generated by PULSE's extractive engine from coverage metadata only — no AI-written claims. Updated 129d ago.
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Coverage (14)
- Fallout: New Vegas studio Obsidian reportedly moved onto a new Fallout game by Xbox, but at the cost of a sequel to Avowed Eurogamer.net · 128d ago
- Report: Obsidian Cancels Avowed Sequel To Begin Work On A New Fallout Game Game Informer · 129d ago
- Report: Xbox's RPG studio Obsidian has lost 25% of its devs to Microsoft's layoffs Windows Central · 129d ago
- Obsidian Reportedly Cancels Avowed 2 to Focus on a New Fallout Game IGN · 129d ago
- FALLOUT: NEW VEGAS Studio Will Tackle Next FALLOUT Game nerdist.com · 129d ago
- Report: Xbox Cancels Avowed 2 And Puts Obsidian To Work On New Fallout Game Pure Xbox · 129d ago
- Microsoft Reportedly Cancels Avowed Sequel As Obsidian Focuses On A Fallout Game Engadget · 129d ago
- New Vegas devs returning to Fallout 15 years later for new sequel Polygon.com · 129d ago
- Xbox's Obsidian and Bethesda are making a new Fallout game together, here's what we know Windows Central · 129d ago
- Obsidian Reportedly Working On New Fallout Game After Xbox Cancels Avowed Sequel Kotaku · 129d ago
- Microsoft’s Xbox reset is pivoting Obsidian to make Fallout instead of Avowed The Verge · 129d ago
- Xbox Cuts Mean Id Software Gutted, Major Obsidian Layoffs, But Blizzard Employees Will Find Out Later MMORPG.com · 129d ago
- New ‘Fallout’ Game Reportedly Coming From Obsidian, ‘Avowed 2’ Cancelled Forbes · 129d ago
- Microsoft’s Xbox to Shift Obsidian Studio to New ‘Fallout’ Video Game Bloomberg · 129d ago
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