'Don't Bother Guessing. You're Not Going to Guess Right' — Tim Cain, One of the Creators of the Original Fallout, Has Rejoined Xbox Studio Obsidian to Work on a Mystery Project

Tim Cain, 1 of the creators of the archetypal Fallout video game, has rejoined Xbox workplace Obsidian Entertainment to enactment connected a enigma project.

In a video published connected his YouTube transmission (which he's utilized to archer a batch of amusive stories astir the making of the archetypal Fallout game), Cain said helium was present a full-time subordinate of unit astatine Obsidian, past seen releasing The Outer Worlds 2, Grounded 2, and Avowed. This means he’s not a contractor anymore, and truthful is not moving astatine different studios, though determination is simply a crippled acceptable to travel retired astatine immoderate constituent successful the aboriginal that volition person his sanction connected it.

Cain wouldn’t accidental thing astir the task he’s joined Obsidian to enactment on, and told fans not to adjacent fuss guessing what it is.

“I besides can’t speech astir the task I’m moving connected astatine Obsidian, conscionable due to the fact that that’s covered nether NDA,” helium said. “Don’t fuss guessing. You’re not going to conjecture right. I would accidental that I’m astir apt a batch little retired present than I was before, truthful that full video I person connected being semi-retired, I conjecture I’m not.”

Cain past worked astatine Obsidian arsenic a full-time worker connected Pillars of Eternity and The Outer Worlds. He past moved to being a contractor, contributing to The Outer Worlds 2. Obsidian has yet to denote its adjacent project. Last month, Obsidian developers said they were good alert that whenever the workplace announces a caller game, radical inquire wherever Fallout: New Vegas 2 is, but they besides emotion however they’ve been capable to make caller IP and adjacent merchandise sequels to them.

Fallout Season 2 is acceptable to deed Prime Video this December, and portion Bethesda has a caller Fallout: New Vegas bundle up its sleeve, there’s nary connection yet connected a Fallout remaster oregon a Fallout: New Vegas 2 to capitalize connected the surge of involvement successful the franchise. Obsidian is of people the developer of the much-loved 2010 RPG Fallout: New Vegas, truthful fans often wonderment whether it volition instrumentality to the mounting for a sequel, particularly fixed it’s present owned by Bethesda genitor institution Microsoft.

Obsidian, though, has focused connected making marque caller games, and it is prolific successful doing so. It’s released Grounded (Grounded 2 came retired this year), phantasy RPG Avowed (which came retired this year), and sci-fi RPG The Outer Worlds (The Outer Worlds 2 came retired this year). Pentiment, which came retired past year, was different marque caller game, though I wouldn’t expect a sequel to that immoderate clip soon.

Last month, the Fallout 3 remaster that leaked backmost successful 2023 was said to beryllium inactive successful the works. In effect to Bethesda improvement main Todd Howard’s caller interrogation with GQ, successful which helium talked astir The Elder Scrolls 6 inactive being immoderate mode disconnected and “some different things we're doing” successful the Fallout franchise, VGC reported that a remaster of Fallout 3 on the aforesaid lines arsenic this year’s The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered is among them.

There are each sorts of rumors floating astir astir imaginable Fallout remakes, and surely a increasing anticipation among fans that Bethesda volition crook to its older Fallout video games to support fans on-side portion they hold for The Elder Scrolls 6.

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