<![CDATA[ Latest from Windows Central in Outer-worlds ]]> https://www.windowscentral.com/tag/outer-worlds Tue, 09 Dec 2025 21:21:39 +0000 en <![CDATA[ Fans have under a week to secure the predecessor to Xbox’s next blockbuster before it disappears from a major PC gaming storefront ]]> https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/the-predecessor-to-one-of-xboxs-biggest-new-games-is-getting-delisted-from-a-popular-pc-gaming-store-you-have-less-than-a-week-to-get-it imLryUUyecQNNdS6ZwYLv7 Tue, 09 Dec 2025 21:21:39 +0000 Wed, 10 Dec 2025 23:13:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ Fallout co‑creator leaves retirement to rejoin Xbox's Obsidian Entertainment, fueling speculation about future games — "Don't bother guessing, you're not gonna guess right" ]]> https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/tim-cain-leaves-retirement-obsidian-entertainment-2025 YFNpLeDgDkhdqPB77ZcmN9 Sat, 06 Dec 2025 14:13:36 +0000 Sat, 06 Dec 2025 15:51:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Outer Worlds 2 patch 1.004.001 is live — fixes major quest bugs and visual glitches (and yes, Inez finally works) ]]> https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/the-outer-worlds-2-october-31-2025-update KXyWsPXv4mxFEZvKQHpBuX Sat, 01 Nov 2025 14:27:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ Obsidian didn't add this cool feature to The Outer Worlds 2 until the game was well into development — here's how it happened ]]> https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/the-outer-worlds-2-rifts-werent-playable-early-on ft7EsfchY4HiURCPhkT4UJ Fri, 31 Oct 2025 11:48:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Outer Worlds 2 hides an incredible, unique gun on your ship — and there's a secret to get it right away ]]> https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/how-to-get-rookies-reward-in-the-outer-worlds-2 MwsppzWnzjyv2BMxfWX7aa Thu, 30 Oct 2025 20:17:49 +0000 Fri, 31 Oct 2025 11:19:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ It's not just you, The Outer Worlds 2 isn't working for many right now — here's why ]]> https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/the-outer-worlds-2-launch-azure-outage uXb4fzmbZMCFUjJKrL5P8W Wed, 29 Oct 2025 17:52:09 +0000 Thu, 30 Oct 2025 18:28:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Outer Worlds 2 is more of a great thing, with Obsidian doubling down on an RPG setup that worked wonders — now with better combat ]]> https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/the-outer-worlds-2-review aBCPXdJrwqiHrkJKC5kYAW Thu, 23 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000 Wed, 05 Nov 2025 16:48:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Outer Worlds 2 directors tapped Ninja Theory and other Xbox studios to shape future games ]]> https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/the-outer-worlds-2-directors-talk-ninja-theory-future-games dXbsMLqwDHMdAnMroirBZS Sat, 11 Oct 2025 16:41:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ I played The Outer Worlds 2 preview four times — here’s what I learned about its branching gameplay ]]> https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/i-played-the-outer-worlds-2-preview-four-times-heres-what-i-learned-about-its-branching-gameplay owRrUAAS6kdKpBwg58FeV8 Sun, 31 Aug 2025 17:05:15 +0000 Tue, 02 Sep 2025 15:19:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ Microsoft concedes that 'The Outer Worlds 2' retail price was too high — Xbox says it "will keep our full priced holiday releases at $69.99," with refunds incoming ]]> https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/microsoft-concedes-that-the-outer-worlds-2-retail-price-was-too-high wnUg9bdHuoSkPyYyuoLZ9Y Wed, 23 Jul 2025 14:00:00 +0000 Wed, 23 Jul 2025 19:51:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ 5 reasons why The Outer Worlds 2 looks like the Fallout: New Vegas sequel we never got ]]> https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/5-reasons-why-the-outer-worlds-2-looks-like-the-fallout-new-vegas-sequel-we-never-got v3AgY5XoS84qPwkoQY8CVC Tue, 17 Jun 2025 21:31:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I wish everybody could play my game." The Outer Worlds 2 director doesn't like its $80 price tag either, and says it was an Xbox decision ]]> https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/the-outer-worlds-2-director-doesnt-like-its-usd80-price-tag-either-and-says-it-was-an-xbox-decision YvpuiAFYuNyisxq7jkAEVc Thu, 12 Jun 2025 18:26:46 +0000 Thu, 12 Jun 2025 18:27:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ My favorite band and my favorite game studio are both weirdly taking me to the same fictional place this year ]]> https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/the-outer-worlds-2-and-sleep-token-are-taking-me-to-arcadia sJ8hNY2xuqKZSt5WqkrNim Tue, 10 Jun 2025 17:00:00 +0000 Tue, 10 Jun 2025 18:43:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ 7 things you need to know from Xbox's The Outer Worlds 2 Direct, plus juicy Grounded 2 details for Obsidian's other sequel ]]> https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/7-things-you-need-to-know-from-xboxs-the-outer-worlds-2-direct-plus-juicy-grounded-2-details-for-obsidians-other-sequel CqjdGQs88r8aJ2eN2RfaJE Sun, 08 Jun 2025 21:53:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Outer Worlds 2: Xbox Game Pass, gameplay, and everything you need to know ]]> https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/the-outer-worlds-2-everything-you-need-to-know sHYTVpUzY3CkF9j8K9cqzT Thu, 17 Apr 2025 10:36:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ Xbox's The Outer Worlds 2 gets a new look at gameplay, showing combat, stealth, and more ]]> https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/xbox-obsidian-the-outer-worlds-2-gameplay Upw5Ud7C59cGhqh8MgqLai Wed, 09 Apr 2025 17:07:21 +0000 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 17:32:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ Xbox's The Outer Worlds 2 makes a surprise appearance during the Game Awards 2024 — and it's coming next year ]]> https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/xboxs-the-outer-worlds-2-makes-a-surprise-appearance-during-the-game-awards-2024-and-its-coming-next-year 9gtAD8XaQC8YkgBViRrvYL Fri, 13 Dec 2024 01:50:06 +0000 Fri, 13 Dec 2024 03:02:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ Amazon's Prime Gaming has a bunch of incredible free games right now to celebrate Secret Level and you don't want to miss out on them ]]> https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/amazons-prime-gaming-has-a-bunch-of-incredible-free-games-right-now-to-celebrate-secret-level-and-you-dont-want-to-miss-out-on-them Mien9iZ6Er8BU47cd38Een Tue, 10 Dec 2024 16:01:06 +0000 Wed, 11 Dec 2024 17:23:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ Take-Two is selling Outer Worlds publisher Private Division because it says it's in the "business of making great big hits" like Grand Theft Auto — but was Xbox the buyer? ]]> https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/take-two-selling-private-division-unknown-buyer bjisPs4qSzexHC9pCgavBW Thu, 07 Nov 2024 17:01:31 +0000 Thu, 07 Nov 2024 23:40:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ Obsidian Entertainment CEO says development of upcoming Xbox RPG The Outer Worlds 2 is "going really well" ]]> https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/obsidian-entertainment-ceo-says-development-of-upcoming-xbox-rpg-the-outer-worlds-2-is-going-really-well SYFyt3xUHDenwBZY3tfpVS Tue, 13 Aug 2024 20:46:52 +0000 Wed, 14 Aug 2024 00:00:11 +0000 <![CDATA[ One of the most nominated games from 2019 is currently FREE for PC users, but only for a limited time ]]> https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/one-of-the-most-nominated-games-from-2019-is-currently-free-for-pc-users ovfTawtTx7BUgdNum9fUDW Thu, 04 Apr 2024 20:08:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ Controversy aside, The Outer Worlds Spacer's Choice Edition performs like garbage on PC ]]> https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/pc-gaming/controversy-aside-the-outer-worlds-spacers-choice-edition-performs-like-garbage-on-pc 3GqwX8zRQ6CaTUCGjhkV4 Wed, 08 Mar 2023 19:55:35 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Outer Worlds Spacer's Choice Edition — A disappointingly appropriate name ]]> https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/the-outer-worlds-spacers-choice-edition-a-disappointingly-appropriate-name 3ZpFMbjBByRA9oHmWw64JT Tue, 07 Mar 2023 16:00:00 +0000 Tue, 07 Mar 2023 16:22:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Outer Worlds 2 debuts at the Xbox E3 2021 show ]]> https://www.windowscentral.com/microsofts-obsidian-shows-outer-worlds-2-e3-2021 4jskX2MXjVtVBnWjme6E6x Sun, 13 Jun 2021 18:05:29 +0000 Sun, 13 Jun 2021 18:12:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Outer Worlds now appears to run at 60 FPS on Xbox Series X and PS5 ]]> https://www.windowscentral.com/outer-worlds-now-60-fps-xbox-series-x-ps5 w1jWV1FmVc8rMeNZHKhHiD Mon, 15 Mar 2021 18:31:30 +0000 Mon, 15 Mar 2021 18:31:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Outer Worlds: Murder on Eridanos DLC arrives on March 17 ]]> https://www.windowscentral.com/outer-worlds-murder-eridanos-dlc-arrives-march-17 oKvFKdmnpFDoHJS81pP7Zr Thu, 11 Mar 2021 16:56:45 +0000 Thu, 11 Mar 2021 16:56:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Outer Worlds is now available on Steam and GOG, 50 percent off for a limited time ]]> https://www.windowscentral.com/outer-worlds-now-available-steam-and-gog-50-percent-limited-time 8WkoDUU12WYfMyLe6AVtna Fri, 23 Oct 2020 20:09:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ Does Microsoft's ZeniMax deal mean we're one step closer to a Fallout: New Vegas sequel? ]]> https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-zenimax-deal-fallout-new-vegas-sequel dnjM5uxueiSXe9bnmaYAH8 Mon, 21 Sep 2020 17:21:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Outer Worlds: Peril on Gorgon developer interview — DLC is just another part of Halcyon ]]> https://www.windowscentral.com/outer-worlds-peril-gorgon-developer-interview vJZtbvPHVTLSBng1xLYJq Tue, 15 Sep 2020 18:23:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Outer Worlds 'Peril on Gorgon' expansion now available, discount with Xbox Game Pass ]]> https://www.windowscentral.com/outer-worlds-peril-gorgon-expansion-now-available-discount-xbox-game-pass 5Wrw8KpnEeVEvv9GYBxd9G Thu, 10 Sep 2020 20:25:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ Xbox Series S can run Gears 5 multiplayer at 120 FPS, loads The Outer Worlds in 12 seconds ]]> https://www.windowscentral.com/xbox-series-s-gears-5-120-fps 22rG4oxBZPHkknTtbFjUPj Wed, 09 Sep 2020 13:58:11 +0000 Tue, 19 Aug 2025 09:20:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Outer Worlds 'Peril of Gorgon' preview: It all starts with a severed limb ]]> https://www.windowscentral.com/outer-worlds-peril-gorgon-preview-it-all-starts-severed-limb v4dFFQMHvq5pYSgLgkpJ9D Thu, 03 Sep 2020 14:27:01 +0000 Tue, 02 Mar 2021 14:54:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ The second DLC pack for The Outer Worlds is called Murder on Eridanos, Xbox Series X Optimized version coming ]]> https://www.windowscentral.com/second-dlc-pack-outer-worlds-murder-eridanos-xbox-series-x-optimized 4Tsffqc6nxKHm2RmBETHj4 Thu, 30 Jul 2020 14:31:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ Discover Project Gorgon in first The Outer Worlds DLC: Peril on Gorgon ]]> https://www.windowscentral.com/first-outer-worlds-dlc-peril-gorgon-announced-during-xbox-showcase oyT33fvCBr14scsSwRC58S Thu, 23 Jul 2020 16:27:15 +0000 Thu, 23 Jul 2020 16:29:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Outer Worlds to get story DLC in 2020, announcement teased ]]> https://www.windowscentral.com/outer-worlds-get-story-dlc-2020 6qc77cXobqtS2RcmVDYpys Mon, 20 Jul 2020 23:11:07 +0000 Mon, 20 Jul 2020 23:11:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ Grand Theft Auto V crosses 120 million copies sold in, Red Dead Redemption 2 and The Outer Worlds also reach new milestones ]]> https://www.windowscentral.com/grand-theft-auto-v-crosses-120-million-copies-sold f5Ju1Eb1Z5Qd8iYe1YeMC5 Thu, 06 Feb 2020 22:28:06 +0000 Tue, 19 Aug 2025 09:21:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Outer Worlds gets field of view slider and other tweaks on consoles (update) ]]> https://www.windowscentral.com/outer-worlds-gets-field-view-slider-and-other-tweaks-consoles-soon dBeC7o27tDbg6eatyT8WGn Fri, 13 Dec 2019 14:15:00 +0000 Fri, 13 Mar 2020 13:58:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Outer Worlds patch fixes small text size, adds foliage parity between consoles (update) ]]> https://www.windowscentral.com/outer-worlds-upcoming-patch-fixes-small-text-size n62RBW1nJCNEydFUwv3dpD Sat, 09 Nov 2019 04:25:46 +0000 Tue, 19 Nov 2019 14:20:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ 2019 was the year that capitalism became video games' greatest villain ]]> https://www.windowscentral.com/2019-year-capitalism-became-video-games-greatest-villain p5JiSVSxmv5T7c26Kjz98d Wed, 06 Nov 2019 17:00:02 +0000 Mon, 11 May 2020 15:51:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Outer Worlds doesn't need a colorblind mode because it's built in ]]> https://www.windowscentral.com/outer-worlds-doesnt-need-color-blind-mode-its-built 5GaM1oBkVU4k7cAbwv7f2f Fri, 01 Nov 2019 01:08:32 +0000 Fri, 01 Nov 2019 01:11:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Outer Worlds lets you make a dumb character and it's hilarious ]]> https://www.windowscentral.com/outer-worlds-lets-you-make-dumb-character-and-its-hilarious hPaRKsfXtANCQii1d6n31g Fri, 25 Oct 2019 22:14:39 +0000 Fri, 25 Oct 2019 22:52:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ How to fix frame rate drops in The Outer Worlds on PC ]]> https://www.windowscentral.com/how-fix-frame-rate-drops-outer-worlds-pc p6cuXNbUZrPZLeyoYoGZmc Fri, 25 Oct 2019 16:32:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Outer Worlds launches on Xbox Game Pass ]]> https://www.windowscentral.com/outer-worlds-launches-xbox-game-pass cSrtJmnzsKk84zReyouqdd Fri, 25 Oct 2019 13:03:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Outer Worlds launch times revealed ]]> https://www.windowscentral.com/outer-worlds-launch-times-revealed xsr5LVvquWUipbsssRwpub Thu, 24 Oct 2019 15:00:18 +0000 Fri, 25 Oct 2019 10:46:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Outer Worlds guide: Every companion and where to find them ]]> https://www.windowscentral.com/outer-worlds-guide-every-companion-and-where-find-them 8NK4wiAv825hwWjpm2dTtv Thu, 24 Oct 2019 11:00:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Outer Worlds beginner's guide: 5 must-know tips before take off ]]> https://www.windowscentral.com/outer-worlds-guide-5-things-know-playing 7BSWkkbLYBqrzUt3jWKeiJ Wed, 23 Oct 2019 21:50:38 +0000 Tue, 02 Mar 2021 14:54:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Outer Worlds review roundup ]]> https://www.windowscentral.com/outer-worlds-review-roundup u1i2dqDjPHSpQEsdDdGFNU Tue, 22 Oct 2019 13:36:27 +0000 Tue, 22 Oct 2019 14:40:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Outer Worlds Xbox One review: This maiden voyage is an instant classic ]]> https://www.windowscentral.com/outer-worlds-xbox-one-pc-review QEUcGqhqEsPjs9maXq3c6 Tue, 22 Oct 2019 13:00:03 +0000 Tue, 02 Mar 2021 14:54:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Outer Worlds launch trailer shows alien worlds and all the roles you can play as a new hero ]]> https://www.windowscentral.com/outer-worlds-launch-trailer eMEatbR7ph5u5zQryduscd Fri, 18 Oct 2019 14:13:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Outer Worlds only features '4K textures and resolution' on Xbox One X and PC (update) ]]> https://www.windowscentral.com/outer-worlds-only-xbox-one-x-enhanced-no-enhancements-playstation-4-pro qDCLfoKpDvnneQPhsU2cB4 Tue, 15 Oct 2019 20:52:10 +0000 Wed, 16 Oct 2019 22:57:21 +0000