Developer Obsidian Entertainment and publisher Private Division have confirmed that The Outer Worlds will not release on Nintendo Switch this year, and will rather hit the Nintendo console sometime in 2020. Previously, the release date for the Switch port of the space-faring RPG was "TBA." Unfortunately, there's no new trailer or anything to accompany the news, but that will presumably come whenever we get more precise release information.

As you may know, today the new game from Obsidian -- the makers of games like Fallout: New Vegas, South Park: The Stick of Truth, Tyranny, Pillars of Eternity, and many great RPGs -- released onto PS4, Xbox One, and PC to raving reviews. Whether this will translate to healthy sales, who knows, but at least the game can hang its hats on some glowing reviews, including our own.

"The Outer Worlds is basically everything I want out of a modern role-playing game," reads the opening of our review. "The writing is clever, the world is interesting, and the mechanics reinforce the fantastical plot of being a long-lost colonist that’s been recently awoken in order to help every other colonist from that doomed mission rediscover their own future. In many ways, however, it can sometimes feel like a blast from the past in much the same way as the protagonist."

The Outer Worlds is available for PS4, Xbox One, and PC.



Posted: Oct 28, 2019 11:02 am
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