Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind Avowed, The Outer Worlds, Pentiment, and Grounded, has reportedly been impacted by Xbox’s latest round of layoffs.Several Obsidian developers took to social media to share the news that they too had been let go as part of Xbox’s brand “reset” that cut 1,600 jobs today and will ultimately result in…
Obsidian was also hit by “the Microsoft sacrificial rituals,” says laid-off RPG veteran who previously worked on Dragon Age and Mass Effect
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