- Obsidian Entertainment has canceled a Declared sequel and is now reportedly developing a new radioactive dust game
- The game is directed by Fallout: New Vegas Lead Designer and Project Manager Joshua Sawyer
- This is part of Microsoft’s major Xbox “reset.”
Obsidian Entertainment is reportedly working on a new radioactive dust game after scrapping plans for a Declared continuation amid Xbox’s restructuring strategy.
This is according to Bloomberg, which reports that the Declared The sequel and other unannounced projects were the studio’s priority, but now it will focus on a new radioactive dust game run by Fallout: New Vegas Lead designer and project director Joshua Sawyer, in collaboration with Bethesda.
Sawyer was working on a different role-playing game (RPG) similar to radioactive dustbut it is not clear which one.
While Confessed 2 has been cancelled, a small team will continue working on the game in case the project is revived in the future; for now, radioactive dust It is the new priority.
The report is part of Microsoft’s major Xbox “reset,” which recently led to thousands of layoffs, including 1,600 immediate cuts. it is said that Confessed 2 It was going to be announced next year, but Xbox CEO Asha Sharma didn’t see it fitting into the company’s new strategy.
Bloomberg said these layoffs included a quarter of Obsidian, and GameFile reported that a WARN notice in California indicated 52 workers in total, including 43 in Obsidian’s California offices and nine remote workers in the state.
Obsidian, which was acquired by Microsoft in 2018, released three games in 2025, including Declared, The Outer Worlds 2and Grounded 2. Bloomberg confirmed that the studio will continue developing content for the latest two titles.
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