Mange havde håbet at se Avowed, der beskrives som Obsidians fortolkning af Elder Scrolls-strukturen, under Xbox/Bethesda-showet, men spillet var ingen steder at spore. Det kan der naturligvis være et utal af grunde til, men spørger du Jason Schreier så skyldes det at spillets tilblivelse har været lidt besværlig frem til nu.
I en ny rapport ovre hos Bloomberg fortæller Schreier nemlig, at det ville være forkert at sige at Avowed er i "development hell", men at holdet dog har skiftet en række kreative overhoveder ud, og at visionen har ændret sig en række gange.
"My understanding, based on conversations with multiple people close to Obsidian not named Chris Avellone, is that Avowed has gone through multiple reboots and lost/replaced several directors and leads last year. As I said on Twitter, that's why I don't expect it to be out any time in the near future. I did not say "the game is going through development hell and will never come out." But it has certainly had some real issues.
As it turns out, Avellone was the first to mention in public that the game had lost directors. Given his history, people were understandably skeptical. But when he said on Twitter that the game keeps losing leads, he was not lying."
Det antages at den nuværende instruktør er Carrie Patel, der sluttede sig til Obsidian i 2023, og har arbejdet som Narrative Designer på Pillars of Eternity-serien. Hun var også Senior Narrative Designer på The Outer Worlds, og var sågar instruktør på Peril on Gorgon-udvidelsen til det spil.