Tag: The Outer Worlds
News Obsidian's Already Trying to Improve The Outer Worlds 2's Poor Presentation on PS5 Pro
Sony's proprietary PSSR replaced
PS5 Pro is supposed to be the best place to play console games, and it often is – assuming devs support it properly. Unfortunately, The Outer Worlds 2 released in a disappointing state on Sony’s supercharged system, with a shaky frame rate and an awful implementation of the Japanese giant’s proprie
Poll Are You Playing The Outer Worlds 2?
Space race
It's a good time to be a fan of choice-driven RPGs, because The Outer Worlds 2 just dropped on PS5. Obsidian's latest release has technically been out for a few days through paid early access, and so far, player impressions seem to be pretty positive overall. The Outer Worlds — the first game — launched for PS4 back in 2019, and so...
News Be Sure to Download The Outer Worlds 2's Day One Patch Before Playing on PS5
Full patch notes out now
The Outer Worlds 2 is out today on PS5 (following on from a brief early access period), and it's got a big old day one update that you should definitely download before playing. This patch doesn't have any major additions or anything, but it does fix a fairly lengthy list of bugs that range from annoying to potentially...
News PS5 Pro Is Definitely Not the Best Place to Play The Outer Worlds 2 at Launch
Performance and image stability issues
While the PS5 Pro is turning in utterly outstanding results in first-party games like Ghost of Yotei, third-party publishers are having a tougher time getting to grips with the hardware. The Outer Worlds 2 is the latest effort to perform worst on Sony’s supercharged $750 hardware, according to experts...
News Xbox Shortchanges PS5 Fans Yet Again with Another Shoddy Physical Release
The Outer Worlds 2 has just 1.32GB on its Blu-ray
In another low for physical game releases from Microsoft, it has been discovered there's only 1.32GB of data on the PS5 disc for The Outer Worlds 2, which launches on 29th October 2025. Word comes from Does It Play?, where an early physical PS5 copy reveals there's just 1.32GB of data on the actual...
The Bethesda approach
In case you didn't already know, you'll be able to play The Outer Worlds 2 in first and third-person, depending on your preference. It's a design choice straight from Bethesda's open world RPG formula, letting you shift perspective whenever you like. It's always nice to have options, innit? But why did developer Obsidian...
Round Up The Outer Worlds 2 Could Be One of the Best RPGs of the Year, Say Positive Previews
Get Outer here
A couple of months ago, developer Obsidian said that its main goal with The Outer Worlds 2 was to make the sequel a much more involved experience in terms of player choice. Basically, it wanted to put the RP back in RPG. And looking at the latest previews of the October-bound sci-fi title, that's exactly what the team has managed to...
Preview The Outer Worlds 2 Doubles Down on RPG Gameplay to Great Effect
More money, more problems?
We recently managed to play through the opening hour of The Outer Worlds 2, where we got a feel for gameplay, a peep at the far glitzier graphics, and tested out the foundations of its RPG leanings. We walked away not entirely won over, but certainly intrigued to play more. Our play time with the game was on the Xbox...
News Xbox Backtracks on $80 Price Tag for The Outer Worlds 2 Following Public Outcry
Ah, $70, now we're talking
Xbox has announced its upcoming game The Outer Worlds 2 won't retail for $80 after all. Obsidian Entertainment's sci-fi RPG sequel is scheduled to launch in late October, and it was set to be the first game from Microsoft sporting the new upper price tag of $79.99. This was met with a fair amount of backlash from fans,...
News Xbox to Blame for The Outer Worlds 2's Devastating $80 PS5 Price Point
"I wish everybody could play my game"
The Outer Worlds 2 will cost $80 to buy on the PS5, and it’s unlikely all the data will even be included on the Blu-ray if you choose to pick it up boxed. In a
News Xbox's Next Round of PS5 Games Are Available to Pre-Order Physically
But fans are worried how much data will be on the discs
A bunch of upcoming Xbox titles, including Gears of War: Reloaded, are available now to pre-order physically on the PS5 – but fans are understandably worried about how much data will actually be included on the discs. Ninja Gaiden 4 and The Outer Worlds 2 were the two other titles dated...
News 'Good Luck with That' - The Outer Worlds 2 $80 Price Has Gone Down Horribly with PS5 Players
Get Outer here
There's been an overwhelmingly negative reaction to the news that The Outer Worlds 2 will be priced at $80 / £70 when it launches on PS5 this October. Following on from a solid showing at the Xbox Games Showcase, Obsidian's upcoming RPG was confirmed to be one of Microsoft's first forays into the realm of $80 releases, with the...
News The Outer Worlds 2 Gets Gameplay Blowout Covering RPG Systems, Combat, More
The Outer limits
We must admit, this deep dive into The Outer Worlds 2 has sold us more on the game than any previous coverage. The sci-fi sequel got a big old information blowout straight after yesterday's Xbox Games Showcase, with members of the development team giving overviews of systems and mechanics. The video's got a comedic edge to it, but...
News The Outer Worlds 2 Is an $80 Game on PS5, as Xbox Continues to Push Game Pass
The Eighty Worlds
Based on everything we've seen of it so far, The Outer Worlds 2 looks like a super solid sequel — but its freshly announced price point is bound to scrub away some of the positivity. As spotted on the game's Steam page, The Outer Worlds 2 is a full-whack $80 / £70 release. This follows on from Microsoft stating that it would be...
News Obsidian RPG The Outer Worlds 2 Out This October on PS5
Sequel gets its release date
Obsidian has announced its next RPG, sequel The Outer Worlds 2, releases for PS5 on 29th October 2025. Catch the all-new trailer above. "As a daring and most likely good-looking Earth Directorate agent, you must uncover the source of devastating rifts threatening to destroy all of humanity. Your investigation leads to...
News Outer Worlds 2 Pre-Order Details Leak Ahead of This Week's Xbox Showcase
Release date probably inbound too
Xbox is set to host its own showcase on the weekend, and immediately afterward, it's zooming in on The Outer Worlds 2 — and a reliable leaker has shared some pre-order details. Billbil-kun, reporting via Dealabs, tells us that a release date for The Outer Worlds 2 will be announced during its
News The Outer Worlds 2 Looks to Destiny, Call of Duty for Big Combat Improvements
Fun in the gun
The Outer Worlds 2 is promising a much more fleshed-out combat experience, according to senior combat designer Rob Donovan and lead systems designer Kyle Koenig. In a new interview with IGN, the duo highlight some pretty significant improvements that should make the spacefaring sequel play a lot better than its predecessor — and...
News The Outer Worlds 2 Isn't Going Open World, But Bigger Locations Are a Focus
Outer and about
The Outer Worlds (the first one) certainly isn't open world, but it does feature fairly large environments that promote side questing and general exploration. With The Outer Worlds 2, it looks like Obsidian has leaned a lot more into that side of the experience. In a fresh preview from IGN, the developer reveals that the sequel will...
News The Outer Worlds 2 Wants to Be Much More of an RPG Than the First Game
Choice and consequence
The Outer Worlds 2 developer Obsidian is a studio built on a long history of rich role-playing, and apparently, the studio's very keen to reiterate that fact with its spacefaring sequel. The Outer Worlds (the first one) certainly isn't a bad RPG, but it is perhaps guilty of watering down important choices with regards to...
News The Outer Worlds 2 PS5 Gets a Huge Gameplay Debut Ahead of Summer Unveiling
Please be excited
Sometimes it’s hard to for us to feign excitement here at Push Square, and you deserve our honesty. So, allow this author a moment to level with you: he thought The Outer Worlds sucked. There’s no two ways around it. That doesn’t mean the Obsidian developed sequel will be consigned to being crap, though, and this 11-minute...
News See Future PS5 Games in Xbox Games Showcase This June, Including The Outer Worlds 2
Livestream dated for 8th June
Microsoft has confirmed its annual Xbox Games Showcase will take place on 8th June 2025, which will be immediately followed by a livestream focusing on The Outer Worlds 2, which is already confirmed for PS5. Of course, given the firm's updated focus on multi-platform titles, many of the games shown during the showcase...
News The Outer Worlds 2 Confirmed for PS5, Out Next Year
Microsoft announces PS5 version
Microsoft has confirmed it'll be producing a PS5 version of The Outer Worlds 2 alongside the usual PC and Xbox Series X|S versions, releasing next year. Check out the comical gameplay trailer above. Just like the first one, this is an RPG with a comedic twist that'll combine combat, conversations, and choices into one...
News The Outer Worlds Is Still a Mess on PS5, Two Patches Later
Get outer here
Just over a month ago, on the 7th March, The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition brought Obsidian Entertainment's quirky RPG to PS5. The upgraded sci-fi adventure promised loads of visual improvements and better technical performance overall. Unfortunately, only one of those promises was actually realised; the game certainly looked...
News The Outer Worlds on PS5 Might Work Now, More Patches Planned
Update 1.2 available now
Post-launch work on The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition has hit a new milestone as Private Division announces version 1.2 is available to download now on PS5. The updated port released with a very long list of technical problems, which forced some buy
News The Outer Worlds' Rough PS5 Port Gets First Post-Launch Performance Patch
Company mandated
A patch for sci-fi action RPG The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition has been released, which purports to fix many of the performance issues players have reported in recent days. The Spacer's Choice PS5 upgrade was released in such a poor state that it had some players immediately calling for refunds, complaining of abysmal...
News The State of The Outer Worlds on PS5 Has Players Calling for Refunds
It's not the best choice, it's Spacer's Choice!
The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition was just released on PS5, and the RPG runs quite badly even in its dedicated performance mode, with the state of the game already causing some players to call for refunds in threads on the game's
News The Outer Worlds' New PS5 Version Has Some Really Disappointing Performance Issues
Frame rate is a disaster
Officially billed as a 'remaster' of the 2019 sci-fi RPG, The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition is out now on PS5. It's available to buy at a slightly-lower-than-retail price, or you can pay a small upgrade fee if you already own The Outer Worlds and its two expansions on PS4. Truth be told we were looking forward to...
Gallery The Outer Worlds PS5 Remaster Screenshots Show Much Improved Graphics
Better models, lighting, weather
Just announced and releasing next week on PS5, The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition is being officially referred to as a remaster — and going by these new screenshots, we suppose it's easy to see why. The role-playing game, which originally released for PS4 back in 2019, has been given a surprisingly...
News The Outer Worlds Remaster Coming to PS5 Next Week with Various Improvements, DualSense Support
Isn't a free upgrade
The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition has been officially announced for PS5. This is actually being billed as a "remaster" of the 2019 role-playing title, featuring "higher resolution graphics, a dynamic weather system, overhauled lighting and environments, improved performance and load times, enhanced details on characters,...
News The Outer Worlds Is Totally Coming to PS5, Even if Its Sequel Won't
Silver linings
Are you a fan of Obsidian Entertainment’s The Outer Worlds at all? No problem, because as previously reported, a native PS5 edition of the role-playing release has been rated. And if you were still sceptical of the updated re-release, subtitled Spacer’s Choice Edition, here’s its freakin’ box art to prove it: Obviously, the...
News Native PS5 Version of Sci-Fi RPG The Outer Worlds Rated for Release
"It's not the best choice, it's Spacer's Choice!"
A native PS5 version of Obsidian's excellent sci-fi RPG The Outer Worlds has been rated by the Taiwanese ratings board, suggesting that an updated version of the game could be heading to current-gen consoles. Called 'The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition', it would make sense for this version of...
News You Won't Be Playing The Outer Worlds 2 on PS5, PS4
Outsiders
As with Starfield, the sequel to The Outer Worlds will not release on PlayStation 5 and PS4. We were taken with the original RPG, awarding it a 9/10 in our review and describing it as a “triumph”. Earlier this year, we also covered the game’s Murder on Eridanos expansion, which we thought was pretty good as well. However, with...
News The Outer Worlds Update 1.7 Adds 60FPS Support on PS5
Available to download now
Phwoar, this is what we absolutely love to see. Ahead of its final piece of DLC content, The Outer Worlds has received a patch that allows the game to run at 60 frames-per-second on PlayStation 5. Available to download right now, the patch weighs in at roughly 26GB. One user has already shared what the 2019 RPG looks like...
News The Outer Worlds Expansion Solves a Murder on PS4 Next Week
Game's final expansion pegged for 17th March
Obsidian may be sheltered under Microsoft’s umbrella these days, but The Outer Worlds continues to be supported on the PlayStation 4, with the title’s second major expansion Murder on Eridanos officially confirmed for a 17th March release. The plot will revolve around the murder of renowned actress...
News The Outer Worlds' Second Expansion Will Land Before the End of March
Murder on Eridanos
Wow, it's admittedly been quite some time since we spared a thought for The Outer Worlds. The sci-fi RPG is back in the news cycle thanks to the fact that Take-Two has outed the release window for 'Murder on Eridanos' — the game's second (and as far as we know, final) expansion. According to the company's latest financial...
News The Outer Worlds: Peril on Gorgon Expansion Launches September on PS4
Get the crew back together
The first of two expansions for The Outer Worlds will launch on PlayStation 4 this September, developer Obsidian has announced. Titled 'Peril on Gorgon', the DLC will whisk you and your party away to an abandoned Spacer's Choice facility on an old asteroid. We're sure plenty of wacky adventures will ensue. You'll be able...
News The Outer Worlds Was Held Back by Console Memory Budgets
Less NPCs and content
The Outer Worlds might not have had the biggest environments to explore on PlayStation 4, with the likes of Fallout 4 and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt dwarfing it, but at least those locations were fairly detailed. However, it could have been so much better. In a new interview with Danny O'Dwyer as part of No Clip, developer...
News The Outer Worlds Is a Big RPG Success with Two Million Copies Shipped
Not including Game Pass
Obsidian's The Outer Worlds took the RPG genre by storm last year when it became an instant hit on PlayStation 4, and it looks like that has translated into a big success at retail with more than two million copies shipped worldwide. This makes it the studio's most successful title since South Park: The Stick of Truth.
News The Outer Worlds Story DLC Confirmed, More Details in 2020
Welcome back, Captain
Fans of The Outer Worlds rejoice! The highly rated role-playing title is getting story DLC in 2020, developer Obsidian Entertainment has revealed in an end-of-year blog post. DLC for the game has long been rumoured, but we haven't had concrete confirmation until now. The aforementioned blog post reads: "To all of those who...
News The Outer Worlds Text Size Patch Isn't Enough to Stop Players Squinting
Keep your glasses on
The Outer Worlds' patch 1.1 rolled out earlier today, which among other various fixes and updates, promised to increase the size of the game's text. Developer Obsidian has now successfully deployed that update, but the effect it has had on the font's size is completely negligible. As reported by VICE's Patrick Klepek, you can...
News The Outer Worlds DLC Could Be in the Works Following Sales Success
Still a team working on the game
Obsidian's The Outer Worlds has done rather well for itself ever since its October launch with sales that have exceeded expectations the developer held prior to launch. It's a major success for the now Microsoft-owned company, and it looks like more content could be on its way. In an
News The Outer Worlds Patch 1.1 Set to Increase Text Size, Fix a Few Pesky Bugs
No more squinting
You may have already heard, but The Outer Worlds is not a very buggy game, despite developer Obsidian's (at times undeserved) reputation. Still, there are a few rare issues that the studio wants to iron out with the game's first post-launch patch, which is due to release at some point next week. It's also set to increase the size...
News The Outer Worlds Sales Have 'Exceeded Expectations', Seems to Be a Hit
Out there
The Outer Worlds appears to have done very well for itself, if publisher Take-Two's most recent statements are to be taken at face value. During the company's latest financial call, the role-playing game was described as a "critical and commercial success". Take-Two president Karl Slatoff said that Obsidian's sci-fi title is "exceeding...
News Xbox Game Pass Boosts PS4's Share of The Outer Worlds' Sales in the UK
The Fallout
An eye-watering 78 per cent of The Outer Worlds’ physical copies were sold on the PlayStation 4 in the UK, perhaps demonstrating Xbox Games Pass’ impact on retail releases. Despite being published by Take Two subsidiary Private Division, developer Obsidian is now owned by Microsoft, so its day-and-date inclusion as part of the...
Soapbox The Outer Worlds Highlights Just How Far Fallout Has Fallen
What could have been
This week, The Outer Worlds was released. Obsidian's sci-fi role-playing game may not push the genre forward in any radical way, but it is an excellent example of what's possible when player choice is promoted above all else. I'm busy playing through The Outer Worlds for the third time in about as many weeks, and I'm still...
Guide The Outer Worlds Character Builds - Attributes, Skills, and Perks for Every Style of Play
Best skills and perks to pick in The Outer Worlds
Creating a character in The Outer Worlds can be a daunting process. Right at the beginning of the game, you have to think about base attributes and skills, and once you're off on your adventure, levelling up and bringing peace (or chaos) to Halcyon, you've got to start thinking about perks. There are...
Guide How Long Is The Outer Worlds?
How long does it take to beat The Outer Worlds?
How long is The Outer Worlds? How long does it take to complete The Outer Worlds? Those of you who don't have hundreds of hours to spare will be happy to hear that The Outer Worlds is not an especially lengthy game, but it's still going to take you a good chunk of time to fully complete. How long is...
Guide The Outer Worlds Tips and Tricks for Beginners
Advice for rookie space captains
The beauty of The Outer Worlds is that you can play through it however you want. Good guy, bad guy, unstoppable psychopath, corporate lackey, sliver tongued coward -- you can be whoever you want to be, and it's a great role-playing title because of this. But whether you're prepared to do anything for a fistful of...
Guide Is The Outer Worlds Open World?
Is The Outer Worlds like Fallout?
Is The Outer Worlds an open world game? Obsidian's latest release certainly has a lot in common with existing open world titles like Fallout: New Vegas (which was also developed by Obsidian), but if you're expecting to explore a huge map with few boundaries, then you're probably going to be disappointed. Is The...
Guide The Outer Worlds New Game Plus - Does The Outer Worlds Have New Game Plus?
Can you carry progress over in The Outer Worlds?
Does The Outer Worlds have a New Game Plus mode? Obsidian's latest role-playing game is built with replay value in mind, but can you carry over your progress from a completed save into a brand new game? Does The Outer Worlds Have New Game Plus? Unfortunately, The Outer Worlds does not have a New Game...
