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Developer Obsidian recently announced that it currently has no plans to make The Outer Worlds 3, according to a report by Bloomberg. Company head Fergus Urquhart didn't give a reason as to why Obsidian won't be working on a sequel, but he did note that the performance of The Outer Worlds 2 was "disappointing" and that it needs to "think a lot about how much we put into the games, how much we spend on them and how long they take."
Urquhart also said that Avowed was something of a miss for the company, but that it remains committed to the franchise. Obsidian plans to "keep making games in the Avowed universe," but that doesn't necessarily mean a legitimate sequel. Avowed is, after all, set in the same world as Pillars of Eternity.
Obsidian is still working on DLC for The Outer Worlds 2, so fans have that to look forward to. Urquhart also confirmed the company is making some DLC for Grounded 2, which was actually a hit. It released three games last year, which Urquhart said was a bad move for support teams.
�Spacing those releases helps the company manage its resources and not burn everybody out. It�s not good to release three games in the same year. It�s the result of things going wrong," he said.
The developer is also making some entirely new games, of which we know nothing about. As for Avowed, it's coming to PS5 on February 17. All versions are getting an anniversary update that includes a New Game Plus mode, new races, new weapon types and more. It's a good game and well worth the time of PlayStation fans, especially those who have dabbled with The Elder Scrolls franchise.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/obsidian-has-no-plans-to-make-the-outer-worlds-3-likely-due-to-poor-sales-192756351.html?src=rss
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Sony's wireless WH-1000XM6 headphones are on sale for $398 via Amazon. This is a record-low price, as it drops $62 from the price tag. The sale applies to all three colorways.
These easily topped our list of the best wireless headphones. They are, in a word, fantastic. The headphones are packed with premium features, like advanced ANC. There are a whopping 12 ANC microphones throughout and a brand-new chip to power the feature. The end result? It successfully blocks background noise at medium and high frequencies, including the human voice.
The sound quality is extremely pleasing to the ears, thanks to new audio drivers and a team of mastering engineers that assisted with tuning. There are perforations in the driver's voice coil, which extends high frequency reproduction.
The design has been upgraded from the previous iteration and we found them extremely comfortable to wear for long periods of time, which is important with headphones. The battery gets around 30 hours, which is a fairly standard metric for this type of thing.
The only real major nitpick here is the original asking price. It's tough to recommend any pair of headphones for $460, but a bit easier at under $400.
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WATCH: 'Britain's top tradesman' tells GB News why he's LEAVING the country
February 02 | 2026
"Britain's top tradesman" has revealed to GB News exactly why he is leaving the UK.Builder Martin Daly, 30, from Motherwell, was named Screwfix's Top Tradesperson of the Year for inspiring young people to enter the trade - but he is now ditching Scotland for Switzerland."I'm not going there just to get more money," he told Patrick Christys on Monday."It's more just for a better quality of life - to wake up, know that your Government is looking after you."But he also offered a damning assessment of the options on offer to up-and-coming tradespeople in the UK.In Britain, Mr Daly said, "no one can afford to take young people on". "I've had a few apprentices spread their wings. A few have gone to Australia, some have went out on their own," he said. "It's not that the younger generation don't want to get into the trades, but there's just not enough career paths and routes for them to go down."WATCH THE CLIP ABOVE FOR MORE
In today's daily reflection we celebrate Candlemas, when Jesus, still a baby, was presented in the Temple at Jerusalem. "In that story, Mary and Joseph with Jesus met an older, prayerful man named Simeon. "As Simeon held Jesus, he prayed these words, Lord, as you have promised. Now dismiss your servant in peace."