Obsidian Says Avowed Will Run at 30fps on Xbox Series S/X, Feature Multiple Endings

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Avowed, the upcoming action-RPG from Obsidian Entertainment, was recently delayed and is now set to release on PC and current-gen Xbox consoles on February 18, 2025. Now, the developer has confirmed that the game will run at 30fps on both Xbox Series X and Series S. More details about the game have surfaced at the ongoing Gamescom 2024 event, where Obsidian revealed that Avowed will have multiple possible endings, going double digits.

Obsidian shared details about Avowed's performance on Xbox Series S/X on the Iron Lords Podcast at the sidelines of Gamescom in Los Angeles. Appearing on the podcast, published on YouTube Friday, the game's art director Matt Hansen said that the studio was “targeting a baseline of 30fps” for the RPG on Xbox consoles.

“We are core targeting 30fps, bare minimum,” Hansen said, responding to a query about the game's console performance. “That's the expectation.”

The developer reasoned that players didn't necessarily need 60fps performance in a first-person single-player game and a 30fps output allowed Obsidian to improve graphical fidelity and lighting.

“It's a trade-off we opted to make relatively early and we're really happy with it. The game's running pretty smooth for how visually dense it is, and that was always our goal,” Hansen said. “But as far as a greater understanding of performance spec, we're still figuring all that out. It's one of the last things you do,” he added.

Avowed is not the first Xbox first-party title to launch with performance on consoles locked at 30fps. Bethesda's Starfield launched at 30fps on Xbox Series S/X last year, and so did Arkane Austin's Redfall. Both games, however, received a patch later that brought the performance up to 60fps on consoles. In fact, the latest Starfield update added 60fps performance for the game on the lower-end Xbox Series S earlier this week.

In a separate interview with IGN at the sidelines of Gamescom earlier this week, Avowed game director Carrie Patel confirmed that the game