Later this year The Outer Worlds 2 will take players to a distant colony world called Arcadi, where they can shoot their way out of trouble with a new assortment of weapons. According to the game’s director, Brandon Adler, Obsidian Entertainment knew the sequel needed to be a significant improvement over The Outer Worlds. To achieve that goal, the team turned to the developers of Halo for advice.
“We … talked to the Halo folks,” Adler tells The Guardian. “They gave us a huge list of stuff and said, ‘You guys should target this… you should add that to your weapon configurations.'” Adler also says that Obsidian “did a full breakdown on Destiny, because we love how that [gunplay] felt.'”
Adler notes that the sequel doesn’t have loading screens before entering buildings like its predecessor, and the weapons have been revamped with fresh options and customizable features.
“We didn’t want small changes,” continues Adler. “Every weapon feels very different; every weapon has a cool, unique purpose. You can even take those weapons and add mods on to them to do all kinds of crazy things.”
One of the other changes in the sequel is that players can swap from first-person to third-person at will, and decide how they want to experience the game. The Outer Worlds 2 also has the distinction of being the first $80 game for Xbox Series X|S. In a previous interview, Adler said that Obsidian didn’t set the price for the game and suggested that players should take it up with Microsoft if they have a problem with it.
The Outer Worlds 2 will hit Xbox Series X|S, PS5, and PC on October 29.
$80 | Releases October 29
The Outer Worlds 2 standard edition includes the base game on your platform of choice. If you secure your copy of the game ahead of launch, you’ll also get the Commander Zane’s Anti-Monopolistic Battle Pack preorder bonus.
Physical preorders are available for $80 on PS5 at Best Buy, and we expect more retailers will have copies soon. Digital preorders are also available on console and PC.
$100 | Releases October 24
The Outer Worlds 2 is also available in a $100 Premium Edition that includes a bunch of extra content, like a Season Pass that will let you download the two post-launch story expansion DLC packs once they’re available. Preordering this version also gets you the Commander Zane’s Anti-Monopolistic Battle Pack preorder bonus, as well as early access to the full game five days early starting October 24. Here’s everything included:
- The Outer Worlds 2 base game
- DLC Pass featuring Story Expansions 1 & 2 (available after launch)
- Moon Man’s Corporate Appreciation Premium Prize Pack featuring costumes, weapons, and bonus pet
- Digital Artbook
- Digital Soundtrack
- 5-day early access starting October 24.
Physical PS5 and Xbox Series X preorders are available at Best Buy. Note that the Xbox version appears to be a code in a box, and not a disc. Nevertheless, this is the only physical Xbox version of the game currently announced.
