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Shoot, sneak, or speak your way out of trouble


1 THE OUTER WORLDS


The future’s bright, but that doesn’t mean you won’t get shot


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Format PS4, XO, PC Release date 2019 Publisher Private Division Developer Obsidian Entertainment


Pre-order Blast off into an intricate sci-fi world


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still embody it. This is, after all, a studio made up of Fallout 1 and 2 alumni, which was later commissioned to make Fallout: New Vegas. And while their new game might not technically be part of that beloved series, its quirky humour, retro sci-fi , colourful characters, and distinctive weirdness will feel instantly familiar to any longtime fan. The Outer Worlds casts you as an


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intrepid spacefarer who wakes on a ship orbiting a distant colonised planet after 70 years of cryosleep. Usually this would be a lethal amount of time to spend as a


eteran developer Obsidian may no longer make the Fallout series, but to many fans they


human ice cube, but when an eccentric scientist interrupts your slumber with the help of a rare chemical, you’re soon embarking on a journey to save the rest of your frozen crewmates. Of course, if you’d prefer to just leave them on ice, he can’t stop you – as soon as you’re out the door, you’re free to run off and explore this mysterious alien setting however you choose. It’s a beautiful place too,


a visual mix of the vivid neon colour palettes of No Man’s Sky with the


50s-going-on-60s architecture and stylings of Fallout. This isn’t an


outright ruined world, more a dystopian one, with ruthless megacorporations exploiting alien planets and disrupting the weird lifeforms that inhabit them.


26 Spring 2019


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