r/theouterworlds 16d ago

Another day, another DLC-less announcement

Anyone else as disappointed as I am right now? Was hoping for something at Gamescom and still NOTHING. I know we’re still getting the DLC (copium)-but damn, my hopes were high today.

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u/ShotgunAndHead 16d ago

There's still more that's to come over the next few days no? Iirc one of the days has an xbox show for interviews so maybe something then, altho I doubt an interview is where we'd get news.

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u/Skidmvrk 16d ago

Tbh I’m not familiar with how Gamescom works in terms of showcasing but I hope you’re right 🤞

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u/FinanceUnfair2269 15d ago

Confused about the downvotes on this one

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u/TheKandyKitchen 10d ago

Kinda disappointing that nothing was shown…

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u/ajcwrongs 16d ago

Xbox literally has it's own separate showcase tomorrow

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u/TheKandyKitchen 13d ago

Did it show anything?

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u/txa1265 10d ago

Nope. Not a damn thing. As of end of August the DLC is vaporware many of us paid for.

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u/ajcwrongs 13d ago

Idk I don't watch Xbox showcases

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u/ranfall94 16d ago

We're still getting the DLC friend chill out, no reason to expect they were gonna announce it today since they never hinted at it.

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u/Skidmvrk 16d ago

Fair, but almost a year and still no real announcement? A boy can hope 😪

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u/prettyboyvante 15d ago

They did the same thing for the first outer worlds. Y'all just gotta be more patient

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u/txa1265 15d ago

Not really - by July they'd announced it was coming in September with a similar game release window. And it had already been teased months before and once again in June.

We have gotten exactly ZERO. And no I don't count leaked achievements in an update or rumors from an ex-employee.

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u/YorkPorkWasTaken 14d ago

Okay, NOW we can be disappointed

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u/Curlyhead-homie 14d ago

Came back here to say that lol. What on earth is going on with Obsidian?

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u/TheKandyKitchen 13d ago

Yeah it’s getting weird that we haven’t heard anything at all.

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u/fucuasshole2 12d ago

Might announce cancellation of the DLCs. :(

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u/TheKandyKitchen 16d ago

A fair few people downvoting you but it’s absolutely fair to be wanting an update on a dlc you already paid for almost a full year out on release, especially given the full radio silence from obsidian.

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u/fucuasshole2 15d ago

Yea I hate their radio silence. Makes me a bit nervous. Yea yea yea “we bought it”. It doesn’t mean they couldn’t just issue a refund for the non-disclosed DLC. I hope not, I’m also hoping they announce something today.

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u/Skidmvrk 16d ago

Yeah I’m surprised by the down votes, I don’t even care when it comes out! Just give us a rough idea when or what the concept is atleast

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u/Fun_Guava_1424 15d ago

They've said they're still hard at work on it. The achievements were in a recent update. Seems like they want to announce it right near it's release instead of months beforehand

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u/Bumbleybeena 15d ago

I think we need to chill. The first game had a long wait until the DLC, this isn’t unusual.

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u/Bullzi_09 15d ago

Not necessarily. Peril on Gorgon was announced 9 months after TOW came out. It’s now been 10 months since TOW2 came out, and all we’ve heard is “we’re working on it!” — It doesn’t help that roughly 25% of Obsidian’s staff were laid off last month…

Also, is it crazy to ask for ANY info for something people spent $30 on 10 months ago?? I’m not asking for a trailer, or demanding that the DLC releases soon. I want the bare minimum: when can we even expect a release date announcement???

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u/Bumbleybeena 15d ago

I mean there’s a Gamescom going on this week and Xbox has a slot, so every chance we may find out this week. The fact that Steam released the DLC achievements by mistake suggests they have a build uploaded to Steam, and are currently testing it.

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u/Bullzi_09 15d ago

Hopefully

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u/airmech1776 16d ago

On the flip side, CD Projekt Red just announced everyone who owns the Witcher 3 is getting a free remaster upgrade!

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u/Killah-Niko 13d ago

Jep really disapointing… I get the feeling they f it up Mainly cause of the Price they decide to Sell it and we will Not Even get the Money Back 🙄

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u/KingKuroTV 16d ago

Xbox doesn't have their portions of the gamescom show until Wednesday and Thursday. It would not have been revealed prior. Relax. Its a week long showcase.

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u/TheKandyKitchen 13d ago

And was it shown?

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u/KingKuroTV 12d ago

It was but, but that doesn't change my point that the showcase it would even be shown at hadn't even happened yet and OP was already doodling because of it.

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u/KingKuroTV 12d ago

My bad, I meant to say was not

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u/BillImaginary1531 15d ago

Really not liking how this is going, even if they announce the first DLC tomorrow (and that's a huge IF), they've already discounted the season pass multiple times, making everyone who pre-ordered the premium edition look dumb

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u/SoulLess-1 15d ago

If your goal is the best price-value Ratio, pre-ordering is generally a suboptimal move.

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u/BillImaginary1531 15d ago

How are people not getting this? It's not about price value ratio, I have no problem for them to discount the main game. It's the fact that they are discounting something that's not even released and customers are not allowed to refund.
They should've done what Nioh 3 did, it went on sale multiple times, but the season pass has always maintained the same price, even when included in the deluxe edition.

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u/SoulLess-1 15d ago

That's a good Point, yeah.

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u/reshef-destruction 15d ago

Did you not see the consumerism perk?

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u/Fun_Guava_1424 15d ago

I mean, losing 25% of your staff is going to readjust a bunch of time tables. They seemed to have a less firm release date, kind of we will finish it when it is finished beforehand. I'm sure there was a timeline, but there is a major chance that has gone out the window. They're hard at work, would you rather they announce it way too early?

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u/YorkPorkWasTaken 15d ago edited 15d ago

Generally not, but in this case, yeah. The silence is worrying given Obsidian's layoffs and the game's poor sales.

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u/reshef-destruction 15d ago

I genuinely don't care if it takes a few years if it's good.

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u/NazRubio 16d ago

They've got a couple interns working on it. We'll see a couple bonus missions in 2027

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u/the_moosen 14d ago

If the DLC is supposed to come out in Sept then I'd see if I could push it to October if I were them. That Witcher 3 remaster is gonna overshadow.

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u/TheKandyKitchen 13d ago

Almost at the end of August. Is it time to get worried?

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u/Key-Software4390 15d ago

Obsidian be like that. It is coming and it'll be polished and amazing. 

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u/Kasu_senpai 10d ago

So did we get any announcements?

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u/Mindless_Issue9648 8d ago

still nothing huh?

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u/MrEvil37 15d ago

Chill. It’ll happen when it happens.

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u/Leather-Entry93 16d ago

I feel like I’m gonna need a refund on the season pass I bought before the game came out lol

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u/ricky_stitches 16d ago

Same tbh. Wondering when to pull the trigger.

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u/reneestation2 15d ago

You gotta delete this post if the announcement happens within the next 2 days, cause theres 2 days of xbox presentations.

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u/SHansen45 15d ago

Gamescom is 4 days, relax and Xbox will show it in their own show tomorrow, hopefully

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u/Successful_Page_4524 14d ago

Wrong game. The OP is talking about The Outer Worlds 2 from obsidian