Obsidian was at one point in talks to create an Avatar 2 game.
In an interview with Game Pressure, the studio’s CEO Feargus Urquhart discussed the future of the Fallout series and admitted Obsidian had spoken to James Cameron’s team.
“Avatar 2 just came out and James Cameron spent 10 or 15 years making it. Back then, we were talking with them about making an Avatar 2 game… I don’t even know how long ago. Eight, six years, something like that,” said Urquhart.
The Obsidian boss discussed his joy at putting people into the worlds he creates.
“With Cameron, there are those masterpieces, and for me a lot of making games is just getting to put people in these worlds and having them have an amazing time. I don’t need every game I made to be Avatar 2, right?,” he said.
Urquhart was also questioned on whether he would like to make another Fallout game, but was quick to note there was not one currently in development.
“We’re not working on it right now, our plate is pretty full with Avowed, Grounded and Outer Worlds 2. I don’t know when we’re going to start talking about new games, maybe towards the end of [2023],” he said.
“I would love to make another Fallout before I retire. I don’t know when that is, I don’t have a date of my retirement.”
So what might that hypothetical new Fallout look like?
If we do another Fallout, I see this as the next chapter of Fallout, not the final chapter,” said Urquhart. “And that’s what is interesting to me, because it’s a little bit of freeing to not have to make something that must be the most amazing game or movie or book. Because then you’d be trapped, if you say that to yourself or to the public.