Obsidian has an extremely busy year ahead with Avowed due to launch this month, followed by The Outer Worlds 2 later this year. In the middle of this, Obsidian is also preparing for its next major game, and it has brought back the lead writer behind Fallout New Vegas to work on it. 

Since acquiring both Obsidian Entertainment and Bethesda, there have been rumours that Microsoft could put Obsidian back onto the Fallout series. Many fans have New Vegas as their favourite game in the franchise and plenty of developers at Obsidian still have interest in the Fallout IP. However, while there have been rumours around a New Vegas 2, the re-hiring of the first game's lead writer is apparently not a hint at a sequel being in development.

John Gonzalez left Obsidian 14 years ago after shipping New Vegas and working on other projects. After leaving Obsidian, Gonzalez joined Guerrilla Games and worked on the Horizon Zero Dawn IP. Now, Gonzalez is returning to Obsidian, he has revealed on LinkedIn. However, in an effort to get out ahead of rumours, he did also state that the project he is working on is “not Fallout: New Vegas 2”.

Since joining Microsoft, Obsidian has worked on numerous new IP. The studio has shipped Grounded, Pentiment, and The Outer Worlds. The Outer Worlds was created as a spiritual successor to Obsidian's work on the Fallout series, while Avowed is due to be Obsidian's way of expanding its fantasy universe from Pillars of Eternity, the crowdfunded project that saved Obsidian from bankruptcy a decade ago.

KitGuru Says: Bethesda is likely so far off from releasing Fallout 5, that it makes perfect sense to have the speed demons at Obsidian to develop a new spin-off game to bridge the gap between Fallout 4 and Fallout 5. For now though, despite moves like this, Obsidian is apparently not working on anything Fallout-related. 

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