Obsidian Dev Team
Alot of what I see on youtube comments when I watch videos on Fallout being made by Obsidian again is "A Fallout made by the same people that brought us Avowed and Outer Worlds? No thanks."
Jeez. Makes me want to bang my head against a wall.
Like does not one of these people read the credits of the individual games? Gaming studios are built up of different teams all the time.
You can't determine the studio by the game. You determine the game by the team.
And a lot of people think the old team is gone.
Not necessarily.
The game is being led by Josh Sawyer (Project Director of New Vegas) and John Gonzalez (Lead Writer of New Vegas, who created Mr. House and Benny), while original Fallout 1 & 2 creators Tim Cain and Leonard Boyarsky are on board as creative consultants.
For the first time in over a *decade*, the core human beings who actually hold the genetic code of the franchise are sitting in the same room.
This is not a Carrie Patel (Avowed) or Brandon Adler (Outer Worlds 2) Fallout game.
And no shade to *either* of those directors. Im just focusing on Fallout's history and key influential leaders.
I get the comparisons. Same studio. But one thing we know is that Josh Sawyer is directing this game and there is an absolute A team in the house at Obsidian for Fallout right now.
Posted Jul 11, 2026, 1:27 PM UTC