Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has explained the reasoning behind Avowed's delay, stating that the upcoming action role-playing game from Obsidian Entertainment wasn't pushed back to give the studio more time, but rather to pace out the number of games coming to Xbox's lucrative Game Pass service. Avowed will be the next big RPG to come from the Pillars of Eternity studio, and was originally scheduled to launch in Fall 2024 before being pushed back to February 18, 2025.