The Outer Worlds 2 launches this October as Microsoft's first US$80 game

The Outer Worlds 2 launches this October. 

Obsidian Entertainment and Xbox Game Studios have announced a release date for the upcoming action-RPG game The Outer Worlds 2: 29 October, 2025. The sequel to Obsidian’s 2019 sci-fi game, which notably featured anti-capitalist messaging, will also be Microsoft’s first US$80 video game.

Watch a new trailer for the game below:

This week’s Xbox Games Showcase gave us tons of The Outer Worlds 2-related news. During the presentation, Obsidian Entertainment dropped a new trailer to confirm that the sci-fi RPG is launching this October. The showcase was followed by a The Outer Worlds 2 Direct, which teased more details for the upcoming game. 

In the Direct, Obsidian confirmed The Outer Worlds 2’s setting: Arcadia, a new space colony that’s being torn apart by corporate ambition, rifts, and three different clashing factions. The game’s factions, companions, and even radio stations will react to the player’s actions, as the game features expanded RPG systems, new flaws, and more science gadgets. 

Here’s how the new trailer’s YouTube description describes the game:

As a daring and most likely good-looking Earth Directorate agent, you must uncover the source of devastating rifts threatening to destroy all of humanity. Your investigation leads to Arcadia, home of skip drive technology, where the fate of the colony, and ultimately the entire galaxy, rests on your decisions—your strengths, your flaws, your crew, and the factions you choose to trust. 

The Outer Worlds 2 will be Microsoft’s first US$80 video game

After Nintendo ripped the band-aid off video game price hikes with the US$80 Mario Kart World, it looks like Microsoft is now following suit. According to an official Xbox post, The Outer Worlds 2’s Standard Edition will cost US$79.99.

Its Premium Edition, which adds five-day early access, two future expansions, cosmetics, gear, a digital artbook, and a soundtrack, will cost US$99.99.

Given that The Outer Worlds 2 is getting a price hike this year, it’s likely that the rest of Xbox Game Studios’ first-party titles–including Call of Duty: Black Ops 7–are looking at US$80 price tags too. 

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