We’re not even halfway through the calendar year, and 2025 has already been a great year for RPG fans.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is the highlight of the year thus far, with plenty of other hits behind it. Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza In Hawaii is a great spin-off of the Yakuza franchise, and countless other RPGs have been wonderful hidden gems this year, such as Mandragora. Of course, we couldn’t possibly forget Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered.
Speaking of the Elder Scrolls franchise and style of games, there’s one RPG that was released earlier this year, though, with a lot of expectations on it. Avowed is the long-awaited Obsidian Entertainment open-world RPG that isn’t what I expected, but I loved every second of it. It certainly scratched that Elder Scrolls itch and had me excited to dive back in and experience the game again. Now, thanks to a new roadmap, there’s more waiting for me when I return to the Living Lands.
The Spring Update for Avowed, Patch 1.4, is now live, bringing several new features and updates to the game. That’s not all, as Obsidian also revealed their upcoming roadmap for future content updates throughout 2025.
New Game Plus is undoubtedly the highlight, set to launch this fall, but there’s plenty more to get excited about.
Here’s everything new that’s been added this week as part of Update 1.4
Map Exploration Enhancements
Once most of a map’s accessible areas are explored, the fog of war will now fully clear.
Entering a city on an overland map (e.g. Northern Paradis in Dawnshore) will now reveal that portion of the map.
Increased radius for fog clearing as you explore.Critter Loot Drops
Critters can now be defeated—and may drop loot!New Party Camp Feature
Players can now wait at the Party Camp to advance time.Improved Soul Pod Functionality
Soul Pods now dispel illusions (except for Ryngrim’s entrance, which still requires Yatzli’s help).New Settings Options
Chests now optionally appear on the minimap.
Power attacks with the Bow and Arquebus can now be canceled with a new setting.In the future, here’s what players can expect later this year from Avowed.
Summer 2025 Update
Cooking and Crafting improvements.
New NPC abilities and behaviors
New active and passive abilities
New Unique weapons and armor
Custom Map markers
Fall 2025 UpdateNew Game Plus
Photo Mode
New weapon type
Changing appearance in world
New character presets
More Godlike feature presets
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