The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition has officially been announced and will be bringing an improved version of the sci-fi RPG to PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC on March 7, 2023.
The Outer Worlds, which was developed by Fallout: New Vegas’ Obsidian Entertainment, was first released in 2019 and brought players to a colony at the edge of the galaxy that has been overrun by corporations. Much like a Fallout game, players make choices, get into epic gun combat, interact with factions, journey alongside companions, and much more.
The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition packages the base game and both DLCs – Murder on Eridanos and Peril of Gorgon – and comes with “higher resolution graphics, a dynamic weather system, overhauled lighting and environments, improved performance and load times, enhanced details on characters, an increased level cap, and much more.”
If players already own The Outer Worlds and its DLCs for Xbox One, PS4, or PC, they can upgrade to the Spacer’s Choice Edition on the same console of PC Store (if applicable) for $9.99. If you’d like to simply buy the game, it will cost $59.99.
In our review of The Outer Worlds, we said, “Obsidian has found its own path in the space between Bethesda and BioWare, and it’s a great one. And considering that new RPGs from either of those influential developers are still years away, this game couldn’t have been timed any better.
“It’s not as explorable as one big open world but it still packs in a large portion of flexible quests and conflicts within its series of smaller ones. And the combat, character, and companion systems have enough new spins on existing ideas to make it feel like an homage with its own personality rather than a copy.”
This could be a great time to jump into or return to The Outer Worlds as Obsidian announced at E3 2021 that The Outer Worlds 2 was on its way. Very little has been revealed about the sequel, but its hilarious and fourth-wall-breaking trailer showed the humor and style will be in tact.
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