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Xbox just finished slashing 1,600 jobs this week<\/a>, with another 1,600 coming before the end of the fiscal year. It\u2019s part of a long-term turnaround strategy for the brand that, on the other side of deep cuts, involves trying to make games that actually sell. Sell either copies, Game Pass subscriptions or consoles. It believes one of those is a new Fallout game.<\/p>\n Jason Schreier at Bloomberg is reporting<\/a> that Xbox-owned developer Obsidian, which recently laid off a quarter of its workers as part of this week\u2019s cuts, has cancelled a sequel to Avowed, and will instead work on a new Fallout game under the direction of Fallout New Vegas\u2019 Josh Sawyer.<\/p>\n It seems like we are entering something of a \u201ccommon sense\u201d era of Xbox in terms of many major decisions being made, such as immediately reducing the absurd 50% price hike on Game Pass, which instantly lost the service millions of subscribers. Now, this is also a somewhat obvious move:<\/p>\n Two plus two equals Obsidian should make a new Fallout game. This is probably a decision that should have been made years ago, as this will not come to pass until years from now. Even with Xbox trying to accelerate timelines on AAA games, it\u2019s still going to be a years-long wait. Anything less than three would be a miracle. The original development cycle on Fallout: New Vegas was just 18 months, but that was in 2009, and 17 years later, boy has the industry changed.<\/p>\n Play Puzzles & Games on Forbes<\/p>\n At least one theory as to why Obsidian didn\u2019t start on a Fallout title at Xbox was the idea that perhaps Bethesda didn\u2019t want that, but now Bethesda released the somewhat underwhelming Starfield and is staring down the barrel of an Elder Scrolls VI that will probably not be out until a decade after it was first announced. It is likely that the studio may not have much leverage to protest something like this these days. Fallout is Xbox\u2019s. If it wants Obsidian to make a Fallout game so players can get their hands on one before 2035, it\u2019s going to do that.<\/p>\n Xbox has declined to comment on the report, and we\u2019ll have to wait and see when and if this is officially announced. It may be some time, given all that\u2019s just gone on.<\/p>\n Follow me <\/strong>on Twitter<\/strong><\/a>, <\/strong>YouTube<\/strong><\/a>,<\/strong><\/a> and <\/strong>Instagram<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Pick up my sci-fi novels the <\/strong>Herokiller series<\/strong><\/a> and <\/strong>The Earthborn Trilogy<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n