“Don’t bother guessing, you’re not going to guess right.” – WGB

Tim Cain, the man who created Fallout, has announced that he has rejoined Obsidian Entertainment, the team responsible for Fallout: New Vegas. Naturally, it has caused fans to get a little bit excited, hoping for a new Fallout title.

Cain originally joined Obsidian in 2011 as a programmer, working on games like South Park and Pillars of Eternity. He left the company in 2020 but did keep working with them on a contract basis, co-directing The Outer Worlds. He also acted as a consultant for that game’s sequel, The Outer Worlds 2.

Tim Cain made the announcement that he’s returning to Obsidian as a full-time employee on his own Youtube channel, saying: “I’m back at Obsidian. I’m there as a full-time employee and in-person, so not remote, and I’m not a contractor anymore. This means that I’m not working at other places, although there’s at least one game that I worked on [elsewhere] that I know is going to ship.”

So, what’s he working on? Unsurprisingly, he cannot say.

“I can’t talk about the project that I’m working on at Obsidian, just because that’s covered by NDA,” he stated.

He also advises that you don’t try to figure outwhat he’s working on: “Don’t bother guessing, you’re not going to guess right.”

That would seem to rule out a return to Fallout since that would probably be many people’s first guess and fervent hope. Perhaps The Outer Worlds 3 is already in the works? There’s also the possibility that he’s working on Avowed 2. Or an entirely new IP.

Whatever it winds up being, Obsidian has been very busy this year, releasing Avowed, The Outer Worlds 2, and Grounded 2 in Early Access. That’s pretty damn impressive. And with Tim Cain back and kicking ass, the future is looking good for Obsidian.

P.S. While I haven’t written a review for it yet, The Outer Worlds 2 has been thoroughly enjoyable so far.