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Avowed's Best Dagger Sets Absolutely Everything On Fire
3.3.2025
Daggers are the tried-and-true weapon of a rogue, but they can be mixed and matched into any playstyle in Avowed, thanks to the game’s focus on class freedom. Whether you’re a dagger user slinging spells with your other hand, or wielding a shield for some extra protection, you’d do well to grab...
Avowed's Best Weapon Combos And More Of The Week's Top Tips
2.3.2025
This week, we’ve got a host of Avowed tips to help you make the most of your sojourn to the Living Lands. We’ve also got some pointers for mastering Magik in Marvel Rivals, and for defeating Mortal Kombat 1's new pink-clad ninja boss, Floyd. (Get it?) Click on for these tips and more.Read more
Avowed's Best Bow Is Bought From A Posh Shop Right At The Start
28.2.2025
Avowed’s selection of unique bows is well-rounded, but one known as The Long Touch is perhaps the best choice for most Rangers. While you could argue that the Ancient Alacrity is truly the best, it can’t be obtained until the final stretch of the game’s main story, making it a difficult...
Avowed's Best Arquebus Has A Very Silly Name
28.2.2025
Avowed has a pretty wide variety of weapons to choose from, so you’re free to decide if you want to bonk baddies with melee armaments or pop their noggins with ranged options. If you’ve chosen the Arquebus (long gun) as your weapon of choice, you may want to snag Izmalt’s Meteoric Apparatus, which...
Avowed's Best One-Handed Axe Will Give Your Enemies A Wintery Chill
27.2.2025
If you’re the kind of person who likes ripping through baddies with an axe, you’ll probably enjoy Avowed’s selection of skull-splitters. There are quite a few solid choices to wield, but Drawn in Winter—which can be obtained early in the game—is an incredible option to run with, good through...
Avowed's Best Pistol Has Enemy-Tracking Bullets
27.2.2025
For those who like the smell of gunpowder during their trip through The Living Lands, there are a lot of great pistols to find in Avowed. Snagging the best one, though, will have to wait until you’re in the game’s final region, Galawain’s Tusks. The Magic Pistol may have a generic name, but it’s...
Avowed: Should You Trust The Voice In Your Head?
26.2.2025
One of the earliest quests you’ll receive in Avowed is “Message From Afar,” which sends you to the northwestern corner of Dawnshore to explore the Strangleroot. Here, you’ll face off against a fearsome bear, meet a new NPC, and ultimately have a fresh conversation with the Voice you’ve been hearing...
Which Class Should You Choose When Starting Avowed?
25.2.2025
Avowed features three starting classes, each focused on specific archetypes that most role-playing fans are certain to recognize. While you can mix and match abilities between these different classes throughout your adventure, picking the one that appeals most to you can have a significant impact...
How Long Is Avowed? It Depends On How You Play
24.2.2025
Role-playing games are known to be lengthy adventures that can keep you busy for weeks, months, or years, some totalling well over 100 hours. As such, it’s not surprising you’d want to know just how long you’ll be spending in Obsidian Entertainment’s newest RPG, Avowed, and whether it’s worth your...
Avowed: First-Person Vs. Third-Person, Which Should You Use
24.2.2025
If you were to watch any trailers or marketing material for Obsidian’s role-playing hit Avowed, it would be perfectly reasonable to assume the game is strictly a first-person affair. With this focus on first-person melee combat in every video around, you may be shocked to hear that it actually...
The Best Weapon Combos For Dominating In Avowed
24.2.2025
Avowed has a wide variety of weapons that you can mix and match in any way you wish, ideal for shaping the game to your whim as you work your way through The Living Lands. With so many build combinations you have tons of freedom in how you approach combat—and then double it because you have...
Answering All Your Avowed Questions And More Of The Week's Top Tips
23.2.2025
This week, we’ll kick things off by answering the questions you may have about Obsidian’s new first-person role-playing game Avowed (and if you want more tips to help you get started strong, look no further than this spoiler-free collection of things to know before you start playing). We’ll also...
Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 5 Good Games We Can't Get Off Our Minds
21.2.2025
Spring is almost here. I can practically feel it quietly blossoming between the 25-degree overnight lows and the desperate last flurry of snowflakes coating my driveway this week. Until then, we’re feasting on 2025's early bounty of games ahead of some heavy hitters that will be rounding out...
Avowed, Pirate Yakuza debut big on Steam!
21.2.2025
Also: a disappointing sales result discussed, and plenty-o links-o ahoy
Xbox's Latest Big Single-Player RPG Was Originally Pitched As Skyrim + Destiny
21.2.2025
Obsidian Entertainment’s Avowed is a wonderful single-player RPG featuring large fantasy zones to explore and chatty companions. But that wasn’t always the plan. In fact, it was originally designed as an online game similar to Destiny.Read more
Love Your Older Gear? Here's How To Transmog In Avowed
21.2.2025
Avowed features very customizable characters, so you’ll likely spend quite a while in the character creation suite getting things just right. Granted, you won’t be able to see your character very often if you play the game entirely in first-person, but you’ll be able to admire them in all their...
How To Have A Little Respec In Hit RPG Avowed
21.2.2025
Part of the appeal of a large-scale role-playing game is customizing your character in ways that compliment your preferred playstyle. But as you play through a sprawling game like Avowed, you may find that the way you like to approach combat or dialogue evolves. As such, you may want to reset your...
Should You Free Ilora In Avowed's Opening Island?
21.2.2025
Very early in your adventure through Avowed’s tutorial island, you’ll come across a prisoner named Ilora. She spins a yarn about her crew going feral and slaying one another, but her demeanor is quite antagonistic. It certainly doesn’t help that your other companion, Garryck, already seems not...
Avowed Has A Secret Room In Its Tutorial, With A Bonus Item
21.2.2025
Avowed is a sprawling role-playing game with hundreds of secrets to uncover throughout its 30+ hours of content. However, one of its first hidden areas can be found during the tutorial segment—a hidden room that grants you an achievement just for finding it. Even better, it contains a lockbox with...
How To Make The Most Of Avowed's Fast Travel
20.2.2025
Many role-playing games are well-known for their sprawling worlds filled with points of interest to discover, and simply walking between all these locations over and over again can be a pretty exhausting affair. Avowed is one such massive RPG, offering dozens of hours of exploration through...