Which is great news because more people should really play that game even if they didn’t just suck it up and play it on the Epic Games Store.

A new trailer showing off the game’s story and release date just dropped, and also gives us a better understanding of why we’re being so quippy to red-eyed robots.

This (American) Summer, the video game community comes together for a season of breaking news, announcements and in-game events.

There's no disputing it – The Outer Worlds looks like a Fallout game in all but name. Which shouldn't come as a surprise, given that Obsidian Games is behind it. As the creators of arguably the best Fallout game out there (even with New Vegas' misgivings) it's still somewhat surprising how much of that DNA is retained in Outer Wilds. That isn't to say this looks like a decade old RPG either. Outer Wilds instead looks to build on ideas that haven't worked out as well in past Obsidian ventures, giving you even more ways to approach its more open-ended quests.

Hot on the heels of their aquisition by Microsoft, Obsidian Entertainment is teasing a brand new IP that will be revealed at the Game Awards next week. But it likely won't be an exclusive just yet.

Take-Two Interactive, the mega-publisher behind the 2K and Rockstar labels, has opened a new publishing division specifically to handle smaller, independent games. It’s called Private Division, and its aim is to help smaller developers bring new intellectual property to market. Crucially, developers retain the rights to their IP. They’ve already got some incredible talent – including Obsidian’s next big RPG, …