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The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition continues to cause headaches as Obsidian somehow botches free upgrade deployment on consoles
The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition isn't a new release; it launched back in early 2023 with plenty of problems. Somehow, it's now giving players a headache more than three years later, after Obsidian Entertainment promised a free upgrade path that hasn't panned out.
Free PS5 Upgrade Codes Sent to The Outer Worlds Owners After Obsidian Cock Up
Developer provides Spacer's Choice Edition on PS5. Things can never just be simple, can they? After developer Obsidian confirmed it's providing free PS5 upgrades to the Spacer's Choice Edition of The Outer Worlds for PS4 owners starting yesterday, it turns out the process isn't nearly as straightforward as it seemed. What owners of the base PS4 and Xbox One versions were told would be free has now turned into a paid upgrade. Read the full article on pushsquare.com
Microsoft Responds to The Outer Worlds 'Free' Upgrade Confusion
The Outer Worlds developer, Obsidian, has apologized for any "confusion" after players complained that the studio reneged on a prior update stating that anyone with the base game in their libraries before May 27 could upgrade to the Spacer's Choice Edition for free.
The Outer Worlds Dev Apologises for 'Free' PS5 Upgrade Mess-Up, Can't Provide Original Offer
Update: Obsidian issues statement on situation. Things can never just be simple, can they? After developer Obsidian confirmed it's providing free PS5 upgrades to the Spacer's Choice Edition of The Outer Worlds for PS4 owners starting yesterday, it turns out the process isn't nearly as straightforward as it seemed. What owners of the base PS4 and Xbox One versions were told would be free has now turned into a paid upgrade. Read the full article on pushsquare.com
The Outer Worlds Dev Alters Free Xbox & PS5 Upgrade Due To 'Platform Limitations'
Update: Obsidian issues another statement. Back at the start of this month, it was announced that if you owned The Outer Worlds on Xbox One, you'd be getting a free upgrade to the Spacer's Choice Edition of the game by May 27th as part of the OG version's partial delisting. However, that's now changed. Obsidian says that "unforeseen platform limitations" have caused issues for Xbox and PlayStation, with those two platforms now only getting free upgrades if you own the game's two DLCs as well. Re
The Outer Worlds 'Free' PS5 Upgrade Has Immediately Turned into a Mess
Mixed messaging from Obsidian. Things can never just be simple, can they? After developer Obsidian confirmed it's providing free PS5 upgrades to the Spacer's Choice Edition of The Outer Worlds for PS4 owners starting yesterday, it turns out the process isn't nearly as straightforward as it seemed. What owners of the base PS4 and Xbox One versions were told would be free has now turned into a paid upgrade. Read the full article on pushsquare.com
Obsidian are delisting the original version of The Outer Worlds in favour of the swankier (but pricier) Spacer's Choice edition, and lobbing some grenades at you too
The Outer Worlds. It's a game I haven't thought about much since reviewing The Outer Worlds 2 last year, and it's just gotten its first patch in about three years. That's because Obsidian are planning to delist its base version from storefronts at the end of this month, leaving the more polished Spacer's Choice edition as the definitive Outer Worlds going forwards. They're also adding grenades to it, as an apparent make good aimed at pyromaniacs.
Obsidian returns to The Outer Worlds after 3 years to add a whole new weapon type, fix bugs, and delist its OG version
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The Outer Worlds To Be Partially Delisted, Free 'Spacer's Choice Edition' For Those Affected
The remaster is being given away for free to base game owners. There's some interesting stuff happening with The Outer Worlds in the near future, as it's just been announced that the game is getting partially delisted, with the Spacer's Choice Edition now becoming the main version of it. It's a little bit confusing, so bear with us — the "base edition" of The Outer Worlds will be delisted on May 27th across "most store pages", but we think the Xbox Store version might survive, as it's mentioned
The Outer Worlds Is Getting Grenades, Nearly 7 Years After It Came Out
Surprise! Seven years after it launched — and almost six months after its sequel was released — The Outer Worlds is getting grenades.
The Outer Worlds Will Offer Free PS5 Remaster Upgrade Amidst Delistings and Price Drops
Own the base game on PS4 before 27th May. Obsidian Entertainment has shared plans that detail how it's going to handle The Outer Worlds, the original RPG, going forward. They involve delistings of the base game on certain platforms and price drops, but on PS5 and PS4, the news is only positive. If you own the base version of The Outer Worlds on PS4 before 27th May 2026, you will get an automatic upgrade to the Spacer's Choice Edition on PS5. Read the full article on pushsquare.com
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The Outer Worlds and Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag share an unlikely lesson: we make our own pirates
“Let’s call this round a draw,” says Coach Stilley, his amiable New York drawl soothing what could have been a tense standoff. “You head back to your end of the field. I’ll regroup my team, and we’ll see where things take us in the second half. What do you say?” We’re several star systems away from New York, in the Halcyon colony set up by The Outer Worlds’ megacorps. And Coach Stilley’s team, the Firefly Freebooters, haven’t played tossball in a decade. Instead, they’re pirates-for-hire – carry