When Skylight Collective set out to craft the key art for Obsidian Entertainment’s fantasy RPG, Avowed, the art team knew they weren’t making just another traditional video game box art.

Avowed takes place in a region of Eora dubbed The Living Lands, which is in the midst of a deadly pandemic. Known as the Dreamscourge, the plague is essentially a zombie apocalypse. Those ...

In practice, they're rather simple: cutscenes of static (yet gorgeous) artwork pertaining to a discussion between the Envoy and the Voice. Avowed is Obsidian Entertainment’s latest offering ...

Avowed takes the opposite approach and is better ... A big tip of the hat to the game's art team; this is one of the most colorful and vibrant games I've ever played. The same can be said for ...

When describing her new downtown Elgin store, Kelli Naughton says the name — Morbid Mementos — speaks for itself. You can buy ...

A new video game is on the cutting edge of interactive storytelling, though in some ways its still behind stories written in the 1970s.

VINCENT ACOVINO, BYLINE: Avowed is a classic fantasy role-playing ... ACOVINO: The best role-playing games, like most art, hold up a mirror. Vincent Acovino, NPR News. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC ...

Avowed takes place in the same settings as the ... Such a wake-up call. The art direction here is just staggering, reminiscent of Alex Garland’s 2018 fantasy sci-fi flick Annihilation in the ...

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