Fallout creator Tim Cain is again working full-time at Obsidian, however “do not trouble guessing” what his new recreation is

Fallout creator and former The Outer Worlds co-director Tim Cain has introduced his return to a full-time position at Obsidian Leisure. Cain, who was the driving power behind the post-apocalyptic RPG throughout his time at Interaction Leisure within the ’90s, beforehand joined Obsidian again in 2011, only a yr after it had launched Fallout New Vegas. He then stayed there via video games reminiscent of Pillars of Eternity and The Outer Worlds, earlier than stepping right down to tackle a part-time contractor position from June 2020. Now, nonetheless, he is again.

“Hello everybody, it is me, Tim,” the daddy of Fallout says within the new video, seen under. “Determined to do a Cain on Video games replace as a result of, as you’ll be able to see, issues have modified. Plenty of modifications, truly.” He explains that he is moved again to Southern California to return to work for Obsidian. “I am a full-time worker and in particular person, so not distant. I am not a contractor any extra.”

Whereas Cain did assist out on The Outer Worlds 2 throughout his self-claimed “semi-retirement,” this was in a non-exclusive position alongside work for a number of different firms. He says this transfer means he is now not “working somewhere else,” though he says there’s “at the least one recreation that I labored on that I do know goes to ship” exterior of Obsidian. “I can also’t discuss concerning the undertaking I am engaged on at Obsidian, simply because, you understand, that is lined beneath NDA.”

Naturally, hypothesis is instantly rife, though Cain cautions, “Do not trouble guessing, you are not going to guess proper.” Clearly it would be simple to dream concerning the potential of Fallout New Vegas 2, particularly with the Amazon Prime present tying into the unique. But it surely seems like his present aim is one thing a bit of extra surprising. “I might say that I am in all probability quite a bit much less retired now than I used to be earlier than.”

In case you’ve loved watching his ‘Cain on Video games’ YouTube channel, don’t fret. “This channel goes to maintain going,” he reassures. “No-one in Obsidian has even remotely recommended that I’ve to cease it. The truth is, lots of my co-workers have stated that they watch this channel.” He says the collection will proceed “so long as I’ve tales to inform, so long as you’ve questions which might be actually good and that I feel I would like a video to reply.”

Cain truly remarks that his resolution to start out creating on YouTube started “as a result of I wrote a very thick memoir and all people who learn it stated it was boring.” He provides that his return to in-person work means “we have already began having chocolate-eating conferences once more,” and that you would be able to anticipate some tasty particulars from these on his chocolate weblog. “I believed that Dubai chocolate was a development, [but I] lastly obtained a bar. It’s scrumptious.”