Avowed Delayed to February 2025 to ‘Give Players’ Backlogs Some Breathing Room’

Xbox has announced that it is delaying Avowed from later in 2024 to February 18, 2025, to “give players’ backlogs some breathing room.”

Xbox shared the news on X/Twitter alongside a graphic showing all of its currently announced first party Xbox games.

“So many games coming! As such, we’re moving Avowed to Feb 18, 2025, to give players’ backlogs some breathing room,” Xbox wrote. “Stay tuned for more from our games across Activision, Blizzard, Bethesda & Xbox Game Studios at gamescom, including our Aug 23 livestream for a look at Avowed.”

So many games coming! As such, we’re moving Avowed to Feb 18, 2025 to give players’ backlogs some breathing room.

Stay tuned for more from our games across Activision, Blizzard, Bethesda & Xbox Game Studios at gamescom, including our Aug 23 livestream for a look at Avowed:… pic.twitter.com/3RnyVwlHRa

— Xbox (@Xbox) August 2, 2024

The current release schedule for all of these games is as follows;

• World of Warcraft: The War Within – August 26, 2024
• Age of Mythology: Retold – September 4, 2024
• Ara: History Untold – September 24, 2024
• Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred – October 8, 2024
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 – October 25, 2024
• Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 – November 19, 2024
• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle – 2024 TBA
• Starfield: Shattered Space – 2024 TBA
• TowerBorne – 2024 TBA
• Avowed – February 18, 2025
• South of Midnight – 2025
• Doom: The Dark Ages – 2025
• Fable – 2025
• And More…

Avowed was originally planned to be released in Fall 2024. In June, a blog post accidentally revealed a new date of November 12, 2024, but it was quickly deleted as it appeared to not be set in stone.

Avowed got a new story trailer at the Xbox Games Showcase in June, and a 30-minute gameplay deep dive followed shortly after. The lengthy gameplay showed both first and third-person gameplay in the world of Eora and showcased some of the magical tools players will access to in the RPG.

With Avowed out of the way for now, you can check out what other games to focus on in our look The Biggest Games of August 2024 and beyond. Additionally, you can also check out the rest of Xbox’s gamescom plans right here.

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Adam Bankhurst is a writer for IGN. You can follow him on X/Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on TikTok.