Prolific RPG developer Tim Cain – who has credits on everything from Fallout and Arcanum to Vampire: The Masquerade and The Outer Worlds – has ended his semi-retirement to re-join Obsidian Entertainment. "I also can't talk about the project I'm working on at Obsidian just because that's covered under an NDA," Cain goes on. "Don't bother guessing; you're not gonna guess right." That last part probably rules out the possibility of a Fallout: New Vegas 2 since Obsidian devs know how much you want a follow-up from them. Fallout: New Vegas was "the very first game" Outer Worlds 2 lead studied after the original, but don't expect the classic RPG to majorly influence "every single game" Obsidian does going forward Fallout co-creator warns studios amid rising layoffs and focus on AI that devs are not replaceable: "You're left with a company where nobody knows anything" Regardless, Cain says he's "a lot less retired now than I was before." He's only been back at the Xbox Game Studios team for about a week, mind, but that was enough time for him to get an Outer Worlds 2 moon man tattoo after the game's launch party, according to him. The RPG icon, of course, has a long history with Obsidian, having been a full-time employee between 2011 and 2020. He directed the first The Outer Worlds and returned as a creative consultant on this year's sequel, too. Bethesda's Todd Howard tips his hat to Obsidian, says he invited the Fallout: New Vegas devs to the Fallout Season 2 set to relive the iconic setting.