Overview

• Gamescom’s trailer introduced six recruitable allies — Niles, Val, Aza, Inez, Marisol and Tristan — each tied to factions like the Earth Directorate, Auntie’s Choice and the Protectorate.
• The showcase highlighted distinct roles: an engineer with stealth tech, a healing/support robot, an assassin, a field medic with experimental grafts, a “deadly mathematician” who can slow foes and a hammer-wielding enforcer.
• Obsidian reiterated that companions feature their own questlines and the game reacts to how players treat them, with choices influencing later outcomes.
• Game director Brandon Adler said respec has been removed to encourage players to commit to a character build and strengthen role-playing.
• The game launches October 29 on Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5 and PC, arrives day one on Game Pass and carries a revised $69.99 base price; the PC version supports DLSS 4 Multi Frame Generation and ray tracing.