The Outer Worlds 2 was first announced by developer Obsidian Entertainment back at E3 2021. We haven’t too much about it since then outside of a report that it might be coming a bit sooner than we originally expected. That makes sense considering Obsidian has released Grounded and Pentiment in the years since, while also working on Avowed. However, a recent job posting on Obsidian’s official site has some thinking that The Outer Worlds 2 might be getting multiplayer support. If that’s the case, it wouldn’t be surprising to see the game not launching for another year or more. The job posting was first spotted by the team at Game Rant. They noticed that a new posting had gone up on Obsidian’s site for a senior network programmer. This listing mentions “multiplayer gameplay” several times throughout, which is the first reason that many think this could be a multiplayer addition to The Outer Worlds 2. That said, this job could be related to another job Obsidian has in development. The telling piece may be that the posting specifically calls for someone with familiarity with Unreal Engine. Again, this could be for an unannounced game, but The Outer Worlds 2 is noted for being Obsidian Entertainment’s first game using Unreal Engine 5. Of course, that could all be circumstantial, but it’s been enough to get people speculating. Until Obsidian makes an official statement though, that’s all anyone can do.