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Read More »Obsidian has been ‘very careful’ not to ‘lecture’ players, says The Outer Worlds co-director
Microsoft acquires RPG studios Obsidian Entertainment and inXile
Xbox will help the studios "fully realise their creative ambitions"
Read More »How Obsidian sailed crowdfunded Pillars of Eternity II safely to port
Obsidian’s much-awaited sequel to 2015’s Pillars of Eternity is launching on April 3rd. We sit down with design director Josh Sawyer to discuss Deadfire’s crowdfunding, community feedback, the new ship features and the potential to iterate on the IP
Read More »Obsidian announces release date and collector’s editions for Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire
Obsidian's Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire will launch this April.
Read More »Versus Evil to publish Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire
Independent publisher Versus Evil is to publish Obsidian Entertainment’s Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire, the company has announced. The sequel to the hit RPG will launch on PC, Mac and Linus in early 2018. Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire recently made crowd-funding history when developer Obsidian brought the title to …
Read More »Ex Blizzard designer Kevin Jordan joins Gamera Interactive
Jordon joins as System Designer for new RPG Alaoth - Champions of the Four Kingdoms
Read More »Obsidian ceases work on Armored Warfare
My.com will be handling development duties moving forwards
Read More »Obsidian Entertainment confirm layoffs after some Armored Warfare development is moved to Moscow
Layoffs occurring early next year, with Obsidian continuing to work on the game, in a smaller capacity
Read More »Obsidian on its new RPG Tyranny
In Tyranny, you don’t fight the bad guys – you are the bad guys. Yes, you can choose the ‘evil’ option in many RPGs but you still follow the same core quest as someone trying to right all the wrongs in the world. Obsidian’s new IP Tyranny is just the …
Read More »‘There’s still room for classic RPGs’, Obsidian says
Titles such as The Witcher III and Skyrim may be the leading names in the modern RPG market, but Pillars of Eternity developer Obsidian says there’s still a huge demand for old-school isometric role playing games. In an interview with MCV about its new RPG title Tyranny, Obsidian game director …
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