As rumored last month, Microsoft has announced that it has fully acquired popular RPG developer Obsidian Entertainment. The studio, best known for Fallout: New Vegas, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II, South Park: The Stick of Truth, and its recent indie hit Pillars of Eternity, joins a swath of companies that have been summoned to fly under the Xbox brand. Obsidian...
I never got to play Planescape: Torment back when it came out in 1999. Back then, I was much more of a console gamer, and Torment was very much a PC game. It's a classic RPG, ranked on countless lists as one of the best RPGs and best games of all time, but it was happening in a different space from the one I was putting my time into. I was busy playing games like Tony Hawk and Soul...
inXile’s record setting Kickstarter game, Torment: Tides of Numenera, has been confirmed for a console release on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The game is currently set for an early 2017 release for the PC after it suffered several delays, and it will come to all three platforms simultaneously. For those interested, a part of the game is already available through Steam Early Access...
Obsidian Entertainment's Chris Avellone will be joining forces with inXile Entertainment to help develop their upcoming RPG, Torment: Tides of Numenera. inXile promised that Avellone would jump aboard if the game's Kickstarter reached a whopping $3.5 million before the end of the campaign. With the goal reached and only 28 hours to go as of writing, it looks like Avellone is going to be...
Planescape: Torment is one of those amazing games where people who played it can only nod their head in appreciation, but that number still remains relatively small considering the massive financial flop the game suffered when it was first released. No follow-up was ever attempted and the legendary Black Isle Studios shuttered it doors before it could happen. Well, Brian Fargo and his...