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...
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...