Obsidian Games, the team behind Fallout: New Vegas, Pillars of Eternity, and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II, and headed by the original creators of the Fallout franchise, has announced its new game, The Outer Worlds. And totally it looks like Fallout in space. The trailer shows off the game’s humorous tone and colorful art style. The game is set on the outer-rim worlds...
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...
As reported by Kotaku, citing three sources close to the matter, Microsoft is making a big move on securing some much-needed exclusivity. The company is reportedly about to seal up a deal to buy fan-favorite RPG studio Obsidian Entertainment. When reached for comment, Microsoft gave a standard “We do not comment on rumors or speculation,” but leave it up to Obsidian to give a cheeky...
Obsidian is one of my favorite RPG developers in the world. While their games aren't always technical marvels, they make up for those deficiencies with both brains and heart in the storytelling. Plus, their bugs are just buckets of fun to exploit. Tyranny is the latest game from the studio, and it is launching for the PC on Nov. 10. I'm already getting ahead of myself and getting...
The team at Obsidian, developers of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2 among many other games, has been spending some time in Unreal Engine 4 building some seriously detailed Star Wars maps. But this isn’t for a new game – they promise. Instead, the team wanted to get used to Epic’s Unreal Engine 4 and see what it could do on modern PC hardware. As any craftsman knows, you don’t...
Of all the games on Steam needing of a patch, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords was probably the last I'd ever expect to see. But here we are, a whole ten years after its release, and Obsidian has released an official, modder assisted patch that helps it take one step closer to the masterpiece that it almost was. The patch is available through the Steam release,...
Keeping alive the tradition of all the big Kickstarter games, and indeed almost every big game in general this year, Obsidian Entertainment has had to push the release of its highly anticipated RPG Pillars of Eternity into early 2015. The RPG developer broke the news over at its official forum, and it points towards feedback from the beta as the reason behind the delay. To incorporate...
I've never really had a successful campaign with Dungeons & Dragons, but a few friends and I did have an overly successful go at Pathfinder not too long ago. I'm too much of a casual pen & paper RPG player to be able to tell the difference. I played as an elf, and I shot arrows. It was pretty sweet. Dungeons & Dragons dates way back in video games with very loose...
What does Obsidian Entertainment do when it is not working on high fantasy RPGs like Pillars of Eternity or goofy licensed games like South Park: The Stick of Truth? Well, it’s looking for footing in an entirely new market beyond its usual stomping ground, the free-to-play tank shooter genre to be exact. Armored Warfare is the company’s first attempt to go MMO. It’s definitely a weird...
Oh, now here is a touchy subject. Pillars of Eternity was a massively successful crowd-funded RPG which raised over $4 million through PayPal and Kickstarter. With those funds, developer Obsidian promised to publish the game themselves with the hope of keeping its creative vision within its own grasp. At GDC, Obsidian has also just announced that it has partnered with Paradox...