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Aliens: Crucible

WorstUsernameEver
September 26, 2011

J.E. Sawyer Interview

After chatting with a number of developers for his “Unmasking the Gamers” features, including Chris Avellone, also from Obsidian Entertainment, Will Ooi turns his attention to J.E. Sawyer, lead on Fallout: New Vegas and the cancelled Aliens RPG among other…

BuckGB
August 18, 2011

Chris Avellone Interview

Obsidian Entertainment’s Chris Avellone has agreed to be subjected to yet another interview, with this latest Q&A rearing its head over at Spanish website el Pixel Illustre. Topics include why he’s most proud of Planescape: Torment and the Fallout: New…

WorstUsernameEver
June 21, 2011

Feargus Urquhart Interview

GamesTM is hosting an interesting three-page interview with Obsidian CEO Feargus Urquhart, which tackles a variety of subjects, from Obsidian’s treatment of the Dungeon Siege IP to his opinion on Interplay’s Fallout Online, touching upon things like Obsidian’s proprietary engine,…

BuckGB
July 2, 2010

GB Feature: E3 2010: Feargus Urquhart Interview

Following my conversation with Chris Avellone at this year’s E3, I had the opportunity to sit down with Feargus Urquhart in between demonstrations of Dungeon Siege III at the Square Enix booth. The Obsidian Entertainment CEO didn’t hold back on…

BuckGB
May 29, 2010

The 10 Most Painful Video Game Cancellations

Topless Robot has counted down what they feel are the ten most painful video game cancellations, with Obsidian’s Aliens: Crucible and EA’s The Lord of the Rings: The White Council both scoring mentions. They’ve also embedded that Aliens: Crucible gameplay…

BuckGB
April 29, 2010

Feargus Urquhart on Aliens: Crucible’s Cancellation

During a press event last week (presumably the Fallout: New Vegas event held by Bethesda), Joystiq had the opportunity to grill Obsidian Entertainment CEO Feargus Urquhart about how their Aliens: Crucible RPG was shaping up before SEGA cancelled it, as…

BuckGB
April 8, 2010

J.E. Sawyer Social Interview

Obsidian Entertainment designer Josh Sawyer is now a member of social website formspring.me, and has used the platform to start answering several dozen questions from the community. So far, he’s talked about the cancellation of Baldur’s Gate III and Aliens:…

BuckGB
January 12, 2010

Aliens: Crucible Footage Resurfaces, Confirmed as Real

If SEGA’s removal of the leaked Aliens: Crucible footage wasn’t an indication that it was, in fact, real, then Matthew Rorie’s comment on the Obsidian forums certainly would be. Just to be clear, this is from an extremely early pre-production…

BuckGB
January 11, 2010

Aliens: Crucible Gameplay Footage

It appears that someone has leaked nearly two minutes worth of gameplay footage from SEGA and Obsidian Entertainment’s cancelled Aliens: Crucible RPG onto YouTube. There’s no guarantee that it’s from the game, I suppose, but it looks legitimate to me. Decide…

BuckGB
November 6, 2009

Chris Avellone Interview

Grupo97 has published a pretty good interview with Obsidian’s Chris Avellone, covering such topics as Alpha Protocol, plot complexity, video game scripts, and more. A sampling: You’re a big fan of RPGs, not only as creator but also as a…