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Val Hull
September 7, 2017

Feargus Urquhart on Dealing with Publishers

In this interview with Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Obsidian’s CEO Feargus Urquhart talks about the business side of game development, and in particular, the inner workings of game publishers and Obsidian’s relationship with them over the years. The interview covers Obsidian’s…

Val Hull
September 5, 2017

Feargus Urquhart Interview

A new interview with Obsidian Entertainment’s CEO Feargus Urquhart has popped up on VG247. It covers quite a broad range of topics that include the reasons people might want to play cRPGs on consoles, the overabundance of action in RPGs…

Val Hull
September 1, 2017

Feargus Urquhart on What Makes a Good Video Game Choice

VG247 has spoken to Obsidian Entertainment’s CEO Feargus Urquhart about an important aspect of many RPGs – choice and consequence. The resulting interview offers a nice insight into Obsidian’s design philosophies, particularly when it comes to looking past the basic…

Val Hull
August 30, 2017

Eurogamer visits Obsidian Entertainment

A couple of folks from Eurogamer have recently visited Obsidian Entertainment’s offices and were treated to a tour by Obsidian’s CEO – Feargus Urquhart. This resulted in a 25 minute long video documenting the tour, and a number of Obsidian-themed…

BuckGB
August 22, 2017

Come on SEGA, It’s Time for Alpha Protocol 2

In an editorial that’s squarely meant for SEGA’s own consumption, the team at PC Invasion explains why the world is ready for an Alpha Protocol sequel and essentially issues a plea for the publisher to greenlight another installment. Interestingly enough,…

Val Hull
July 21, 2017

Chris Avellone Interview

Ustatkowany Gracz, or The Settled Down Gamer, a Polish website, has managed to get some alone time with Chris Avellone and ask him about a variety of gaming-related topics, like his thoughts on video game translations, his perceived disdain for…

Val Hull
June 4, 2017

Chris Avellone Interviews

An interview with Chris Avellone where he talks about his involvement with Owlcat’s Pathfinder: Kingmaker has popped up on Facebook. It’s not overly long and mostly revolves around the Pathfinder universe and how it translates into a video game. A…

Val Hull
May 15, 2017

Sega Plans to Revive Major IPs, Obsidian is Involved(Rumor)

During a recent business presentation, outlining their plans for the next three years, Sega announced a desire to expand existing IPs for North American and European PC games and revive some of their major IPs. A breakdown of this presentation…

Val Hull
March 10, 2017

Chris Avellone Podcast Interview

During the recent GDC, Chris Avellone joined Kotaku’s Splitscreen podcast to talk about his career. The end result is an informal chat touching on a variety of topics from all over the place. The rough release state of Star Wars:…

Val Hull
February 10, 2017

Alpha Protocol Retrospective

PC Gamer’s Reinstall column looks back at Obsidian’s Alpha Protocol, and ponders what exactly made this mess of a game so special and memorable. While the points regarding Alpha Protocol’s, and Deus Ex’s for that matter, mechanical shortcomings are arguable…