Alpha Protocol

Alpha Protocol 2 Already Being Conceptualized

Despite the fact that Obsidian’s Alpha Protocol has suffered through two delays (currently pinning it for release sometime this Spring), SEGA studio director Constantine Hantzopoulos already has his team coming up with concept ideas for a sequel to the spy-themed…

The Art of Game Polish: Developers Speak

Obsidian Entertainment’s Twitter feed is pointing to a “The Art of Game Polish” article on Gamasutra, where several team members from both Obsidian and BioWare weigh in on what defines a polished video game. Some interesting feedback to be found,…

Alpha Protocol Blog Update from Audio Producer Mikey Dowling

Obsidian Entertainment audio producer Mikey Dowling has paid a visit to the Alpha Protocol blog on IGN for a quick discussion about the steps required to produce time-critical choices and “reactive callbacks” in the game from a written script. Alpha…

Alpha Protocol Environment Shots by Artist James Garcia

Alpha Protocol 3D environmental artist James Garcia has revealed seven high resolution “environment” shots from the spy-themed RPG over at the Illuminate Labs website (archive link). That boat image totally reminds me of The Bourne Identity. Courtesy of Obsidian Entertainment,…

Alpha Protocol Interviews

Two separate Alpha Protocol interviews are now online, providing us with some updated answers to a range of questions about the spy-themed RPG. Critical Gamer chats it up with Chris Avellone: CG: How much of an impact on the story…

Alpha Protocol Blog Update by Senior Designer J.R. Vosovic

After suffering through a long period of silence during which Alpha Protocol’s release date was in limbo, we’re finally treated to a new blog entry (archive link) penned by designer J.R. Vosovic. The Moscow train yard level is the topic…

Alpha Protocol Delay Official

SEGA and Obsidian Entertainment have finally released a statement (archive link) confirming that Alpha Protocol has been pushed back until Spring of 2010. “Alpha Protocol is a new take on the RPG genre and from day one the team has…

Chris Avellone: General Design Questions, Part One

Veteran RPG designer Chris Avellone took a moment out of his busy day to answer quite a few fan-submitted design questions on the company’s blog system. Part one includes nine questions, the second of which I’ll quote below: 2. Do…

Alpha Protocol Preview by Hooked Gamers

Alpha Protocol’s multi-month delay gives us a lot of time to ingest more information about the game, so you might as well get started with this two-page preview on Hooked Gamers. While unlocking various tiers of the above you will…