Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Guides & News

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire

Val Hull
February 21, 2017

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Update #15, $3,056,636 and Counting

With 3 days left in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire’s crowdfunding campaign, a $3 million milestone has been reached. The accompanying update teases some big cool announcement without going into details, building up some intrigue for the final funding surge.…

BuckGB
February 18, 2017

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Update #14, $2,821,847 and Counting

With a jump of about $150,000 in funding since the last update for the Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire crowdfunding campaign, we head into the 14th installment for an introduction to the massive city of Neketaka, details on a new…

BuckGB
February 15, 2017

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Update #13, $2,671,215 and Counting

Just as promised in the last update, Obsidian Entertainment has treated us to a new update for Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire today (Valentine’s Day), with this entry introducing us to two new companions and sharing details about their plans…

BuckGB
February 14, 2017

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Updates #10-12, $2,602,459 and Counting

There have been a few more updates to the Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire campaign over the past week, with the latest entries revealing plans for a Pillars of Eternity tabletop RPG, cranking out new developer videos on audio and…

Val Hull
February 13, 2017

Josh Sawyer Interview: Crowdfunding and the Statue of Od Nua

Polygon has published an editorial-style interview with Obsidian’s Josh Sawyer. The article goes over the inner workings of the Kickstarter campaign for Pillars of Eternity and how it just so happened that a stretch goal from it became a central…

WilsonGB
February 8, 2017

PoE II: Deadfire Update: How to Make a Million Dollars

In 2012, faced with financial troubles and the threat of closure looming overhead, Obsidian Entertainment threw a Hail Mary pass when they turned to crowdfunding for their next project: Pillars of Eternity. It was a covenant that Obsidian was entering…

Val Hull
February 8, 2017

Pillars of Eternity Game Director Commentary Livestream #4

Josh Sawyer and Aarik Dorobiala return in the fourth installment of their Pillars of Eternity director’s commentary livestreams. The YouTube mirror of the stream is now available for those who missed the event live, or has problems with Twitch VODs.…

Val Hull
February 4, 2017

Chris Avellone Livestream Interview

The one and only Chris Avellone participated in a livestreamed interview with Colm Larkin, the creator of Guild of Dungeoneering from The Irish Game Makers Association. They chatted for about an hour. The trip down the memory lane starts with…

WilsonGB
February 3, 2017

Pillars of Eternity II Update: The Math of Multiclassing

Anyone who has ever played 3rd Edition Dungeons & Dragons knows that one of the highlights – and pitfalls – of that edition was its multi-classing system. For the novice, it might have intuitively seemed that splitting your levels between…

WilsonGB
February 1, 2017

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Details and Updates Emerge

In the week since Obsidian Entertainment officially announced Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire and kicked off their crowdfunding campaign, there has been a flurry of updates and developments ranging from story details to new fundraising goals and rewards. PCGamesN has…