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November 10, 2016

Obsidian Entertainment Tyranny AMA Q&A

To promote their latest title, Tyranny, the folks at Obsidian Entertainment and Paradox Interactive engaged in an Ask Me Anything Q&A with the Reddit community yesterday. On Obsidian’s part, the developers involved were CEO Feargus Urquhart, Tyranny game director Brian Heins,…

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November 3, 2016

Pillars of Eternity Patch v3.04 Live Now

After a long gestation in beta, Pillars of Eternity’s v3.04 patch is finally live on Steam and Origin, with the GOG version apparently slated to come out in a few days. Here’s the changelog: Major Fixes Brighthallow error on transition…

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October 11, 2016

Pillars of Eternity Post-funding Update #108: Novella, Beta Patch, Survey

For the most part, the latest Kickstarter update for Pillars of Eternity doesn’t include any new information. We’re reminded of the fact that the Chris Avellone novella for the game is now available (something that not everyone might be aware…

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October 6, 2016

Pillars of Eternity Patch v3.04 Beta Version Live

While we were initially led to believe 3.03 would be the last update for Pillars of Eternity, Obsidian has published a new beta update on Steam. I’m going to transcribe the changelog so that you can quickly check what the…

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September 7, 2016

How Tyranny and Pillars of Eternity Get Player Choice Right

While I do admit I find the mention of Pillars of Eternity in the video title strange, as the game didn’t really focus on choices and consequences, this interview from PC Gamer with Josh Sawyer and Brian Heins makes a…

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September 6, 2016

Obsidian PAX West Player Choice in Game Design Panel Video

Yesterday was the last day of PAX West, and Paradox Interactive decided to close their own presence at the Penny Arcade Expo with a panel about reactivity and choices in role-playing games. The panelists were Brian Heins, Matt MacLean, Megan…

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August 23, 2016

Pillars of Eternity GDC Europe 2016 Talk Report and Slides

While Gamescom has understandably taken the bulk of our coverage, Germany was also home to another event, one more geared to the gaming industry professionals at large. GDC Europe 2016 saw many game developers give talks about their areas of…

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August 12, 2016

Paradox Investigating Audience Tastes in RPG Replayability

Paradox Interactive seems to be very interested in expanding into the RPG market. Aside from their collaboration with Obsidian Entertainment and the unfortunate cancellation of Runemaster — an RPG developed internally with some really promising gameplay concepts that apparently didn’t quite…

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July 18, 2016

Feargus Urquhart on Obsidian’s Past and Future, Publishers, Independent Development

GamesIndustry has published an interesting interview with Obsidian Entertainment CEO Feargus Urquhart that covers the company’s past, present and future, with a particular focus on their peculiar status as one of the few remaining big independent studios. There is a…

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July 12, 2016

Pillars of Eternity Patch v3.03 Live, Chris Avellone Novella Released

After more than a month in Beta, patch v3.03 for Pillars of Eternity has been released officially on Steam and GOG. The patch’s changelog hasn’t been released yet, though it’s likely to closely match the notes offered for the beta. The…