Alpha Protocol

Brian Heins Interview – Matt Chat

Brian Heins, Obsidian Entertainment’s project director who you may know for his work on such titles like Tyranny, The Outer Worlds, Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire, Alpha Protocol, WildStar and South Park: The Stick of Truth, is the latest guest…

Kevin Saunders Interview, Part 3 – Matt Chat

The latest installment of Matt Barton’s video interview with Kevin Saunders mostly revolves around Obsidian Entertainment’s Neverwinter Nights 2 and its Mask of the Betrayer and Storm of Zehir expansions. It also features a discussion about a couple of fairly…

Unconfirmed: Microsoft to Acquire Obsidian Entertainment

From the unexpected newsbin and “what does this mean for the future of CRPGs?” department comes a report via Kotaku that Microsoft is in the final stages of acquiring Obsidian Entertainment. It’s a bit surprising given their history and the…

Josh Sawyer Video Interview

Having started his game-making career at Black Isle Studios in 1999, by now Josh Sawyer is one of the more recognizable names in the role-playing corner of the industry. His credits include Icewind Dale II, Fallout: New Vegas, and Pillars…

Chris Avellone Interview

To celebrate 15 years in business, the editors of the UK-based magazine GamesTM decided to do what they do best and talk about video games. With the one and only Chris Avellone no less. Over the course of the interview,…

Overlooked RPGs That Are Worth Playing Today

Over at PC Gamer you can find this list of overlooked RPGs that includes plenty of JRPGs and games that can be considered RPGs only in a very broad sense, but even so, there are quite a few titles there…

Putting the Role in Role-Playing – Josh Sawyer at GIC 2017

During this year’s Game Industry Conference in Poland, Obsidian Entertainment’s Josh Sawyer talked about “Putting the Role in Role-Playing.” Unfortunately, I don’t think that presentation was recorded, or if it was, the recording hasn’t been released yet. However, the accompanying…

The Making of Alpha Protocol

Eurogamer has recently paid a visit to Obsidian Entertainment and used that opportunity to talk about Alpha Protocol, Obsidian’s spy RPG and a bit of a cult classic by now. The resulting article is filled with interesting tidbits about the…