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ByVal Hull
OnMarch 28, 2021

Obsidian Entertainment and Its Reputation for Masterful Yet Buggy RPGs

With Obsidian Entertainment now owned by Microsoft and working on its own massive open-world RPG Avowed, this PC Gamer article looks back at the studio’s early years and humble origins when it was known for its great ideas and the…

ByVal Hull
OnApril 30, 2020

Dungeon Siege and Deus Ex Series Available on GOG.COM

Among all the Diablos, Torchlights and Titan Quests of old, Dungeon Siege gets forgotten quite often. But if you’d like to remedy that, you can now purchase the whole series bundled into a single collection on GOG. And then, you…

ByVal Hull
OnDecember 2, 2019

George Ziets Interview, Part 4 – Matt Chat

The latest episode of Matt Barton’s Matt Chat show features the fourth part of Matt’s interview with George Ziets. This time around, the interview revolves around compelling villains, unorthodox RPG settings, save-the-world stories, and more. It also covers the turbulent…

ByVal Hull
OnNovember 18, 2019

George Ziets Interview, Part 3 – Matt Chat

The third part of Matt Barton’s video interview with George Ziets is now live. This time around, we get some behind the scenes stories from the development of Neverwinter Nights 2’s Mask of the Betrayer expansion. We’re also treated to…

ByBuckGB
OnNovember 11, 2018

Microsoft Acquires Obsidian Entertainment and inXile Entertainment

Not only was last month’s rumor that Microsoft had intentions to acquire Obsidian Entertainment accurate, but it was also only half of the story. During their X018 event in Mexico, Microsoft has announced that they’ve acquired both Obsidian and Brian…

ByBuckGB
OnOctober 10, 2018

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…

ByVal Hull
OnNovember 10, 2017

Obsidian Entertainment’s DLC Survey Results

The results of Obsidian Entertainment’s DLC-related survey are in and you can check them out, all arranged into neat bars and graphs, on Obsidian’s forums. Perhaps the most surprising thing about the results is the number of respondents: in roughly…

ByVal Hull
OnOctober 4, 2017

Obsidian Entertainment’s DLC Survey

Now that DLCs for video games are pretty much an inevitability, Obsidian Entertainment would like to know which kinds of DLC do you like the most, and how you usually purchase these now ubiquitous pieces of additional content. And in…

ByBuckGB
OnFebruary 28, 2017

George Ziets Interview, Parts Three and Four

Rather than make us wait any longer, Forbes has published the third and fourth entries to the interview they conducted with veteran RPG designer George Ziets, thus concluding the series. The writing-related topics this time around are “Engaging the Player”…

ByBuckGB
OnFebruary 26, 2017

George Ziets Interview, Part Two

The second installment in Forbes’ four-part interview with veteran RPG designer George Ziets is now online, with this particular entry focusing on “Collaboration in Game Development” and the role that collaboration plays in his current position on Torment: Tides of…