Tag Archives: Obsidian Entertainment

Wed, Oct 17, 2012 | 02:06 BST

Project Eternity Kickstarter closes with $3.9 million

20121017_project_eternity

Obsidian Entertainment’s Project Eternity Kickstarter campaign, which requested $1.1 million, has ended just short of a $4 million stretch goal.

More »

Tue, Oct 16, 2012 | 03:47 BST

Project Eternity Kickstarter overtakes Double Fine Adventure

20121016_project_eternity

Obsidian’s old school RPG Project Eternity has become Kickstarter’s best-funded games project, overtaking Double Fine Adventure.

More »

Tue, Oct 09, 2012 | 22:23 BST

Fallout: New Vegas DLC had a 10,000 line dialogue limit

20121010_fallout_new_vegas_dlc_honest_hearts

Obsidian’s Chris Avellone gave a talk at GDC Online 2012 in which he discussed the challenge of working with limited voice acting for Fallout: New vegas’s DLC packs. Due to the expense of studio time, the developer was forced to employ a number of cunning strategies to come in on budget. Head on over to Polygon for a report on Avellone’s presentation.

Tue, Oct 09, 2012 | 10:30 BST

Project Eternity: Obsidian adds first expansion & Wasteland 2 as funding reward

project-eternitywp

Project Eternity developer Obsidian Entertainment has added a new $165+ funding tier to its Kickstarter funding initiative. Backers pledging the amount or above will receive the game’s first expansion as well as InXile’s post apocalyptic RPG Wasteland 2. See the rewards below.

More »

Fri, Oct 05, 2012 | 09:07 BST

Project Eternity Kickstarter: Avellone warns of ‘half-assed’ approach to crowd fuding

eternity

Project Eternity head Chris Avellone has discussed the dangers of complacency in the Kickstarter space and if you start a project, you better see it through to the end. The game has raised over $2.3 million in crowd funds with 11 days left to go.

More »

Tue, Oct 02, 2012 | 04:18 BST

Project Eternity secures 50K backers, adds new dungeon, stretch goals, and rewards

20121002_project_eternity

Project Eternity’s crowd funding campaign is proving a major success, with Obsidian busily adding new content to its plans for the RPG in response to fan support.

More »

Wed, Sep 26, 2012 | 19:07 BST

Project Eternity Kickstarter surpasses $2 million, three new modes planned

obsidian-kickstarter-project-eternity

Obsidian Entertainment’s Project Eternity has received over $2 million in donations. The developer has posted a new stretch goal, indicating plenty of new incentives to reach the next feat.

More »

Mon, Sep 24, 2012 | 17:29 BST

Project Eternity ‘no plans for console or tablet ports’, says Obsidian

pe-600x170

Project Eternity developer Obsidian Entertainment has stated that it has no plans to bring its successful Kickstarter title to consoles or tablets.

More »

Mon, Sep 24, 2012 | 10:54 BST

Project Eternity Kickstarter nears $2 million, new gameplay details discussed

pe-600x170

Project Eternity is fast approaching $2 million in Kickstarter funding, marking a win for developer Obsidian Entertainment. The team has posted up new gameplay details including the importance of souls and non-combat skills in the world.

More »

Fri, Sep 21, 2012 | 17:14 BST

Project Eternity interview: Obsidian on making RPGs awesome again

pe

Project Eternity is Kickstarter’s latest success story. VG247′s Dave Cook spoke with Obsidian’s Chris Avellone find out why the game will make RPGs awesome again.

More »

Fri, Sep 21, 2012 | 08:51 BST

Alpha Protocol 2 ‘isn’t up to us’, Kickstarter not an option – Obsidian

ap2

Alpha Protocol 2 isn’t going to be happening any time soon, Obsidian Entertainment’s Chris Avellone has told VG247. Despite calls from the community for a Kickstarter project, the creative director says the decision isn’t his to make.

More »

Wed, Sep 19, 2012 | 02:30 BST

Project Eternity release date narrowed down

20120919_project_eternity_2

Project Eternity is expected to roll out pretty quickly; Obsidian has already started work and has even put a tentative release window on the crowd-funded RPG.

More »

Mon, Sep 17, 2012 | 23:15 BST

Project Eternity Kickstarter born from the industry’s ‘lack of opportunity’

obsidian-kickstarter-project-eternity

Project Eternity, the fantasy RPG Kickstarter title from Obsidian Entertainment was funded in just 24 hours over the weekend, and is currently sitting at a staggering $1,403,473 in crowd funds. Obsidian’s Chris Avellone and creator of Planescape: Torment has revealed that his team decided on the Kickstarter route due to a ‘lack of opportunity’ in the games industry.

More »

Mon, Sep 17, 2012 | 00:07 BST

Project Eternity announces stretch goals, upcoming digital only tiers

20120917_project_eternity

Project Eternity is fully funded, but Obsidian dares to dream big, adding a slew of stretch goals and promising more diverse rewards for backers.

More »

Tue, Sep 11, 2012 | 23:41 BST

Obsidian teaser site updated with more clues

20120912_obsidian_project_x

Obsidian has updated its mysterious Project X teaser site with further fantasy-themed babblings.

More »

Tue, Sep 11, 2012 | 03:30 BST

Obsidian countdown site offers few clues, much excitement

20120911_obsidian_tease

Obsidian Entertainment has launched a mysterious new countdown site, to a soundtrack of underoos exploding across the gaming universe.

More »

Wed, Jul 25, 2012 | 07:15 BST

Avellone “very tempted” by D&D-free Planescape Kickstarter

20120725planescape

Legendary RPG designer Chris Avellone has some idea of where a crowd-funded follow up to Planescape: Torment, and it doesn’t involve sticking to the Dungeons & Dragons ruleset.

More »

Mon, Apr 02, 2012 | 07:55 BST

Avellone won’t rewrite Wasteland 2, InXile is “running the show”

20120402wasteland2

Obsidian’s Chris Avellone has clarified what role he is likely to take in Wasteland 2′s development if the project’s Kickstarter reaches its target.

More »

Wed, Mar 28, 2012 | 07:56 BST

Obsidian working on Kickstarter project

obsidian

Obsidian is indeed working on a Kickstarter project, popular studio figure Chris Avellone has confirmed in a tweet.

More »

Fri, Mar 23, 2012 | 00:10 GMT

Neverwinter Nights 2 OS-X on sale for less than a buck

20120322nwn2

Obsidian’s classic RPG Neverwinter Nights 2 is on sale on the Mac App Store for 99 cents. That’s a very small amount of money for a highly rated RPG you can play on the office machines. You can grab it here. Neverwinter Nights 2 is the 2006 sequel to the BioWare original, and famously shipped with an extraordinary number of bugs. That’s all been patched to hell and back by now of course, and the game saw several expansions and eventual popularity.