Tag Archives: obsidian

Double Fine’s crowdfunding success has inspired other developers to consider a new method of sourcing development costs.

More »

Bethesda has released a video for the Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition which releases next month in Europe and the US. It comes complete with Dead Money, Honest Hearts, Old World Blues, Lonesome Road, Courier’s Stash, and Gun Runners’ Arsenal which gives players access to the areas of: Sierra Madre Casino, Zion National Park, Big MT research crater and the Divide. Each of the four add-on packs increases the maximum level cap by five levels, ultimately raising the cap to level 50.

The Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition will be available on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 on February 7 in North America and in Europe on February 10.

More »

Art and screenshots from Obsidian’s RPG, South Park: The Game, popped up on Ausgamers over the holiday break. Granted, some of these shots can be found over on Game Informer’s site, where it had exclusive month-long coverage of the game in December, so you may have seen some already. That being said, there isn’t such a thing as too much South Park in our book, so go have a look at the shots through the links. The game is slated for release during the second half of calendar 2012 on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.

In an interview with Game Informer, Obsidian revealed the fifth and final class in the South Park RPG: The Jew. The new class is described by Obsidian as a sort of Paladin/Monk high-risk/high-reward class.

“The closer he is to death, the more powerful his abilities become,” said Matt Mclean, lead designer on the game. “So you’re strongest when you’re at one hit point, but you’re also just about to die.”

The Jew joins the fighter, thief, mage, and cleric as the five classes of the game. We’re equal parts glad and horrified that the South Park game is obviously still willing to push the envelope.

When Obsidian showed South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker an early build of combat in the new RPG based on the series, the show’s creators told the firm it wanted the kids to not only cry more, but bleed more as well.

More »

Obsidian’s Chris Avellone is of the belief some of the mechanics implemented in RPGs over the years have “undermined” the genre, making it more about convenience than “the thrill of victory and discovery.”

More »

Chris Avellone, chief creative officer at Fallout: New Vegas developer Obsidian Entertainment, has a pretty clear stance on the used game trade.

More »

Fallout: New Vegas director Josh Sawyer has suggested the reasons framerate slowing in the PS3 version of Skyrim are similar to those that plagued the Obsidian RPG.

More »

A NeoGAF user has received the January issue of Game Informer and has seen fit to post information regarding South Park: The Game in the works at Obsidian and to be published by THQ. You can assume that going below the break may contain a few spoilers, so don’t look below if you want to wait on your copy of the magazine to arrive in the mail.

More »

Game Informer has announced its January cover will be devoted to Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s South Park: The Game, which is being developed in collaboration with THQ and Obsidian. The game is a “full-scale RPG” where players step into the shoes of the new kid in South Park who must make new friends and “defend the town from a wide range of threats.” It is in development for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360, and the January issue of Game Informer will contain more information on it, as well as an interview with Parker and Stone. The game is slated for release in the second half of calendar 2012.

All Roads, a 48 page graphic novel which tells the story of events leading up to Fallout: New Vegas, is now available through Dark Horse Digital. You can grab the comic for $3 directly from Dark Horse or through the App Store.

The comic was originally bundled with the game’s collector’s edition, and was written by Obsidian’s Chris Avellone.

Thanks, RipTen.

Atari has announced two new PC collections of its Dungeons & Dragons-based back catalogue, including Planescape: Torment, Neverwinter Nights, Baldur’s Gate, and The Temple of Elemental Evil.

More »

Obsidian CEO Feargus Urquhart believes one of the ways to combat used or rental games, is to release “the full package” and not require the consumer to download content in order to continue progressing in-game.

More »

Interplay, Troika and Carbine veteran Tim Cain has a new home as Obsidian’s senior programmer.

More »

Bethesda has announced Courier’s Stash and Gun Runners’ Arsenal are now available for download on Steam and XBL for Fallout: New Vegas. Both will be made available late tomorrow on PSN. Courier’s Stash will run you 160 MSP/£1.49/€1.99/$1.99, and provides players with four content bundles previously available only through pre-ordering: The Caravan Pack, Classic Pack, Mercenary Pack and Tribal Pack. Gun Runners’ Arsenal will run you 320 MSP/£2.99/€3.99/$3.99 and includes various new ways to kill enemies. You can get an idea of what to expect through a list we posted for you on Saturday.

Ahead of the Gun Runner’s Arsenal DLC release this week, Bethesda has released additional details on the Fallout: New Vegas weapons to be found within.

More »

Bethesda has released a new video for Lonesome Road, the upcoming DLC for Fallout: New Vegas. The DLC will run you $9.99/800 MSP and will put you in contact with Courier Six, who will ask you to go into the Divide and provide you with a reason why he refused to deliver the package at the start of the game. It will be released on September 20 on Xbox 360, and later on PC and PS3.

More »

Obsidian has announced a suite of downloadable content options for fans of Dungeon Siege III.
More »

Bethesda has announced that Lonesome Road, the fourth add-on pack for Fallout: New Vegas, will be available for download on Steam , PS3 and Xbox 360 on September 20.

More »

More heavy-hitting lectures have been added to the GDC Europe 2011 schedule, which is shaping up admirably.

More »