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• Obsidian hands Armored Warfare development off to My.Com, content plans unchanged

  Armored Warfare development is going in-house, but nothing is supposed to change for users.

• Fallout: New Vegas developer Obsidian was at one point working on an Xbox One RPG

  Stormlands may have been planned as an Xbox One launch game at one point, but we’ll never see it.

• Obsidian's Unreal 4 Millennium Falcon and Mos Eisley fan project has us drooling a bit

  A few developers at Obsidian have created a lovely Star Wars fan project using Unreal Engine 4, and it is rather stunning.

• Fans can invest in Fig's next crowdfunding campaign which kicks off in early December

  Fig, the crowdfunding site formed by former Double Fine COO Justin Bailey, will soon allow fans to share in the financial success of a published video game as an unaccredited investor.

• Backlog: Star Wars KOTOR 2 bridges the gap between old-school and modern RPGS

  Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic has a new lease on life, giving us another chance to experience the evolution of a genre.

• Fallout director: "there’s interesting potential for an online version"

  Fallout: New Vegas director Josh Sawyer has said he’d like to return to the series and he sees potential in an MMO based on the franchise.

• Obsidian broaches the subject of KOTOR 3 "every three to six months"

  Many of Obsidian’s staffers are Star Wars fans, so much so that every three to six months the subject of developing Knights of the Old Republic 3 is broached.

• You'll be able to try Pillars of Eternity next month - if you're a backer

  Obsidian’s successful Kickstarter project, Pillars of Eternity, will finally go into beta next month. It’s for backers only, though.

• Skyforge MMO will include the Paladin class

  Skyforge, the Allods Team and Obsidian developed MMO, will feature a Paladin class, according to a new post on the community forums. The class will use “divine energy to bring down the righteous wrath upon his enemies,” according to the description, and the Paladin also wields an artifact seal which can both inspire allies and […]

• Pillars of Eternity: exploration, story, and murdering dudes

  Director Josh Sawyer discusses the three core concepts behind RPG Pillars of Eternity, and why it chose to partner with grand strategy kings Paradox Interactive.

• Skyforge trailer shows how a young immortal can become a great god

  Skyforge, the Allods Team and Obsidian developed MMO, has new trailer available below the break. Beta sign-ups are open and will allow players to try their hand at going from being an immortal to a god. Everyone’s dream, right? Have a look below. The game is without a release date at present, but is “coming […]

• Paradox will publish Obsidian's Pillars of Eternity

  Paradox Interactive announced today that it will be publishing Obsidian Entertainment’s Kickstarted RPG, Pillars of Eternity.

• South Park: Stick of Truth sequel is possible

  The Stick Of Truth may have had a drawn-out production cycle, but South Park co-creator Matt Stone is still open to doing another video game.

• South Park: The Stick of Truth now available for pre-purchase through Steam

  South Park: The Stick of Truth is now available for pre-purchase through Steam, the service has announced.

• Obsidian hiring for next-gen game

  Fallout: New Vegas developer Obsidian Entertainment is currently looking for a UI designer to work on a next-gen game.

• South Park: The Stick of Truth VGX teaser trailer released

  South Park: The Stick of Truth will be shown during VGX tomorrow night via a new trailer. Today, Ubisoft has released a teaser trailer for the reveal. Like the one for The Division released yesterday, it’s around 20 seconds long. The Obsidian-developed RPG was previously set for a December 10 release, but will now be […]

• South Park: The Stick of Truth UK pre-order offers detailed

  South Park: The Stick of Truth pre-order offers have been detailed by Ubisoft and it includes two packs of additional in-game content.

• Backspace was a sci-fi RPG in the works at Obsidian

  Obsidian was at one time working on a sci-fi RPG called Backpsace, which had time travel elements and the player taking on the role of a cyborg.

• Project Eternity work-in-progress shots leaked

  It appears some work-in-progress shots intended for use in print have leaked for Obsidian’s Project Eternity. Looks pretty damn good to me for early bits. According to GAF, none of the shots show finished areas. You can have a look at them over on GameStar. Project Eternity is expected in April 2014 on Linux, Mac […]