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• RPGs can become much more "radical" but hardcore players are "resistant to change", says Obsidian

  Josh Sawyer, design director at Pillars of Eternity and Fallout: New Vegas developer Obsidian, would like to see the RPG genre evolve radically beyond its current state.

• "No microtransactions, of any kind, in our game," say Obsidian, following partnership with Take-Two

  In a post to their official forum, Obsidian stated that their will be no microtransactions or lootboxes in their upcoming – currently untitled – RPG.

• Fallout: New Vegas and Pillars of Eternity developer Obsidian is teasing a new game

  Obsidian, one of the most beloved RPG studios in the industry, is working on a new project.

• Obsidian's Feargus Urquhart is the RPG nerd in all of us - so let's talk Pillars of Eternity, Fallout, Alpha Protocol & Star Wars

  Obsidian Entertainment’s CEO is arguably RPG royalty.

• Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas, Rage, Hunted: The Demon’s Forge added to PS Now library

  Four rather great PlayStation 3 games have been added to the North American PlayStation Now library, along with nine PS4 titles.

• In a display of excellent taste, Obsidian's CEO still wants to make Alpha Protocol 2

  This underrated gem gets a little more love once again. Praise be!

• Pillars of Eternity 2 crosses $3 million in crowd-funding

  There’s evidently a lot of people anticipating Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire, as it has just climbed over $3 million in funding on crowdfunding platform Fig.

• 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.