Changes: Obsidian Entertainment

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Game company

Obsidian Entertainment

Company data


Founded By		Feargus Urquhart Chris Parker Darren L. Monahan Chris Avellone Chris Jones

Founded In		2003

Headquarters		Irvine, California (USA)

Key People		Feargus Urquhart, CEO Chris Parker, COO Darren L. Monahan, CIO Chris Jones, CTO Joshua Sawyer, Design Director

Fallout games


Developer		Fallout: New Vegas

External links


Homepage		http://www.obsidianent.com

Wikipedia		Obsidian Entertainment

MobyGames		Obsidian Entertainment

Obsidian Entertainment, is a video game developer founded by former employees of Black Isle Studios founded after the disestablishment of Interplay Entertainment's in 2003. Obsidian developed the 2010 game Fallout: New Vegas. Several of the developers at Obsidian previously also worked on Fallout, Fallout 2 and Van Buren (the canceled Fallout 3 project).

Obsidian continues to operate under management by its founding officers: Feargus Urquhart, Chris Parker, Darren Monahan, Chris Avellone and Chris Jones. In July 2005 they hired Josh Sawyer of Icewind Dale fame. In 2011, Timothy Cain, original creator of Fallout, joined the company.

Products

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II – The Sith Lords (released for Xbox in 2004 and for PC in 2005)
Neverwinter Nights 2 (released for PC in 2006)
Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer (released for PC in 2007)
Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir (released for PC in 2008)
Alpha Protocol (May 28, 2010)
Fallout: New Vegas (Oct 19, 2010)
Dungeon Siege III (Jun 21, 2011)
South Park: The Stick of Truth (March 4, 2014)
Pillars of Eternity (March 26, 2015)
Pillars of Eternity: The White March – Part I (August 25, 2015)
Pillars of Eternity: The White March – Part II (February 16, 2016)
Pathfinder Adventures (April 28, 2016)
Tyranny (November 10, 2016)
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire (May 8, 2018)
The Outer Worlds lead by Tim Cain and Leonard Boyarsky

External links

Feargus Urquhart interview at GameBanshee.com (February 2017)

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-'''Obsidian Entertainment''', founded in 2003 after the disestablishment of [[Interplay Entertainment]]'s [[Black Isle Studios]], is a video game developer for PC and console systems. Obsidian continues to operate under management by its founding officers: [[Feargus Urquhart]], [[Chris Parker]], [[Darren Monahan]], [[Chris Avellone]] and [[Chris Jones]]. In July 2005 they hired [[Josh Sawyer]] of ''Icewind Dale'' fame. Several of the developers at Obsidian worked on ''[[Fallout]]'', ''[[Fallout 2]]'' and ''[[Van Buren]]'' (the canceled ''Fallout 3'' project).
+'''Obsidian Entertainment''', is a video game developer founded by former employees of [[Black Isle Studios]] founded after the disestablishment of [[Interplay Entertainment]]'s in 2003. Obsidian developed the 2010 game ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]''. Several of the developers at Obsidian previously also worked on ''[[Fallout]]'', ''[[Fallout 2]]'' and ''[[Van Buren]]'' (the canceled ''Fallout 3'' project).
+Obsidian continues to operate under management by its founding officers: [[Feargus Urquhart]], [[Chris Parker]], [[Darren Monahan]], [[Chris Avellone]] and [[Chris Jones (programmer)|Chris Jones]]. In July 2005 they hired [[Josh Sawyer]] of ''Icewind Dale'' fame.  In 2011, [[Timothy Cain]], original creator of ''Fallout'', joined the company.
-On April 20th, 2009, [[Bethesda Softworks]] announced that a new game in the [[Fallout series|''Fallout'' series]], ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'', was being developed by Obsidian. The game was released in late October of 2010.
-== Products ==
+==Products==
-* ''Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords'' (released for Xbox in 2004 and for PC in 2005)
+* ''[[wikipedia:Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords|Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II – The Sith Lords]]'' (released for Xbox in 2004 and for PC in 2005)
-* ''Neverwinter Nights 2'' (released for PC in 2006)
+* ''[[wikipedia:Neverwinter Nights 2|Neverwinter Nights 2]]'' (released for PC in 2006)
-* ''Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer'' (released for PC in 2007)
+* ''[[wikipedia:Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer|Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer]]'' (released for PC in 2007)
-* ''Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir'' (released for PC in 2008)
+* ''[[wikipedia:Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir|Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir]]'' (released for PC in 2008)
-* ''Alpha Protocol'' (May 28, 2010)
+* ''[[wikipedia:Alpha Protocol|Alpha Protocol]]'' (May 28, 2010)
 * ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'' (Oct 19, 2010)
-* ''Dungeon Siege III'' (in development)
+* ''[[wikipedia:Dungeon Siege III|Dungeon Siege III]]'' (Jun 21, 2011)
+* ''[[wikipedia:South Park: The Stick of Truth|South Park: The Stick of Truth]]'' (March 4, 2014)
-* ''Wheel of Time'' (Future game, co-developers)
+* ''[http://eternity.gamepedia.com/Pillars_of_Eternity Pillars of Eternity]'' (March 26, 2015)
+* ''[http://eternity.gamepedia.com/Pillars_of_Eternity:_The_White_March_-_Part_I Pillars of Eternity: The White March – Part I]'' (August 25, 2015)
+* ''[http://eternity.gamepedia.com/Pillars_of_Eternity:_The_White_March_-_Part_II Pillars of Eternity: The White March – Part II]'' (February 16, 2016)
+* ''Pathfinder Adventures'' (April 28, 2016)
+* ''[http://tyranny.gamepedia.com/Tyranny_Wiki Tyranny]'' (November 10, 2016)
+* ''[http://eternity.gamepedia.com/Pillars_of_Eternity_II:_Deadfire Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire]'' (May 8, 2018)
+* ''[https://theouterworlds.gamepedia.com/The_Outer_Worlds_Wiki The Outer Worlds]'' lead by Tim Cain and [[Leonard Boyarsky]]
-== See also ==
+==External links==
+* [http://www.gamebanshee.com/interviews/118557-pillars-of-eternity-ii-deadfire-interview/all-pages.html Feargus Urquhart interview at GameBanshee.com] (February 2017)
+==See also==
 * [[Black Isle Studios]]
 * [[Interplay]]
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 * [[Bethesda Softworks]]
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