Obsidian Entertainment
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| Type | Private |
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| Founded | Santa Ana, California (2003) |
| Headquarters | Irvine, California[1] |
| Key people | Feargus Urquhart, CEO Chris Parker, COO Darren Monahan, CIO Chris Avellone, CCO Chris Jones, CTO |
| Products | Star Wars: KotOR II Neverwinter Nights 2 (See complete products listing.) |
| Employees | 135 (2008) |
| Website | www.obsidianent.com |
Obsidian Entertainment, founded in 2003 after the disestablishment of Interplay Productions' 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.
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[edit] Games
Obsidian Entertainment code-names its projects after a name of a U.S. state.
- Project Delaware — Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords (released for Xbox in 2004 and for PC in 2005)
- Project Pennsylvania — Neverwinter Nights 2 (released for PC in 2006)
- Project New Jersey — Seven Dwarves[2] (working title, cancelled[3])
- Project Massachusetts[4] — Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer (released for PC in 2007)
- Project ? — Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir (released for PC in 2008)
- Project Georgia — Alpha Protocol (in development)
- Project Connecticut — Aliens: Crucible[5] (cancelled[6])
- Project ? — Fallout: New Vegas (in development)
- Project ? — an unannounced title using Obsidian's proprietary Onyx engine[7]
On March 23 2006, Obsidian and SEGA announced that they would co-develop a role-playing game, codenamed Project Georgia, based on a new franchise.[8] It is currently slated for release on the PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. Project Georgia was revealed to be Alpha Protocol, an RPG set in a modern-day spy adventure setting, on March 13 2008.[9]
On December 13 2006, SEGA officially announced that Obsidian Entertainment had been signed to develop a role-playing game, codenamed Project Connecticut, based on the Aliens film franchise.[5]
On April 20 2009, Bethesda Softworks announced that a new game in the Fallout series, Fallout: New Vegas will be developed by Obsidian, with an expected release in 2010.[10]
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[edit] References
- ^ Mueller, Mark (2008-08-11). "Game Companies Taking Office Space at Faster Clip". Orange County Business Journal: p. 82.
- ^ "Former Obsidian artist Ian Ameling's resume". http://www.ianameling.com/resume.pdf.
- ^ Massey, Dana (2007-06-29). "Dev Profile Q&A: Kevin Saunders, Lead Designer on NWN2: MotB". Warcry Network. Themis Media. http://www.warcry.com/articles/view/interviews/devprofiles/4784-Neverwinter-Nights-2-Dev-Profile-Q-A-Kevin-Saunders-NWN2-Lead-Designer. Retrieved on 2007-05-30. "I was the lead designer on project "New Jersey," which was never announced, and then helped with finishing up NWN2 over its last six months or so."
- ^ "Former Obsidian designer/producer Kevin Saunders' post on OEI forum". http://forums.obsidian.net/index.php?showtopic=50233&view=findpost&p=882297.
- ^ a b "SEGA Signs Obsidian Entertainment To Develop Alien Title For Next-generation Systems". SEGA News. SEGA Corporation. 2006-12-13. http://www.sega.com/news/?n=1962. Retrieved on 2008-11-01.
- ^ "Obsidian's Aliens RPG Officially Finished". Giant Bomb. 2009-06-26. http://www.giantbomb.com/news/obsidians-aliens-rpg-officially-finished/1492/. Retrieved on 2009-06-26.
- ^ "Feargus Urquhart Interview". GameBanshee. 2009-06-12. http://www.gamebanshee.com/interviews/feargusurquhart1.php. Retrieved on 2009-06-12.
- ^ "SEGA Partners with Obsidian Entertainment to Create Original Content for Next Generation Consoles". BusinessWire. 2006-03-23. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_/ai_n26804618?tag=artBody;col1. Retrieved on 2008-11-01.
- ^ "SEGA And Obsidian Set To Redefine The RPG Genre With Alpha Protocol". SEGA News. SEGA Corporation. 2008-03-13. http://www.sega.com/news/?n=1851. Retrieved on 2008-11-01.
- ^ "Fallout: New Vegas unveiled". Ellie Gibson. Eurogamer. 2009-04-20. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/fallout-new-vegas-unveiled. Retrieved on 2009-04-20.
