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Obsidian, the legendary RPG studio behind The Outer Worlds , Avowed , Fallout New Vegas and other acclaimed games, is losing about a quarter of its workers. …
A director at Obsidian Entertainment has shared their thoughts about the "extremely difficult week" at the studio, stressing how hard it's been to see "a bunch of cold take artists coming out of the woodwork" and "spouting off" about "what Obsidian is or what it isn't". …
… As for the Fallout game, the report says it will be led by studio design director and industry veteran Josh Sawyer, which makes sense. Sawyer directed one of the most beloved and critically acclaimed games in the series, Fallout: New Vegas , for Obsidian. …
A new report from The Game Business suggests that Obsidian Entertainment is another studio currently negotiating with Microsoft to avoid closure as part of the company's controversial reassessment of its business. …
… Even studios that have survived the cut, like Obsidian and id Software, are reeling from job losses. …
… His comments come after confirmation that Bethesda Game Studios will be working more closely with other studios in the future, such as Obsidian Entertainment on a future Fallout project and with ZeniMax Online on The Elder Scrolls' ongoing development . …
… Incidentally, BioWare once had its own ideas for KOTOR 2 before shipping it out to Obsidian. Meanwhile, Saber Interactive is still working on the KOTOR remake that was announced back in 2021, and went through a major studio shakeup a few years ago. …
… Some examples the exec gave include The Coalition helping inXile Entertainment with Unreal Engine 5 for Clockwork Revolution, Blizzard providing cinematics support on Playground Games' Fable, and South of Midnight studio Compulsion Games using the Activision MoCap studio. …
… The studio also lost about a quarter of its staff in Xbox's latest round of layoffs, which affected 3200 staff across the publisher's studios . …
… In the role of Xbox Game Studios boss, Duncan oversaw teams including Halo Studios, The Coalition, Turn 10, Playground Games, Rare, Obsidian, Ninja Theory, Compulsion Games, The Initiative, Double Fine, InXile, Undead Labs, World’s Edge and XGS Publishing. …