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From what we've heard of the upcoming South Park RPG, it's in good hands. From what we can now see of it in action, that feeling remains unchanged. More »
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Given the paper cutout origins of South Park, it's no surprise that Obsidian's upcoming RPG South Park: The Game would take cues from the most famous paper role-playing game of them all. More »
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The news that KOTOR 2 and Fallout: New Vegas devs Obsidian are working on a South Park RPG seemed...odd. It's a franchise you wouldn't think lends itself to the genre, and it is a property that's not as commercially relevant as it once was. More »
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Inspired by last year's Fallout: New Vegas, Nanahra has made himself a replica New California Republic Ranger's outfit that, at a glance, looks as good as the real thing. More »
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There once was a time Obsidian was making an RPG based on the Aliens universe. That game has since been cancelled, but today we're looking at some art done for the project by Charles Lee. More »
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Given "a few days in the Mojave," one fan of Fallout: New Vegas decided to construct his visit around the game, searching out real-world locations that inspired the in-game scenery. The lone wanderer, one Chris Worth of the United Kingdom, even constructed a Pip-Boy (with admittedly 'shopped map screen) and Power Fist. More »
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This is not your out-of-the-box Fallout: New Vegas. This is Project Nevada, an ambitious mod for New Vegas that adds bullet-time, sprinting, tackling, cybernetic implants, and more to Obsidian's desert romp. More »
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After over a month of various technical woes, particularly on the PC version of the game, it seems as though Fallout: New Vegas may actually be fixed soon. Maybe. More »
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Fallout: New Vegas is pretty fun when it's not breaking down on you. Problem is, that happens a lot. Hopefully a "comprehensive" patch due for PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 in the "coming weeks" will fix that. More »
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Fallout 3 (and New Vegas) are set in a bleak, post-apocalyptic world, where mankind lies despondent after a devastating atomic holocaust. Fantasy it may be, but it's based on real science; question is, just how real is it? More »
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With the next Fallout game being set in Sin City, it's only natural the game would star the vocal talents or Mr. Las Vegas, Wayne Newton. More »
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The other people's role-playing game sequalizers at Obsidian have released the first two screens from Dungeon Siege 3. Take a quick peek at what the series' console debut looks like. More »
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Yesterday, I had the audacity to say that former Ubisoft man Patrice Désilets had the most beautiful beard in the video game industry. Other developers, however, disagree. More »
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There's so many different battling factions in Sega's Alpha Protocol you'd need a score card to keep up, or perhaps an explanatory trailer. More »
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Bethesda gambles on an extravagant Collector's Edition for Obsidian's Fallout: New Vegas, packed with poker chips, playing cards, and other exciting accouterments from the post-apocalyptic Sin City. More »
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The Fallout: New Vegas trailer has gone live, a release date announced, and fans are excited about getting back into the post-apocalyptic world later this year. Does the trailer hold clues about what we can expect in the game? More »
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Those that made their way through to the "end" of Knights of the Old Republic 2 will be aware that the game they just "finished" wasn't anything of the sort. More »
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The team at Obsidian talk about how they've evolved over the years leading up to the development of the real-world espionage role-playing game Alpha Protocol. More »
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An ex-Obsidian developer's Linkedin profile lends further credence to rumors that Sega's action role-playing game set in the Aliens universe is no longer a going concern. More »
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Sources tell Kotaku that Sega has pulled the plug on their upcoming Aliens Roleplaying Game under development by California-based developer Obsidian. More »
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Up until my visit to Sega at E3 this week, all I had seen of Obsidian Entertainment's spy thriller action RPG Alpha Protocol was a few screenshots. Yesterday I got a chance to see a demo of the game in action, and I can safely say that fans of BioWare's space epic Mass Effect should be extremely pleased. In fact, had the Obsidian folks at the demo not denied it, one could easily assume the two games were using the exact same engine, with a few tweaks in place to freshen things up a bit. More »
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Obsidian Entertainment says it's found the right mix of action and RPG, balancing subtlety with "over-the-top" visual style, and weighing realism carefully against the "abstraction" of fantasy elements. More »
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It's been quietly (very quietly) announced that a new expansion pack for classic PC title Neverwinter Nights 2 is in development at Obsidian. Called Storm of Zehir, it brings some pretty considerable changes to the game, like "full party customization, dungeon crawling, and free exploration of a non-linear game world via an Overland Map". No idea on a release date, but seeing as the game's nearly three years old, I'm sure you can wait it out. More »
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The name, it could do with some work, but the premise, well, it's downright intriguing. Developers Obsidian, who brought us KOTOR II, are at work on Alpha Protocol, a game they're describing as an action-RPG and which will be appearing on the tried and tested triumvirate of PS3, 360 and PC. You play the role of a James Bond-type character, who plays his way through an RPG (it's got skill classes, etc) flush with Mass Effect-style combat sequences. It's also got Mass Effect-style dialogue (though you can only ever speak to an NPC once), with the added bonus of James Bond-style romancing, with alluring, deadly ladies across the globe ready and available for conquest. Excited? Don't be, you've got to wait until at least Spring 2009. More »
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So, you guys might know Obsidian's Chris Avellone as one of the designers behind Fallout 2 and Planescape Torment. But it turns out he also has another talent that's well worth checking out - he does rather hilarious game development-related cartoons on his MySpace blog. More »
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Atari has issued an official response to questions about the cancellation of the Neverwinter Nights premium module program, as well as all future support or patches. They basically pimp NWN2 instead. More »
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The lead designer of Obsidian's upcoming Dungeons and Dragons roleplaying game, Neverwinter Nights 2, has just been sacked. The person who wrote this post has just been sacked. The person who sacked the person who wrote this post who was just sacked has been sacked. Fill in your own Monty Pythonesque infinite recursion here! More »
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We know BioWare is hard at work on Mass Effect, but what about that other RPG BioWare made that one time, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic? Being the fans of rumors that we are, an interested eyebrow was raised at the note over at Gaming Horizon that hinted at development on the third Knights of the Old Republic title is underway with Obsidian at the helm. Anyone in the know want to shed a little light on the subject? Email us at tips@kotaku.com. More »
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