Urquhart On Black Isle's Past, Obsidian's Future

Posted by simoniker on Tuesday January 6, 2004 @10:41AM from the blacker-than-black dept.

Thanks to GameSpot for their two-part interview with Obsidian Entertainment's Feargus Urquhart, discussing his former leadership of Black Isle Studios, and his new work as a founder of Obsidian. He discusses Black Isle's creeping demise amidst the cancellation of Fallout 3 ("I would assume that they are changing Black Isle from a studio to purely a brand that they can put on certain products that are published or developed by them. Whether that's a good thing or the same thing as shutting the studio down is up to debate"), muses on the future of the RPG ("I think even the PC RPGers want to see that the games they play are easier to play"), and mentions Obsidian's plans, aside from their BioWare-engine powered, rumored but unannounced game ("We... are actively looking for a second project [and] are also starting to work on our own internal technology.")

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From Fallout to The Fall by meep2001 · 2004-01-07 03:37 · Score: 2, Informative

Silver Style, a german game developer based in Berlin, just announced that they have hired Ex-Black-Isle-Designer Damien M. Foletto.
Silver Style is working on a role-playing game called The Fall , scheduled for the first quarter 2004.