Obsidian Entertainment

	Obsidian Entertainment, Inc.
Typ	Dotterbolag
Huvudkontor	Irvine, Kalifornien
Bransch	Datorspel
Produkter	Star Wars: KOTOR II ; Neverwinter Nights 2 ; Fallout: New Vegas ; Pillars of Eternity ; Tyranny ; Pillars of Eternity II
Antal anstallda	185 (2019)
Historik
Grundat	12 juni 2003
Grundare	Feargus Urquhart ; Chris Avellone ; Chris Parker ; Darren Monahan ; Chris Jones
Uppkopt av	Microsoft (2018)
Struktur
Moderbolag	Microsoft
Ovrigt
Webbplats	www.obsidian.net

Obsidian Entertainment, Inc. ar ett amerikanskt datorspelsforetag som grundades 2003 och ligger i Irvine, Kalifornien . Foretaget ar mest kant for Fallout: New Vegas och Pillars of Eternity och blev uppkopt av Microsoft i november 2018.

Foretagshistorik [ redigera | redigera wikitext ]

Det grundades 2003 av de tidigare Interplayanstallda Feargus Urquhart , Chris Avellone , Chris Parker , Darren Monahan och Chris Jones efter att Black Isle Studios lades ner.

Foretaget har utvecklat spel baserade pa bade redan existerande varumarken och egna. Nagra av foretagets tidiga projekt var Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords och Neverwinter Nights 2 som bada var uppfoljare till existerande BioWarespel . Foretagets forsta egna spel var Alpha Protocol fran 2010. Sedan foljde Fallout: New Vegas (2010), Dungeon Siege III (2011) och South Park: The Stick of Truth (2014).

Obsidian fick finansiella problem under 2012, bland annat pa grund av flera nedlagda projekt. Detta ledde till att man beslutade att anvanda crowdfunding for att finansiera foretagets nasta spel, Pillars of Eternity (2015). Spelet var ett datorrollspel i ett isometriskt perspektiv i stil med Baldur's Gate och Icewind Dale . Spelet blev en succe och raddade studion fran nedlaggning. ^[
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Obsidian har ett nara samarbete med inXile Entertainment som grundades av andra tidigare anstallda pa Interplay . 2018 slapptes Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire som aven det finansierades genom crowdfunding. ^[
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Den 10 november 2018 meddelade Microsoft att de skulle kopa Obsidian och inXile Entertainment. ^[
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Chris Avellone (ovre bild) och Feargus Urquhart ar tva av foretagets fem grundare.

Ludografi [ redigera | redigera wikitext ]

Ar	Titel	Utgivare	Plattform(ar)
2004	Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II ? The Sith Lords	LucasArts	Xbox , Win , Mac
2006	Neverwinter Nights 2	Atari	Win , Mac
2007	Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer	Atari	Win
2008	Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir	Atari	Win
2010	Alpha Protocol	Sega	Win , PS3 , X360
2010	Fallout: New Vegas	Bethesda Softworks	Win , PS3 , X360
2011	Dungeon Siege III	Square Enix	Win , PS3 , X360
2014	South Park: The Stick of Truth	Ubisoft	Win , PS3 , X360
2015	Pillars of Eternity	Paradox Interactive	Win , Mac , Linux
2015	Pillars of Eternity: The White March ? Part 1	Paradox Interactive	Win , Mac , Linux
2015	Skyforge	My.com	Win
2015	Armored Warfare	My.com	Win
2016	Pillars of Eternity: The White March ? Part 2	Paradox Interactive	Win , Mac , Linux
2016	Pathfinder Adventures	Paizo	Win , IOS , Android
2016	Tyranny	Paradox Interactive	Win , Mac , Linux
2018	Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire	-	Win , Mac , Linux
2019	The Outer Worlds	Private Division	Win , PS4 , Xbox One
2022	Grounded ^[ 7 ]^[ 8 ]	Xbox Game Studios	Win , Xbox One
2022	Pentiment ^[ 9 ]	Xbox Game Studios	Win , Xbox Series X/S

Referenser [ redigera | redigera wikitext ]

^ Mueller, Mark (11 augusti 2008). ”Game Companies Taking Office Space at Faster Clip”. Orange County Business Journal : s. 82.
^ Purchese, Robert (14 november 2019). ”Visiting post-acquisition Obsidian to see how much has changed” (pa engelska). Eurogamer . https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-11-14-visiting-obsidian-post-acquisition-to-see-what-has-changed . Last 3 oktober 2020 .
^ [ a b ] Gronskog, Marcus (10 november 2018). ”Ryktet stamde ? Microsoft koper Obsidian (och InXile)” . FZ . Geeks Publishing AB . https://www.fz.se/nyhet/278299-ryktet-stamde-microsoft-koper-obsidian-och-inxile . Last 12 november 2018 .
^ [ a b ] Purchese, Robert (10 november 2018). ”Oh my RPG, Microsoft is buying Obsidian Entertainment and inXile” (pa engelska). Eurogamer . https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-11-09-microsoft-studios-obsidian-inxile-entertainment-acquisition . Last 12 november 2018 .
^ Purchese, Robert (11 mars 2015). ”Before Pillars of Eternity, Obsidian nearly met its end” (pa engelska). Eurogamer . Gamer Network . https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-03-11-before-pillars-of-eternity-obsidian-nearly-met-its-end . Last 6 november 2018 .
^ Helenius, Tomas (26 januari 2017). ”Pillars of Eterinity 2 "officiellt" avtackt!” . FZ . Geeks Publishing AB . https://www.fz.se/nyhet/269488-pillars-of-eterinity-2-officiellt-avtackt . Last 6 november 2018 .
^ Chalk, Andy (7 april 2020). ”Obsidian's shrunken survival game Grounded is coming in July” (pa engelska). PC Gamer . Future US . https://www.pcgamer.com/obsidians-shrunken-survival-game-grounded-is-coming-in-july/ . Last 12 december 2020 .
^ Phillips, Tom (28 september 2022). ”Grounded 1.0 available now with "complete story"” . Eurogamer . Gamer Network . https://www.eurogamer.net/grounded-10-available-now-with-complete-story . Last 8 november 2022 .
^ Kennedy, Victoria (24 augusti 2022). ”Pentiment secures November release date” . Eurogamer . Gamer Network . https://www.eurogamer.net/pentiment-secures-november-release-date . Last 8 november 2022 .

Externa lankar [ redigera | redigera wikitext ]

Officiell webbplats

[1] Mueller, Mark (11 augusti 2008). ”Game Companies Taking Office Space at Faster Clip”. Orange County Business Journal : s. 82.

[eurogamer2019-2] Purchese, Robert (14 november 2019). ”Visiting post-acquisition Obsidian to see how much has changed” (pa engelska). Eurogamer . https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-11-14-visiting-obsidian-post-acquisition-to-see-what-has-changed . Last 3 oktober 2020 .

[uppkop1-3] [ a b ] Gronskog, Marcus (10 november 2018). ”Ryktet stamde ? Microsoft koper Obsidian (och InXile)” . FZ . Geeks Publishing AB . https://www.fz.se/nyhet/278299-ryktet-stamde-microsoft-koper-obsidian-och-inxile . Last 12 november 2018 .

[uppkop2-4] [ a b ] Purchese, Robert (10 november 2018). ”Oh my RPG, Microsoft is buying Obsidian Entertainment and inXile” (pa engelska). Eurogamer . https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-11-09-microsoft-studios-obsidian-inxile-entertainment-acquisition . Last 12 november 2018 .

[5] Purchese, Robert (11 mars 2015). ”Before Pillars of Eternity, Obsidian nearly met its end” (pa engelska). Eurogamer . Gamer Network . https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-03-11-before-pillars-of-eternity-obsidian-nearly-met-its-end . Last 6 november 2018 .

[6] Helenius, Tomas (26 januari 2017). ”Pillars of Eterinity 2 "officiellt" avtackt!” . FZ . Geeks Publishing AB . https://www.fz.se/nyhet/269488-pillars-of-eterinity-2-officiellt-avtackt . Last 6 november 2018 .

[7] Chalk, Andy (7 april 2020). ”Obsidian's shrunken survival game Grounded is coming in July” (pa engelska). PC Gamer . Future US . https://www.pcgamer.com/obsidians-shrunken-survival-game-grounded-is-coming-in-july/ . Last 12 december 2020 .

[8] Phillips, Tom (28 september 2022). ”Grounded 1.0 available now with "complete story"” . Eurogamer . Gamer Network . https://www.eurogamer.net/grounded-10-available-now-with-complete-story . Last 8 november 2022 .

[9] Kennedy, Victoria (24 augusti 2022). ”Pentiment secures November release date” . Eurogamer . Gamer Network . https://www.eurogamer.net/pentiment-secures-november-release-date . Last 8 november 2022 .

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