In a recent interview with VG 24/7, Chris Avellone (co-founder and ex-creative director of Obsidian) pretty bluntly stated that "I wouldn’t work with senior management" when speaking about Obsidian. Ever since leaving the company in 2...

Obsidian Entertainment wasn't about to sap the fun out of an Outer Worlds bug it found. Instead, the developer flipped the script and created a new melee weapon that prominently spotlights the bug's unintended effects. During its PAX ...

Everyone wants to play ball with Epic. Why wouldn't they? As far as third-party PC games storefronts and launchers go, Epic is the most favorable option. Its 12 percent revenue cut is vastly favorable to what Valve currently offers with Ste...

The announcement of Obsidian Entertainment's The Outer Worlds at last year's "Game Awards" seemed like a clear jab at Bethesda and Fallout 76. Sporting a tagline of "From the Creators of Fallout," the message was almost that this was the re...

Obsidian Entertainment's next game, The Outer Worlds, is a mostly unknown quantity right now. It's this big interplanetary RPG with a stellar premise. But, it's supposedly going to launch sometime in 2019, and we still don't have all that m...

Survival is the name of the game when it comes to the release of video games next year! With so many survival titles coming out next year, it truly will be a contest of which player base will have the best attention span! So, while we stil...

I spent a good chunk of time this weekend thinking about Obsidian's new RPG The Outer Worlds. It debuted Thursday night at The Game Awards with the trailer that's embedded above. It raised a lot of eyebrows and commanded a lot of attention...

Finally, after weeks of teasing, Obsidian Entertainment has revealed its new RPG. Just as those trademarks earlier this year suggested, it's called The Outer Worlds. This is the first look at The Outer Worlds. It's a first-person RPG that ...

I have my personal issues with The Game Awards. To me, it's nothing but a glorified advertisement with some awards thrown in to pad the time. There is more emphasis put on the announcements than the awards, and even then, the awards are pre...

In today's episode, me and Associate Editor Peter Glagowski discuss the recent purchasing habits from Microsoft, which lately has included a number of notable game studios. From Obsidian Entertainment (the fine folks behind Fallout: New Ve...

So this happened. Back in October Microsoft was allegedly in talks to acquire Obsidian Entertainment, purveyor of the best modern Fallout in New Vegas (we have proof) and more recently, the Pillars of Eternity series. Well, t...

Shake the sand loose from those undesirable places because it's time we fill them with video game news from today's episode that features the following: Slimy Nintendo Switch hardware rumors! Pokémon GO is getting more strange litt...

At E3 2018, Microsoft boldly revealed its new initiative to release more first-party games for Xbox and Windows 10 PC through acquisition of talented studios. It came alongside the announcement from Xbox head Phil Spencer that Microsoft had...

More than four years after it first released, South Park: The Stick of Truth is finally swinging to what's presumably its final platform. Swinging like a certain pair of giant, hairy, flying testicles, that is. (Sorry, I couldn't resis...

Ubisoft has announced that South Park: The Stick of Truth will be heading to the Switch soon. While no firm release date was given, the title showed up in Ubisoft's Q1 sales press release under the "Digital Only" section. You can also see t...

Twitch Prime is giving out free games throughout July and right now, you can score Fullbright's space-station adventure Tacoma and Obsidian Entertainment's RPG Tyranny. They're up for grabs until July 18. Are these games worth your time? Ta...

Who doesn't love a good non-lethal run? It both challenges the player as well as reconstructs the violent norms by which most video games operate. How about an extra hard difficulty run? Most of the time it's just a way for someone to brag ...

Obsidian's first crack at substantial add-on content for Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire is coming early next month. The Beast of Winter DLC has been set for August 2. Here's how Obsidian describes The Beast of Winter: "Upon rec...

Judging by the general reaction and comments lately, I'm sure many of you are highly anticipating your adventures and online interactions in Fallout 76! But, what if you could access those wonderful online interactions and experiences you m...

It's only a month, but it might feel like an eternity to hardcore CRPG players. Obsidian's newest game needs just a little bit more time, and that revelation comes mere weeks before launch. Obsidian announced today that Pillars of Eternity ...

[Update: A representative for the publisher has confirmed the details of the Game Informer story to us, but there's no additional information to share at this time.] CRPG stands for computer role-playing game, and Pillars of Eternity I...

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire is fast approaching. After securing $4.4 million in funding through Fig last year, Obsidian is already circling a PC release date for the CRPG sequel: April 3, 2018. That's soon. If you're invested in this w...

After years of delays and setbacks, South Park: The Fractured But Whole will finally be landing on consoles this Tuesday. The verdict is still out on whether that extra time was well spent, but if you just have to have everything South Park...

Kickstarter may have lost a little of its luster since the campaigns of Double Fine Adventure and the Ouya, but one of the most successful game crowdfunding campaigns to date resulted in Pillars of Eternity, a modern throwback to isometric ...

South Park has never been shy when it comes to comedy. While writers Matt Stone and Trey Parker will sometimes go for pure shock value, their satire tends to be very biting and very reflective of modern society. It looks like that final poi...