Wasteland 2 could be getting support from Obsidian

Niflheim · Mar 30, 2012

Project Update #7: InXile to Collaborate with Obsdian/Avellone on Design
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We have announced a major piece of good news today that inXile has reached an agreement with Obsidian for potential design assistance for Wasteland 2. What that means is that Obsidianâ€™s Chief Creative Officer, Chris Avellone, is going to work with our team on the design and writing of the game! It is important to note that we say "potential" as they will come aboard assuming we hit $2.1 million in funding. The good news is that we have already seen a spike in just the few hours since this was announced in a press release this morning.

For those of you who don't know who Obsidian or Chris Avellone are, they are the bulk of the brains who worked on Fallout 1&2, Icewind Dale and Planescape Torment when I was back at Interplay. More of the band is back together to make sure we bring you a fantastic RPG. Chris is going to help push the density and literary content of the game.

The original Wasteland was an important game to Chris as he recently stated, "Wasteland is one of my favorite RPGs of all time, and when Brian asked if I wanted to work on the sequel, I jumped at the chance. While I've worked on Fallout 2 and Fallout: New Vegas, getting the chance to work on the spiritual predecessor to the Fallout franchise is a honor."

While the programming work will remain with us here at inXile, we are looking to use a host of tools that Obsidian has created which will help us get assets into the game faster. The faster we can implement and iterate on content, the deeper the game and the more varied choices the gamers can make.

Thatâ€™s more good news for all of you that put your faith in us.

Brian Fargo

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/inxile/wasteland-2
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Stanley Richards · Mar 31, 2012

Obsidian didn't make too many great games =/

Niflheim · Mar 31, 2012

Stanley Richards said:

Obsidian didn't make too many great games =/
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That's because they're shitty at management, if Obsidian "supports" inXile they'll just be letting Chris work with them, they won't be taking control of anything.

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