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Obsidian Entertainment, founded in 2003 after the dissolution of Interplay Entertainment's Black Isle Studios, is a video game developer for PC and console systems. Obsidian continues to operate under management by its founding officers: Feargus Urquhart, Chris Parker, Darren Monahan, and Chris Jones. In July 2005 they hired Joshua Sawyer of Icewind Dale fame. Several of the developers at Obsidian worked on Fallout, Fallout 2 and Van Buren (the canceled Fallout 3 project).

Obsidian's first office was in Fergus Urquhart's attic^[1] before moving to an office park not too far away.

On April 20, 2009, Bethesda Softworks announced that a new game in the Fallout series, Fallout: New Vegas, was being developed by Obsidian. The game was released on October 19 of 2010.

Products

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords (released for Xbox in 2004 and for PC in 2005)
Neverwinter Nights 2 (released for PC in 2006)
Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer (released for PC in 2007)
Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir (released for PC in 2008)
Alpha Protocol (May 28, 2010)
Fallout: New Vegas (Oct 19, 2010)
Dungeon Siege III (Jun 21, 2011)
Wheel of Time (co-developers; cancelled^[2])
South Park: The Stick of Truth (2014)
Pillars of Eternity (2014)

References

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[1] Aggrogamer talks to Chris Avellone

[2] South Park, KOTOR dev outlines its future; Wheel of Time not included

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-|key people      =[[Feargus Urquhart]], CEO<br />[[Chris Parker]], COO<br />[[Darren L. Monahan]], CIO<br />[[Chris Avellone]], CCO<br />[[Chris Jones (programmer)|Chris Jones]], CTO
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-'''Obsidian Entertainment''', founded in 2003 after the dissolution of [[Interplay Entertainment]]'s [[Black Isle Studios]], is a video game developer for PC and console systems. Obsidian continues to operate under management by its founding officers: [[Feargus Urquhart]], [[Chris Parker]], [[Darren Monahan]], [[Chris Avellone]] and [[Chris Jones (programmer)|Chris Jones]]. In July 2005 they hired [[Joshua Sawyer]] of ''Icewind Dale'' fame. Several of the developers at Obsidian worked on ''[[Fallout]]'', ''[[Fallout 2]]'' and ''[[Van Buren]]'' (the canceled ''Fallout 3'' project).
+'''Obsidian Entertainment''', founded in 2003 after the dissolution of [[Interplay Entertainment]]'s [[Black Isle Studios]], is a video game developer for PC and console systems. Obsidian continues to operate under management by its founding officers: [[Feargus Urquhart]], [[Chris Parker]], [[Darren Monahan]], and [[Chris Jones (programmer)|Chris Jones]]. In July 2005 they hired [[Joshua Sawyer]] of ''Icewind Dale'' fame. Several of the developers at Obsidian worked on ''[[Fallout]]'', ''[[Fallout 2]]'' and ''[[Van Buren]]'' (the canceled ''Fallout 3'' project).
 Obsidian's first office was in Fergus Urquhart's attic<ref>[http://aggrogamer.com/article/2885/Interview-With-Obsidians-Chris-Avellone Aggrogamer talks to Chris Avellone]</ref> before moving to an office park not too far away.
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 * ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'' (Oct 19, 2010)
 * ''[[wikipedia:Dungeon Siege III|Dungeon Siege III]]'' (Jun 21, 2011)
-* ''[[wikipedia:Wheel of Time|Wheel of Time]]'' (Future game, co-developers)
+* ''[[wikipedia:The Wheel of Time#Games|Wheel of Time]]'' (co-developers; cancelled<ref>[http://www.gamespot.com/articles/south-park-kotor-dev-outlines-its-future-wheel-of-time-not-included/1100-6419219/ South Park, KOTOR dev outlines its future; Wheel of Time not included]</ref>)
-* ''[[wikipedia:South Park: The Stick of Truth|South Park: The Stick of Truth]]'' (2013)
+* ''[[wikipedia:South Park: The Stick of Truth|South Park: The Stick of Truth]]'' (2014)
-* ''[[wikipedia:Project Eternity|Project Eternity]]'' (2014)
+* ''[[wikipedia:Project Eternity|Pillars of Eternity]]'' (2014)
 ==See also==
 * [[Black Isle Studios]]
-* [[Interplay]]
+* [[Interplay Entertainment]]
 * [[Troika Games]]
 * [[Bethesda Softworks]]
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