People News SHOCKER: Chris Avellone leaves Obsidian Entertainment

[Infinitron]

Tags: Chris Avellone; Obsidian Entertainment

Chris Avellone just posted this on his Twitter account:

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And a look at his LinkedIn account confirms:

Creative Director/Chief Creative Officer/Co-Owner
Obsidian Entertainment, Inc.
June 2003 – May 2015 (12 years)
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Oh, wow. The end of an era. Stay tuned as we learn more.

 

[SausageInYourFace]

Fargo will hire him as lead for inXiles van Buren, mark my words, you have heard it here first

(first in potentially epic thread)

 

[RK47]

 

[Rivmusique]

inb4 working on fallout 4.

 

[Ulminati]

I guess he could not find balance in a post-PoE world.

 

[catfood]

Fargo will hire him as lead for inXiles van Buren, mark my words, you have heard it here first

(first in potentially epic thread)

I'm actually hoping he joins Larian. God knows that company desperately needs someone that can write a half-decent line of dialogue.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

 

[Mer1]

rip in piss obsidian

 

[pippin]

PoE made clear MCA was a bit "too much" for Obsidian right now.
He is still the best video game writer out there.

 

[pocahaunted]

avaleone why u b tray

 

[pakoito]

 

[Infinitron]

MCA is also a co-owner of Obsidian. Will he give up/sell his shares or continue to hold some stake?

 

[Kz3r0]

SSSSAAAAAAWWWWYYYYYEEERRRRRRR

 

[Athelas]

These are the end days. This is but the first sign of many.

 

[pakoito]

These are the end days. This is but the first sign of many.

The is back.

 

[Kz3r0]

MCA is also a co-owner of Obsidian. Will he give up/sell his shares or continue to hold some stake?

They are not a public traded company right?
I guess that in this case to leave you hqave to relinquish your quota and get compensation.

 

[Stainless Veteran]

Whaaaaaat? But wasn't he one of co-founders? Huh. The end is nigh.

 

[Kem0sabe]

Good, this is good, MCA deserves better.

 

[HanoverF]

I hear he's devoting full time to drawing forum troll avatars.

 

[TheEntitledOne]

fuk

 

[Kz3r0]

These are the end days. This is but the first sign of many.

The is back.

It never rests, always stirs, always schemes, lurking in the shadows, obfuscating the splendor of the Sun.

 

[pippin]

I hear he's devoting full time to drawing forum troll avatars.

inb4 he was fired because the Arcanum incident

 

[WhiteGuts]

This is but merely a test of our faith, we must stay strong men

 

[Grauken]

He's probably going to brew beer now and completely abandon game dev

 

[Blackstaff]

Wow

In a certain way, Obsidian feel not that exciting after the lukewarm POE, the shitty tank game or the coming board thing. And he was pretty much the only good thing coming out of it... Doesn't bode well for my future interest in them...

Thinking back on the documentry, it really feel like a major part of what went wrong during POE devlopment have been hidden from us. Seems like Chris really couldn't accept that most of his (awesome!) work got thrashed for it, when the "lead writter" wasn't even working on it full time...

Now if he can become an inexile refugees... That could be fucking great