Company News Obsidian reportedly about to be acquired by Microsoft

[Sentinel]

Except making games is like engineering product, not making art.

Except making games is both, and Leo & Tim are always more involved with the latter when they work together.

 

[Saber-Scorpion]

Enhanced:

 

[a Goat]

Except making games is both

Into the trash with this opinion.

 

[Sentinel]

Except making games is both

Into the trash with this opinion.

It's fact.

 

[a Goat]

Except making games is both

Into the trash with this opinion.

It's fact.

BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP

 

[Jedi Exile]

If this rumour is true, then I think this is what Feargus always wanted - Obsidian is aquired by a big company and he can retire like BioWare owners. I don't know enough about Tim and Leon's project to care much about it. Could be some action game for consoles.

 

[Cosmo]

Except making games is like engineering product, not making art.

Except making games is both, and Leo & Tim are always more involved with the latter when they work together.

Games have indeed bits and pieces of art in it, and they require creativity, and maybe sometimes they can hope to be more than a mere product, but games are games, not art.

 

[Mustawd]

Crispy. Sheep is losing it. Do something FFS.

 

[weresheeple]

So Billdurr's Gates comfirmed?

 

[Sentinel]

Except making games is like engineering product, not making art.

Except making games is both, and Leo & Tim are always more involved with the latter when they work together.

Games have indeed bits and pieces of art in it, and they require creativity, and maybe sometimes they can hope to be more than a merce product, but games are games, not art.

I never said games are art, just that they too require some skills any art form needs.

 

[Kev Inkline]

Games are the highest form of art.

At least Dwarf Fortress is.

 

[karnak]

Except making games is like engineering product, not making art.

Except making games is both, and Leo & Tim are always more involved with the latter when they work together.

Games have indeed bits and pieces of art in it, and they require creativity, and maybe sometimes they can hope to be more than a mere product, but games are games, not art.

Agreed!

 

[skyst]

Except making games is like engineering product, not making art.

Except making games is both, and Leo & Tim are always more involved with the latter when they work together.

Games have indeed bits and pieces of art in it, and they require creativity, and maybe sometimes they can hope to be more than a mere product, but games are games, not art.

And novels are novels, music is music, paintings are paintings...

 

[Black Angel]

but games are games,

And novels are novels, music is music, paintings are paintings...

 

[J_C]

Enhanced:

Meh, this meme is only suited for EA. The studios EA killed were legends, the studios MS killed were decent or good at best.

 

[Nihiliste]

Almost all of Obsidian's core talent is gone anyways.

 

[MurkyShadow]

Maybe he'll join inXile. Snag Hervé Caen and Lord British and they've got a real dream team.

Just add some Peter Molyneux for flavour.

 

[Hamster]

Otherwise I'm not interested in them, because we all know who is the KING today.
Or will be. After 6 monthes of extensive patching! On friday!

Fixed.

 

[commie]

Forza Horizon RPG PLOX....

 

[Forest Dweller]

In a couple of years there's gonna be a leaked video - Feargus squealing like a pig while all the execs at Microsoft take their turn with him.

 

[HeatEXTEND]

What will become of Obsidian?
Mike Oldfield has the answer

:wololo:

 

[mindx2]

Perhaps Feargus pushed negotiated an exit for Chris Avellone to reduce the Microsoft "money pie" to be split between owners...?

No, it was the Pillars 1 royalties, actually – the timing was 2 weeks before they came in, and it was a calculated move.

Good business, questionable ethics.

Thanks for the reply but my post was mainly a sarcastic dig at what has been revealed about said "good business" practices and not to be considered as actual speculation.

 

[Thonius]

It's just publicity stunt.

 

[Alienman]

Coming full circle... again? Circle in the circle. Not sure. This industry is weird. In a couple of years we will have people talking about going independent and how bad big publishers are.

 

[AN4RCHID]

I'm sure this was the plan all along and had nothing to do with their writing quality going off a cliff in the last couple years.