Game News Obsidian's next game is Tyranny, an isometric RPG set in a fantasy world where evil won

[Deleted member 7219]

A few of the programmers rotated off of PoE on to this. Tim Cain, as was already pointed out. Dan Spitzley too.

Brian Heins is the Project Director.
Matt Singh is the Lead Producer.

Matt MacLean is on it - I believe as a senior writer (maybe the lead? not sure).

Constant Gaw is on the team - senior or lead level designer maybe? Not sure.

Brian Menze is the Lead Artist..

Thanks man. Hope you don't get in trouble for revealing that. I recognise Tim, Dan, Matt and Brian. Dan is a vet of NV if I recall correctly.

Does the Oshcuro guy still work at Obsidian?

I have no idea who that is.

I think you are thinking of Dan Rubalcaba, though Spitzley might have as well.

Dan Spitzley was the lead programmer on Planescape: Torment and he was a Black Isle Vet. He honestly is probably one of the most talented people I have ever met - and he's a nice guy too.

Gosh I feel dumb now. Of course, I remember him being in the credits for Fallout 2 too.

And yes, I mean Jorge Selgado. I know he worked on New Vegas but I don't know what else.

 

[Rev]

So, beside Tyranny, we'll finally be able to see that other Obsidian crowdfunding project in the coming months? Very interesting, hopefully this time we won't have to wait other two years to know something about it...

 

[Infinitron]

And yes, I mean Jorge Selgado. I know he worked on New Vegas but I don't know what else.

Who can forget the video that temporarily turned a dozen Codexers gay?

 

[Deleted member 7219]

Who can forget the video that temporarily turned a dozen Codexers gay?

Kinda shatters the stereotype of the average modder doesn't it?

 

[Ninjerk]

Does Obsidian even have anyone worth mentioning now?

Do they even play Dark Sun anymore?

There's always room for new talent to assert itself. It's not like Tim Cain or whomever you like was born a visionary.

 

[hello friend]

Kinda shatters the stereotype of the average modder doesn't it?

Oscuro and Timeslip are a different breed. Coincidentally, they were also the two Elder Scrolls modders worth their salt.

Plus those Nehrim guys. Those too.

Timeslip was hired by Gog.com. He's a fucking wizard, that man.

 

[oldmanpaco]

I like how Anthony Davis revealed more in 10 minutes of posting than the entire presentation did. If he bothers to read this you have to tell your bosses to do better.

 

[Fry]

Came here for the Anthony Davis posts, then read the first 15 pages. Mistakes were made.

Jesus Christ, this site needs a retard cull.

 

[Orma]

And yes, I mean Jorge Selgado. I know he worked on New Vegas but I don't know what else.

Who can forget the video that temporarily turned a dozen Codexers gay?

Can't forget that deep voice from Pillars in-game dev commentary

 

[Anthony Davis]

And yes, I mean Jorge Selgado. I know he worked on New Vegas but I don't know what else.

Who can forget the video that temporarily turned a dozen Codexers gay?

Can't forget that deep voice from Pillars in-game dev commentary

Jorge's voice... If I could bottle that.

I like how Anthony Davis revealed more in 10 minutes of posting than the entire presentation did. If he bothers to read this you have to tell your bosses to do better.

...and I didn't even talk about the game!

 

[Excidium II]

Anthony gonna get reprimanded for killing hype by ending speculations.

 

[Ninjerk]

Obsidian is going to leverage sanctions for breaking the Codex embargo.

 

[Tigranes]

Obsidian is going to leverage sanctions for breaking the Codex embargo.

No, no, the Codex trades in Josh Sawyer stocks more rapidly than any other regional entity. It's a win win relationship.

 

[oldmanpaco]

I like how Anthony Davis revealed more in 10 minutes of posting than the entire presentation did. If he bothers to read this you have to tell your bosses to do better.

...and I didn't even talk about the game!

Well honestly neither did the trailer.

 

[abnaxus]

Looks worse than Kult: Heretic Kingdoms.

 

[Jedi Exile]

Oh yeah, Jorge is still here and that guy is AMAZING. Another unsung hero from FO:NV and PoE. Well, maybe some of his deeds have bubbled up here and there.

He also has a cool voice. If I were a girl, I would be really rooting for him.

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[One-and-a-half-Ivan]

Anthony Davis once again proved to be a true bro

Matt MacLean is on it - I believe as a senior writer (maybe the lead? not sure).

Cool! I know that he's done a lot of work on AP, and that game was excellent in C&C department. Hope it will be the case with Tyranny as well.

 

[FeelTheRads]

Re: Tim Cain, don't forget this interview: http://www.rpgcodex.net/article.php?id=10151

Feargus Urquhart: Not to tease, but we will have news in the next two or three months. We absolutely are looking at crowdfunding one of our next titles as well, so we’ll have news on that soon. I can say it’s been fun to sit around and talk with Tim Cain, Game Director of the original Fallout, about ideas for our next thing. I wish I could talk about it more.

Hey TimCain, was he talking about Tyranny?

no.

So does that mean that there are plans to have Tim Cain lead a game at some point or why hasn't it happened already and instead you have some no-names doing it? That is if there's any other reason besides the fact of just being Obsidian and wasting talent.
Or is he just not interested perhaps?

 

[ArchAngel]

I wonder if this topic is going to reach PoE level proportions even before we actually get some real info about gameplay..

 

[WhatAreYou?ACasul?]

WHAT ABOUT JOSH SAWYER? IS HE IN?

 

[curry]

WHAT ABOUT JOSH SAWYER? IS HE IN?

Josh. Obsidian had issues with Josh at previous projects. Some Obsidian people lobbied to bring him back for Tyranny, feeling that he deserved another chance. That was a mistake. Josh is an ass, and Obsidian won't be working with him again.

 

[Roguey]

Or is he just not interested perhaps?

Tim has explicitly stated he's not interested in leading a team (it's never been fun for him) and would rather just program.

 

[Spectacle]

Sawyer is surely busy doing pre-production work for PoE 2. I don't expect him to have any major role for Tyrrany.

 

[FeelTheRads]

Tim has explicitly stated he's not interested in leading a team (it's never been fun for him) and would rather just program.

That's a damn shame then.
Still I'm thinking more along the lines of lead designer rather than "director" or "producer" or whatever they call now the guy who just sits around and gives orders.
In short I'd like to have again a game with the scope of Fallout or Arcanum.

 

[Infinitron]

Funny, because Tim Cain was actually not the lead designer of Fallout but was the "producer".