Company News Paradox and Obsidian to announce something evil on March 15th

[agris]

There's not necessarily much crossover between people who are interested in politics and people who are interested in games.

Regardless, Mega Tuesday, Obsidian announcement, plus hilarious "Discussion on the Gaming Community" panel at SXSW = extremely news-heavy day.

The general discussion forums on the codex are much more popular the the rpg related ones, I think there's a massive overlap in interests.

Doesn't that mean the opposite? More people are interested in GD / politics than talking about CRPGs.

 

[M. AQVILA]

Never even played POE

I wish I had never played PoE...

 

[himmy]

I disagree. I mean, just look at the Codex itself, Reddit, NeoGAF, even YouTube channels. These are the communities with people who'd care about a stream like this. It's also a subject that will dominate social media.

Well I know I'm going to be multitasking.

Why, you'll get all the news on the Codex. It's basically a big feedreader for games and politics

I wouldn't necessarily describe spewing impotent rage directed at minorities as politics, but fine.

 

[Irenaeus III]

I disagree. I mean, just look at the Codex itself, Reddit, NeoGAF, even YouTube channels. These are the communities with people who'd care about a stream like this. It's also a subject that will dominate social media.

Well I know I'm going to be multitasking.

Why, you'll get all the news on the Codex. It's basically a big feedreader for games and politics

I wouldn't necessarily describe spewing impotent rage directed at minorities as politics, but fine.

That's because you are a faggot.

 

[Vault Dweller]

Possibly related to this?

http://www.pcinvasion.com/obsidians-north-carolina-project-re-purposed-and-signed-to-new-publisher

 

[Irenaeus III]

Xbox One

 

[CptMace]

They pitched it to Microsoft, ofc they pitched a xbox game.

 

[Irenaeus III]

So we already know it's a shitty game, then.

 

[CptMace]

The same way it was established 12 months before release that PoE was utter shit, yes.

 

[Irenaeus III]

PoE is awesome, though. It was also not developed for consoles, but that may be too complex for you to understand.

 

[CptMace]

No don't worry, however sarcasm fled all the way over your head it seems.

But it kinda bugs me, do you really believe that the fact this 2012 project was originally pitched for xbox has - any - relevance to its state today (or in November 2015 for that matter) ? Especially considering they may (pure speculation) have repitched it to Paradox (aka "never-published-a-single-console-game").You didn't think this through did you ?

 

[Bester]

What was it again? Some Skyrim try hard or is it not known at all?

 

[Irenaeus III]

Yeah, last I head it was an Skyrim-style project called Coldlands or something similar. Probably as boring and derivative.

 

[DeepOcean]

The name was Stormlands, people only care because there was Avellone writing in it, could be a Skyrim clone that the lore and story didn't completely suck. Gameplay was another story, Xbox One is a certificate for shitness.

 

[Thonius]

Ugh, consoles. Don`t want a game that was developed with consoles in mind. Or Skyrim. Yacky.

 

[Fairfax]

The name was Stormlands, people only care because there was Avellone writing in it, could be a Skyrim clone that the lore and story didn't completely suck. Gameplay was another story, Xbox One is a certificate for shitness.

He never worked on it, though.

 

[Nines]

Possibly related to this?

http://www.pcinvasion.com/obsidians-north-carolina-project-re-purposed-and-signed-to-new-publisher

That was my first thought, but now I have doubts. Insomniac Games registered IP called Stormland. Not sure if it's related.

 

[Jaesun]

They can just change the name though.

 

[Fairfax]

Possibly related to this?

http://www.pcinvasion.com/obsidians-north-carolina-project-re-purposed-and-signed-to-new-publisher

That was my first thought, but now I have doubts. Insomniac Games registered IP called Stormland. Not sure if it's related.

I thought the same, but it's a weird coincidence.

 

[Raghar]

Possibly related to this?

http://www.pcinvasion.com/obsidians-north-carolina-project-re-purposed-and-signed-to-new-publisher

That was my first thought, but now I have doubts. Insomniac Games registered IP called Stormland. Not sure if it's related.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1384929/
I wonder.

 

[Nines]

Popamolelands then. Although Paradox is not really into conslows, they recently started pushing some PS4 games (Magicka 2, Hollowpoint, and canceled Runemaster), so yeah it can be multiplatform.
Funny thing is, the developer of Hollowpoint was previously a Microsoft's bitch too, developing a bunch of games for them, including Kinect-oriented.

 

[Infinitron]

Stormlands was cancelled. The new game, which is the Project Vermont I mentioned in the OP, will not be called that.

 

[Excidium II]

Stormlands was cancelled. The new game, which is the Project Vermont I mentioned in the OP, will not be called that.

Is there any reason to believe it's not the Eora Skyrim killer?

 

[Infinitron]

Stormlands was cancelled. The new game, which is the Project Vermont I mentioned in the OP, will not be called that.

Is there any reason to believe it's not the Eora Skyrim killer?

Well, yes. That personality quiz suggests that this isn't a fantasy game.

(The alternative is that this "Human Resources" evil game is a separate Paradox game, and Obsidian's logo only appears because they're going to appear during the stream to announce their game as well. But that seems weird.)

 

[Infinitron]

Whoa - here we go. It's Project Vermont.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/toonces

* Designer on Neverwinter Nights 2 (PC)
* Writer on Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer (PC)
* Lead System Designer on Alpha Protocol (PC/Xbox360/PS3)
* Area Designer on Fallout: New Vegas (PC/Xbox360/PS3)
* Systems Lead on Dungeon Siege III (PC/Xbox360/PS3)
* Lead Designer on South Park (PC/Xbox360/PS3)
* Writer on Pillars of Eternity (PC)
* Designer on Unannounced Project

https://www.linkedin.com/in/bheins

Project Director
Obsidian Entertainment
February 2014 – Present (2 years 2 months)