People News SHOCKER: Chris Avellone leaves Obsidian Entertainment

[Zed]

Avellone wanted to post freely on RPG Codex again.

Simple as that.

 

[Curious_Tongue]

I'd prefer he work over at Double Bear.

Dead State showed a lot of promise.

 

[Perkel]

Just to add fuel to the conspiracy bonfire....

Mr. Fargo never sent any best wishes MCA in any tweets today...

Yeah but he did tweet something else aka "surprised" which means probably that Inxile didn't know about it.

 

[pippin]

I was just reading this
www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-06-08-inxile-fallout-van-buren-trademark

I spoke to Fargo recently, however, and he had more to say - implying he intends to make something Van Buren with Chris Avellone, if and when inXile has time. (Avellone retains close ties to inXile, having been involved in Wasteland 2 and, now, Torment: Tides of Numenera.)

I asked if Fargo was doing anything with the Van Buren trademark. "Not yet," he replied. "But there were some things, some ideas, that Chris Avellone had for doing something that made the post-apoc - a twist on the whole what-was-being-done that we really loved. So we talked about it and we thought why not grab the rights so we can entertain this one of these days.

Wasteland 3 confirmed to be Van Buren.
However, the project will misteriously fail, to be later acquired by Bethesda, who will give us the true Wasteland 3 we all wanted.

 

[Perkel]

Coincidence ?

http://defamer.gawker.com/j-k-rowling-says-american-hogwarts-might-appear-in-1710066867

J. K. Rowling Says "American Hogwarts" Might Appear in Fantastic Beasts

In a recent Twitter Q&A, Harry Potter writer J. K. Rowling—who has so much money, I bet—can you even imagine—look how her skin glows—offered a few hints about certain elements of her upcoming film adaptation of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Among the things hinted at: a possible American Hogwarts.

“A possible American Hogwarts,” you’re thinking. “Now I’ve heard everything!” I know, man.Here’s what she said about the chance that Newt Scamander, played by Eddie Redmayne, might run into some wizarding American students:

Avellone X Rowling. No one expected that.

 

[Stainless Veteran]

I'd prefer he work over at Double Bear.

Dead State showed a lot of promise.

Please, kind sir, do aquaint yourself with Annie Mitsoda's twitter account before making such statements. Do you really want MCA to work with her circle of friends, and making games catered to them? Indie non-binary :incloosive:games? Because that is what they will going to do, as they stated that they won't make a RPG for a while, if ever.

 

[Jaesun]

Just to add fuel to the conspiracy bonfire....

Mr. Fargo never sent any best wishes MCA in any tweets today...

Yeah but he did tweet something else aka "surprised" which means probably that Inxile didn't know about it.

But note he never sent a tweet such as "Good luck Chris on where ever you decide to go" etc...

Because I'm betting Mr. Fargo is squealing with glee and shouting r00fles!

 

[Zed]

Jon Burke ‏@IridiumGameDev 3h3 hours ago
Jon Burke retweeted Chris Avellone

Wishing you best, friend! See you next week!

either he's doing a farewell party thingy, or he's joining bethesda next week. which is a little weird because usually you start new jobs at the first of a month.

 

[Athelas]

You don't usually wish someone the best when they're about to become your colleague.

Although I probably shouldn't be nipping this in the bud, when it could lead to some massive premature butthurt.

 

[Jaesun]

Jon Burke ‏@IridiumGameDev 3h3 hours ago
Jon Burke retweeted Chris Avellone

Wishing you best, friend! See you next week!

either he's doing a farewell party thingy, or he's joining bethesda next week. which is a little weird because usually you start new jobs at the first of a month.

I'm sure MCA is probably going to attend E3 and that guy just happens to be there.

 

[Nikaido]

There's no point in Obsidian anymore. The hope for a game mostly written by MCA was the only thing that could've made them interesting considering they fail at everything else, such as gameplay.

Oh well, Avellone hasn't even truly involved himself in any of their recent major RPG releases.. so I guess that outcome was predictable.

 

[Johannes]

Word on the street is that he's gonna work on Sonic The Hedgehog games.

 

[Delbaeth]

In before kickstarting a new Wasteland food side project: Wasteland Van Houten.

 

[Curious_Tongue]

You don't usually wish someone the best when they're about to become your colleague.

Although I probably shouldn't be nipping this in the bud, when it could lead to some massive premature butthurt.

Maybe another studio in the Zenimax family?

 

[Infinitron]

Yes, they're talking about E3. Brother None, get some answers while you're there.

 

[Peacefriend]

Telltale.

 

[Ulrox]

I was just reading this
www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-06-08-inxile-fallout-van-buren-trademark

I spoke to Fargo recently, however, and he had more to say - implying he intends to make something Van Buren with Chris Avellone, if and when inXile has time. (Avellone retains close ties to inXile, having been involved in Wasteland 2 and, now, Torment: Tides of Numenera.)

I asked if Fargo was doing anything with the Van Buren trademark. "Not yet," he replied. "But there were some things, some ideas, that Chris Avellone had for doing something that made the post-apoc - a twist on the whole what-was-being-done that we really loved. So we talked about it and we thought why not grab the rights so we can entertain this one of these days.

And here people are wondering what MCA is doing - obviously he's been hired by Fargo. I remember Fargo saying that his success came from making sure he had a lot of talented people around himself. Van Buren is going to be the spiritual successor to Fallout, which is why MCA has a picture on his twitter that he missed fallout.

Vault Dweller is right on the money I'd say with Obsidian no longer being fun.

 

[Jedi Exile]

First MCA posts on Codex, then he leaves Obsidian. Coincidence?

Seriously, I totally didn't see that coming, although Avellone wasn't very active lately (after Alpha Protocol). He also did a lot of projects on the side. Perhaps these were the indications that he was already planning to leave. I hope he stays in the industry, Chris is one of a very few people who can write and design interesting quests.

 

[pippin]

Well, considering New Vegas used half of the Van Buren premise, what could they possibly do? Fallout 4 DLC?

 

[commie]

PoE will forever be known as the game that made Avellone leave, what a legacy

My signed copy of POE with an Avellone smiley just went up in value 100 fold.

 

[Perkel]

First MCA posts in Codex

?

 

[Deleted member 7219]

I hope Avellone stays in the video game industry. I want him to carry on making great games, and not pitching in every now and then on indie titles like FTL.

 

[Ulminati]

Fallout 4 programmer @ Bethesda says "See you next week" to MCA. DISCUSS!!

 

[Athelas]

Why don't you scroll a few posts up?

That guy used to work at Obsidian, by the way.

 

[HiddenX]

He can join the good side (= Van Buren project) or the dark side (= Fallout 4)...