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[Borys]

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[Damian79]

Dungeon Seige 4?

[The Sceneman]

Alpha Protocol 2

[Stoney Mason]

I bet it won't be buggy and broken and unpolished at all like everything else they've put out this gen!

[archnemesis]

Who owns the D&D license after Atari lost it?

[tiesto]

Dungeon Seige 4?

Would make the most sense. I can't really think of any other fantasy western RPG series that's 3 entries long that could be outsourced to Obsidian.

[Great Rumbler]

Good to see that Obsidian is still getting work.

Who owns the D&D license after Atari lost it?

Wizards of the Coast owns the D&D license.

[archnemesis]

Have they licensed it to someone else recently?

[Great Rumbler]

Here's the full story:

As part of the agreement, Hasbro will regain the digital licensing rights to the Dungeons & Dragons franchise. However, Atari will still be able to sell and develop a selection of games under the license, including its recently released downloadable action game Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale and the upcoming Facebook game Heroes of Neverwinter.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=440992

[archnemesis]

Daggerdale was pretty crappy. Hopefully a more competent developer will pick up again.

I guess another Dungeon Siege makes sense. Even though it reviewed poorly (72 on Metacritic) it sold okay and I'm sure it was cheap to make. They can probably reuse a bunch of assets, listen to some feedback and release it on 3+ platforms again.

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Alpha Protocol 2

My fingers were crossed when I entered this thread.

[Great Rumbler]

I'm certain I've seen that symbol with the snaking eating its own tail somewhere before, and I really want to say that it was Dungeon Siege 3 but I can't find anything to prove that.

[Tucah]

Probably DS4 but oh god the things I'd do for Alpha Protocol 2.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

Baldur's Gate 3 believe

[Great Rumbler]

[archnemesis]

Unless it's Alpha Protocol 2 (and it's not) and hoping it's a completely new IP.

[Van Cruncheon]

torment 2

[Great Rumbler]

torment 2

Would be nice, but unlikely.

[Human Snorenado]

I'm betting on some sort of Lovecraftian horror rpg.  Which will make me set aside my policy on not buying Obsidian games... dammit.

[Momo]

Has Atari done anything worthwhile since warping into some mobile/social/retro company?

[The Sceneman]

Has Atari done anything worthwhile since warping into some mobile/social/retro company?

are they any of those things? I thought the Atari brand was some kind of stale sandwich companies bought off each other and passed around

[archnemesis]

They're pretty active making games nobody cares about.

[Momo]

I keep seeing them on my twitter feed all the time, my care level however has dropped well below zero since Ghostbusters and Alone in the Dark TNN

[chronovore]

They're pretty active making games nobody cares about.

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.

[demi]

It's not AP2 thankfully, they want a game that will actually SELL and be GOOD

Dungeon Siege 3 did middle for both.

[The Sceneman]

They're pretty active making games nobody cares about.

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.

 

someone bump that awesome internal email dump thread

[The Sceneman]

It's not AP2 thankfully, they want a game that will actually SELL and be GOOD

Dungeon Siege 3 did middle for both.

Did you 1k Alpha Protocol? An awesome ride.

[Great Rumbler]

[The Sceneman]

It spins thus.

[pilonv1]

Has to be Torment 2 with all that talk about pain and waking up.

[Great Rumbler]

If it's Torment 2, it better have the right music.

Brian Fargo already dug Mark Morgan from out of whatever hole he was hiding in to do the Wasteland 2 soundtrack, so it would be a pretty bizarre turn of events if Chris Avellone didn't bring him on for Torment 2.

[pilonv1]

Wonder if Beamdog can do an update of Torment as well as BG?

[Great Rumbler]

Wonder if Beamdog can do an update of Torment as well as BG?

Probably not, but most of what they would do to update Torment has already been done by fans and then some.

[Joe Molotov]

It spins thus.

Wheel of Time RPG?

[Great Rumbler]

It spins thus.

Wheel of Time RPG?

(Image removed from quote.)

The snake logo and some of the wording definitely makes it sound like that [and Obsidian was reported to be working together with another company on a WoT RPG]. But none of the places and people mentioned specifically in these riddles have anything remotely to do with the Wheel of Time

[Great Rumbler]

[Joe Molotov]

Watchmen RPG. Or Wheel of Time Expanded Universe.

[Great Rumbler]

Some people are speculating that it's going to be a Highlander RPG.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

I can't wait for Obsidian's new game!

[Great Rumbler]

BEATLES RPG?!

[Howard Alan Treesong]

Not quite.

[Himu]

[Great Rumbler]

It's Kickstarter:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/obsidian/project-eternity

[Himu]

Of a turn based isometric rpg

Rumbler you're slipping

[Joe Molotov]

This will probably be the second kickstarter I contribute to.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

[archnemesis]

I need to pay $160 if I want a cloth map? I'm sitting this one out.

You need to rehost that Howard if you want anyone else to see it.

[Great Rumbler]

Just put down $20.

[Bebpo]

I kinda skimmed the kickstarter.  Is it a traditional orcs/elves/dwarves middle-earth fantasy setting?  Because the map looks like that and it's my least favorite setting in rpgs, especially coming from obsidian which has done really interesting settings with planescape, fallout, alpha protocol.

Will still kick in something, but less excited if it's going to be a baldur's gate style rpg.

[Cerveza mas fina]

Reading a kickstarter like that just breaks through that barrier of magic and astonishment that should come with a new game.

We shouldnt know this shit.

Project Eternity will take the central hero, memorable companions and the epic exploration of Baldur’s Gate, add in the fun, intense combat and dungeon diving of Icewind Dale, and tie it all together with the emotional writing and mature thematic exploration of Planescape: Torment.

I dont want to know what they are aiming for, its just horrible if they give all these points up front.

[Great Rumbler]

Is it a traditional orcs/elves/dwarves middle-earth fantasy setting?

Seems more like Game of Thrones than Lord of the Rings, but yes, it is fantasy.

[Great Rumbler]

Project Eternity will take the central hero, memorable companions and the epic exploration of Baldur’s Gate, add in the fun, intense combat and dungeon diving of Icewind Dale, and tie it all together with the emotional writing and mature thematic exploration of Planescape: Torment.

I dont want to know what they are aiming for, its just horrible if they give all these points up front.

How are they supposed to sell this game to fans if they can't tell fans what they're aiming to do?

"We are making an RPG. It will definitely feature dungeons and characters. Combat will also play a role."

[Cerveza mas fina]

Project Eternity will take the central hero, memorable companions and the epic exploration of Baldur’s Gate, add in the fun, intense combat and dungeon diving of Icewind Dale, and tie it all together with the emotional writing and mature thematic exploration of Planescape: Torment.

I dont want to know what they are aiming for, its just horrible if they give all these points up front.

How are they supposed to sell this game to fans if they can't tell fans what they're aiming to do?

"We are making an RPG. It will definitely feature dungeons and characters. Combat will also play a role."

I know, but you know what I mean

[Human Snorenado]

It's Kickstarter:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/obsidian/project-eternity

Not surprised. It isn't like publishers are throwing money at them to make games.

And yeah, this will be successful in no time. I bet it hits 1 million in under 5 days.

It's gained around 500 backers and 30k in the 15 minutes or so I've been durdling around on the kickstarter page... one of whom may or may not have been me for $65

I'm kind of giving them money and just crossing my fingers I get a playable game one day. 

[chronovore]

Signs point to successful funding.

[Cerveza mas fina]

Ofc it will get it, Obsidian has a big fanbase.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

I gave ... a lot of money  :'(

[Human Snorenado]

I know what you did Treesong

Over 200k now.  Should coast to the goal within the first day or two.

[Bebpo]

I guess this is the 2nd? time that a major non-indie developer is using kickstarter to fund a game.  Doublefine made a ton, but it was also the first of the wave.  A half year later, will be interesting to see if Obsidian can get similar results.

[Human Snorenado]

The funny thing is I can't be arsed to spend that $65ish on a game that I *know* is coming out next week (Borderlands 2) that I *know* I will get some enjoyment out of, but zomg just PROMISE me a new Obsidian rpg and I fork over the money like a rube.

The thing that worries me is there's no timetable that I could see on that kickstarter page.