FleshEatingZipper writes: Obsidian wants to build a 2D isometric RPG in the style of their previous wares. It’s technically a smaller project than most of their previous work and you can tell it in their ask: $1.1 million. Just to put that in perspective, Double Fine says that their Xbox Live Arcade games, which were admirable, but hardly groundbreakers, cost between two to three million each to produce, this with an existing engine and tons of amazing talent.
Ten of the highest funded crowdfunded games to date.
AusGamers chats with prominent games industry figure, Obsidian Entertainment founder and CEO Feargus Urquhart about the upcoming Project Eternity, the recently announced Armored Warfare, the studio’s involvement in Russian MMO Skyforge, and more.
With publisher Paradox Entertainment having recently taken on marketing and distribution duties for Pillars of Eternity, AusGamers was fortunate enough to score some quality Q&A time with Obsidian Entertainment's Josh Sawyer to discuss the studio's much anticipated crowdfunded return to the classic party-based isometric-style RPG.
In this interview, Josh discusses the nuances of the game's development process and confirms the studio's intention for some manner of public beta testing ahead of the game's now planned late 2014 launch
