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Obsidian General Discussion Thread

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Nooo, my platonic love left Obsidian. :negative:
 
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Obsidian Entertainment -> Springboard Entertainment :P

(Although this isn't as blatant as Ferret Baudoin's abandonment of NWN2)

I don’t believe Ferret abandoned NWN2 (he cared about the project very much). Both he and Katrina I wouldn’t categorize in that light, that’d be unfair to both of them.

Also, while Blizzard got some of the Obsidian folks who resigned (including Obsidian’s previous hiring manager), ArenaNet has hired a lot of ex-Obsidian folks as well - the numbers in recent years might be comparable to the ones who left for Blizzard.
 

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It would almost speak well of MMO companies to hire ex-RPG-developers if they weren't somehow just losing them in development as gears in the grind somewhere, writing some kill 8 wolves quest that no one really reads.
 

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If he cared so much about Neverwinter Nights 2, why did he voluntarily quit at the most crucial moment? Are you implying that he was plainly fired? That would make sense, considering how mismanaged NWN2 was before Sawyer took the reins.
otoh it doesn't quite make so much sense for a guy fired for mismanagement to immediately get a job at a bigger, more successful RPG developer and to cling to that job long enough until he can jump ship to an even more successful RPG developer once the writing's on the wall at his present employer. That does come across as the career path of a good social engineer though (hence the praise..?). :P
 

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In other news, Sawyer will do a talk at Reboot Develop 2018 conference (April 19-21, 2018): http://www.rebootdevelop.hr/speakers/

Josh is a video game director and game designer best known for his amazing work on more then few legendary RPGs from Black Isle glory days, including being designer and director on Icewind Dale II, Neverwinter Nights 2 and Fallout: New Vegas, as well as the cancelled Van Buren and Baldur’s Gate III: The Black Hound. He is currently working as game director at Obisdian Entertainment and he was the Project Director and Lead Designer on Pillars of Eternity, homage to the legendary Baldur’s Gate. He is right now acting as the Game Director of Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire which is to release in early 2017.

Schedule: http://www.rebootdevelop.hr/RebootDevelop2018_Schedule_prefinal.pdf

His talk is
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Thursday, 19 of April - 16:00-17:00
Take Care (Industry)


Josh Sawyer, Obsidian Entertainment

Will he announce retirement?

("Industry" is the talk's category, not part of the title.)

Also panel:

Friday, 20th of April - 17:30-18:30
PANEL: Evolving the Genre


Panelists: Jullian Gollop, Patrice Desilets, Charles Cecil, Josh Sawyer, Moderator: Dan Pearson
 

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