MCA leaves Obsidian

[Anthedon]

https://twitter.com/ChrisAvellone/status/608274470768222209

I have officially left Obsidian Entertainment to accept a sudden opening as the Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor at Hogwarts.

 

[Sensuki]

(The first part is serious, but much love and well wishes to my fellow devs, good folks one and all.)

Wow ... well there you go

Move to inXile and get away from the "safe RPGs"

 

[DrLocrian]

[url=https://twitter.com/ChrisAvellone/status/608274687353692161]Chris Avellone ‏@ChrisAvellone 7m7 minutes ago[/URL]

(The first part is serious, but much love and well wishes to my fellow devs, good folks one and all.)

 

[Chateaubryan]

https://twitter.com/ChrisAvellone/status/608274470768222209

I have officially left Obsidian Entertainment to accept a sudden opening as the Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor at Hogwarts.

I just saw it. Though it was a joke at first.
Shortly after, he added :

(The first part is serious, but much love and well wishes to my fellow devs, good folks one and all.)

 

[Infinitron]

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

Creative Director/Chief Creative Officer/Co-Owner
Obsidian Entertainment, Inc.
June 2003 – May 2015 (12 years)

 

[Athelas]

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[Latro]

RIP to an era, good luck to Avellone

 

[kain30]

(The first part is serious, but much love and well wishes to my fellow devs, good folks one and all.)

Wow ... well there you go

Move to inXile and get away from the "safe RPGs"

i agree with you sensuki, i hope he ended working with fargo

 

[Sensuki]

He may stay independent, but he was clearly being held back at Obsidian from doing what he wants.

Perhaps something happened on the project he was Creative Lead on that forced the decision too ?

 

[Bleed the Man]

WOW, totally speechless right now.

What the hell happened

 

[PeachPlumage]

Congrats to Avellone. Good luck, Sir

 

[Latro]

He may stay independent, but he was clearly being held back at Obsidian from doing what he wants.

Perhaps something happened on the project he was Creative Lead on that forced the decision too ?

I'd be interested if he developed more on his personal book projects, whatever happened to those? He'd be a fine author if he ever wanted to retire from game development.

 

[Bester]

Good. Tim Cain next i HOPE.

 

[Prime Junta]

Anticipating the butthurt when he announces he's now working for Bethsoft.

 

[Chateaubryan]

(The first part is serious, but much love and well wishes to my fellow devs, good folks one and all.)

Wow ... well there you go

Move to inXile and get away from the "safe RPGs"

i agree with you sensuki, i hope he ended working with fargo

Apparently not the case.

 

[Zorba the Hutt]

Anticipating the butthurt when he announces he's now working for Bethsoft.

I was halfway through writing a lame joke about working in close quarters with Sawyer, but can't help thinking about this sort of thing too. MCA's a bit of a wild card - creative lead on Depression Quest 2?

 

[Sensuki]

Full time Kickstarter Stretch Goal

 

[ArchAngel]

So he is going to be making a Harry Potter RPG? :D

 

[Bester]

Oh, come on. Fargo was the "woman" who listened to MCA complain about a "bad wife" (SJWawyer) for 2 years. Now Fargo's acting all surprised and innocent, but in a week they'll be announcing their marriage, you'll see.

 

[ArchAngel]

Anticipating the butthurt when he announces he's now working for Bethsoft.

Only if they make him the lead designer.

 

[Perkel]

Looks like Arcanum LP was too much for him...

Either way holy fuck. Maybe he will create new studio with kickstarter

 

[Sensuki]

Anticipating the butthurt when he announces he's now working for Bethsoft.

You know, however unlikely I wouldn't bet against something like that. It's a shame because I have no desire to play popamole RPGs no matter how good the story/writing is.

 

[agris]

I'm guessing he's going into comics, or joining inXile. He also might freelance in both comics and games. We'll see soon enough.

 

[undecaf]

Aww, shit...

Good luck to Chris in his future endeavors!

But... aww, shit...

 

[GarfunkeL]

At first I thought it was a joke but it seems that he is actually leaving for good but doesn't want to name his new employer or project quite yet.