Game News Obsidian Teases New RPG - 'Project X'

[Zed]

Tags: Obsidian Entertainment; Project X

Obsidian has put up a new splash screen on their website. It has the number 4 (which I assume is a countdown - in days?) and a prosperian riddle written on it:

What do the words mean?

Nothing. The Dirge of Eír Glanfath is sound without form, a lone voice crying out in mourning because it must.​

They also opened up a forum to discuss said mystery project, with the following description:

A new forum is up for Obsidian's next RPG endeavor. So secret not even its project codename is yet being revealed. Speculate here...​

Some people over at NeoGAF found this in the page source code:

!--. X . X X . X X -->
<!-- To tenderness, fellowship. To fellowship, vigilance. So bring we all to the Night Market. I am the Spindle of Esenath. Know me by my light and stand with me in darkness. -->​

So, uh, Eír Glanfath and Esenath. Anyone know if those names are from anywhere?

It is most likely Josh Sawyer's project. Let's hope it's the long-awaited Torment-like game. Or something else that isn't a multiplatform ARPG.

 

[Excidium]

Fallout 4.

Vikings instead of Romans

 

[Zed]

Dungeon Siege 4

 

[Infinitron]

Read the relevant thread on GRPG please.

 

[thesoup]

hopw roewur ne, MCA.

 

[Excidium]

Dungeon Siege 4

That would be funny. This sort of tease for yet another Dungeon Siege game. I'M SO HYPED

 

[MuscleSpark]

Here's a riddle:
Everyone who knows about this and isn't telling us is a ____lord.

Every day I will reveal one of the 4 letters to complete the word.

Dismiss me I'm just butthurt.

 

[Zed]

Read the relevant thread on GRPG please.

For what?

 

[mote]

That symbol kinda looks like TNO's tattoo.

 

[Stinger]

It's an Ouroboros, not really related to the symbol of Torment.

 

[Excidium]

He's joking, I don't think it's possible to be that stupid

 

[Rivmusique]

It's a dragon, it is in a ball, seems pretty clear to me that a Dragonball RPG is on its way. Case closed.

 

[Major_Blackhart]

So, is that a bit of Gaelic tongue or something similar?

 

[Sordid MCA/Prosper Hybryd]

Dragon Age: New Tevinter

Feat. gay-romances written by the holy Tim Cain.

 

[deuxhero]

I think we are better off trying to guess the publisher at this point.

Of the western publishers, Obsidian has alreddy failed a lot of them and it is doubtful they will fund a new project, while most eastern ones work on vastly smaller budgets than Obsidian uses.

I'm going to guess this is their XBLA title (an aRPG that focuses on fun they have called it) because it is on Obsidian's site, not a publishers.

 

[Jaesun]

:cautiously fapping:

 

[Azrael the cat]

I think we are better off trying to guess the publisher at this point.

Of the western publishers, Obsidian has alreddy failed a lot of them and it is doubtful they will fund a new project, while most eastern ones work on vastly smaller budgets than Obsidian uses.

I'm going to guess this is their XBLA title (an aRPG that focuses on fun they have called it) because it is on Obsidian's site, not a publishers.

In all seriousness? I'm guessing that Obsidian's next publisher will be Bethesda (again). They made money for them with FO:NV (the fact that they didn't make the metacritic score would have been a bonus given that the game was both successful and ended up with a good reputation outside the Codex), and would have been able to form personal contacts with the company. Bethesda has traditionally been a much better publisher than a developer; regardless of their games, they at least have some experience with making crpgs and ANY experience making crpgs is going to be an incline from most publishers (e.g. comprehension of the possibility for long-sellers rather than measuring success solely by the launch).

 

[deuxhero]

With the way Bethesda whores out the reveals of its games, they I especially doubt would be the publisher.

 

[Jaesun]

It would be complete fucking irony if Obsidian WAS doing Fallout 4 (with them currently assisting in Wasteland 2). However it would fully incline the Fallout series (as New Vegas showed).... in general. Except for the fucking horrible game engine. Of which they would have no control over, as it needs to be "mass accessible".

Still wondering what the fuck this is. But not holding my breath, just yet...

 

[Anthony Davis]

What if it is Bethesda buying Obsidian?

 

[Jasede]

I think I'll have to ignore you for that, Mr. Davis.

 

[Stinger]

What if it is Bethesda buying Obsidian?

It would certainly explain the 'lone voice crying out in mourning because it must'.

 

[Jaesun]

What if it is Bethesda buying Obsidian?

There is no way Obsidian would be that fucking stupid.

The KS project they (hopefully) do should show that.

Bethesda SHOULD however take note and contract Obsidian more. Hell writing and quest design is something Bethesda could benefit greatly from Obsidian.

 

[J1M]

If it's Dungeon Siege 4 I'm not going to even read a preview until I see confirmation that it is turn-based.

FYI game journalists, real-time-with-pause is not turn-based.

 

[Country_Gravy]

I will buy this game.