What is it about Obsidian?
The studio which seems mostly to ride on the coat tails of RPG developer giants Bioware and Bethesda always has some means to scratch the itch of role-playing fans. A feeling of ‘old school’ pervades almost every release, just as often in a bad way as much as a good way. Perennially behind the times technologically, their games are often incredibly buggy, the combat is usually just poor, and their animation team composes characters who look like B-movie actors. And yet, there’s a spirit to their games which (unlike their animators) animates all the parts into products which glow with inspiration – that je ne sais quoi. Dare I say it, I actually think their games are good.
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.
What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.
We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.
If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."
Obsidian?the same studio who can't program for shit or produce a solid quality title.We need more studios like CD Projekt Red if anything they're a small team that could produce quality rpgs and they release free dlc.
fallout is a good game? BAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHA..... when developers learn ho to make a true rpg like witcher 2 and dark souls, then come talk, in the meanwhile, they are all streamlined POS games catering the COD masses.
THey are making the South Park game so they are good in my book
Obsidian is awesome.
They gave fallout 3 the personality it lacked with Fallout New Vegas where the world and characters and companions actually mattered.
Neverwinter Nights 2 had some amazing dialogue and characters.
Even Alpha Protocol had it's great moments.
These guys really know how to make an RPG. Imagine if they work on Skyrim, some of those companions won't be pack mules anymore.
I hope there's a kickstarter from them soon ala wasteland 2.
Alpha Protocol 2, please. Just don't cut the dev cycle by 6 months this time.