Earlier this year in May, Chris Avellone had an interview with TechRaptor on his relationship with Obsidian. During the past week he's continued to post some more of his grievances toward Obsidian Executives on his twitter account (was going to just post an article link but it seems the website was filtered), while the news came in on Microsoft acquiring Obsidian Entertainment.
Microsoft officially announced the acquisition on November 10th (with the initial rumors/leaks beforehand), and I transcribed the tweets and just marked other people's names as anonymous.. just because I guess
https://twitter.com/ChrisAvellone/status/1060051700155789312
>@ChrisAvellone : @XboxP3, if you ARE doing a deal with Obsidian Ent., I’d really, really look at Pillars of Eternity sales figures (which Fig has indirectly revealed this month, and tried to be cagey about it). Good devs there, terrible management – Hire the devs, fire the chaff at the top. [November 6th]
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>>(Anonymous) : This seems a little petty tbh. You've been spending too much time reading RPGCodex.
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>->(Anonymous) : Dunno if you've been out of the loop but Chris previously laid everything out about how horrid the upper management at Obsidian has been.
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>-->(Anonymous) : And his word is not to be trusted at all. He's a classic case of a disgruntled employee, and his story could be extremely one sided. As is showcased by Eric Fenstermaker, who in his own words has a very different recollection of events Avellone is talking about.
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>---> **@ChrisAvellone : Just to get the facts straight (and you can check these): neither of the 2 people who spoke about Obs. refuted anything I had said. Also, both are no longer at the company – the more vocal of the two resigned a month ago based on owner treatment, ironically (you can check). If you read what Eric said, he even agreed with what I said happened, then blamed me for something else (that he had done, again, ironically). Both, though, had dif. experiences (except maybe the one who just resigned), that’s true of a lot of dev’s experiences at Obsidian. People are definitely treated differently, and not solely along gender lines: There’s favoritism and nepotism, which mak
I know it sounds weird but I want them to at least know how important it is that not only are they porting it to PC but even releasing it on Steam. I'm not a fan of Halo and I probably wouldn't have bought MCC, however seeing it being released on Steam, I've decided to purchase it not only to get into the series but more so to kinda show my support in times where other companies are screwing up so badly.
Please help
For those watching the Xbox Gamescom stream on Mixer, Shannon Loftis just announced that three Kinect games from Xbox 360 are being ported to Xbox One with both Kinect or controller input. These will be Microsoft Studios' first Kinect titles since 2014:
- Disneyland Adventures
- Rush: A Disney Pixar Adventure
- Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection
Here is a tweet with a screenshot from the stream.
The lineup we were shown today was super diverse and I have never been more excited to be part of the Xbox community.
side note: with gears specifically it looked like they really heavily invested in story telling... cant wait!
Not sure if they ever bring keyboard and mouse support to Xbox One, but I guess we could possibly be getting it on Xbox One in the future.
More interactive type games like Until Dawn, Tell Tale Games, Heavy Rain.
Edit: Psychonauts 2 will still be arriving on all platforms: https://twitter.com/doublefine/status/1137829847131013120?s=21
This engine sounds amazing , and maybe MS can use it like EA uses Frostbite engine.
Earlier this year in May, Chris Avellone had an interview with TechRaptor on his relationship with Obsidian. During the past week he's continued to post some more of his grievances toward Obsidian Executives on his twitter account, while the news came in on Microsoft acquiring Obsidian Entertainment.
Microsoft officially announced the acquisition on November 10th (with the initial rumors/leaks beforehand), and I transcribed the tweets and just marked other people's names as anonymous.. just because I guess
https://twitter.com/ChrisAvellone/status/1060051700155789312
>@ChrisAvellone : @XboxP3, if you ARE doing a deal with Obsidian Ent., I’d really, really look at Pillars of Eternity sales figures (which Fig has indirectly revealed this month, and tried to be cagey about it). Good devs there, terrible management – Hire the devs, fire the chaff at the top. [November 6th]
>
>>(Anonymous) : This seems a little petty tbh. You've been spending too much time reading RPGCodex.
>
>->(Anonymous) : Dunno if you've been out of the loop but Chris previously laid everything out about how horrid the upper management at Obsidian has been.
>
>-->(Anonymous) : And his word is not to be trusted at all. He's a classic case of a disgruntled employee, and his story could be extremely one sided. As is showcased by Eric Fenstermaker, who in his own words has a very different recollection of events Avellone is talking about.
>
>---> **@ChrisAvellone : Just to get the facts straight (and you can check these): neither of the 2 people who spoke about Obs. refuted anything I had said. Also, both are no longer at the company – the more vocal of the two resigned a month ago based on owner treatment, ironically (you can check). If you read what Eric said, he even agreed with what I said happened, then blamed me for something else (that he had done, again, ironically). Both, though, had dif. experiences (except maybe the one who just resigned), that’s true of a lot of dev’s experiences at Obsidian. People are definitely treated differently, and not solely along gender lines: There’s favoritism and nepotism, which makes the work environment worse. If you read Glassdoor, you’ll see these same the
