Obsidian's XBLA title 'on hold'

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Nsanity on 17 March 2012

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Obsidian Entertainment announced last year that it was working on "an original IP XBLA game," but times have changed. Targeting a launch for the first quarter of 2012, Obsidian CEO Feargus Urquhart said at the time it would be an "action RPG that's focused on fun."

Checking in with Urguhart about the project, we were told, "That project is currently on hold; we are looking at where we might want to take it."

It's been a rough news week for Obsidian, as layoffs hit the company and it came to light that the studio missed a bonus based on Fallout: New Vegas' metacritic score by one point. Obsidian is most definitely working on the South Park RPG at the moment, which will be published by the even more financially troubled publisher, THQ

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badgenome on 17 March 2012

Shit. Sounds like Obsidian's going down for the count.

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badgenome said:
Shit. Sounds like Obsidian's going down for the count

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Painful times for them.

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Scoobes on 17 March 2012

I really hope Obsidian survives these layoffs and their current situation. Outside of Bioware and Bethesda they're one of the best WRPG developers around and their games actually tend to have more originality in their storylines.