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Microsoft nearing a deal for Obsidian ent.

Posted on 10/9/18 at 3:33 pm
Posted by SeeeeK
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Posted on 10/9/18 at 3:33 pm
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Microsoft is finalizing a deal to acquire the independent development studio Obsidian Entertainment, according to three people briefed on the negotiations. We don’t know if ink is on paper yet, and plenty of major acquisition deals have fallen apart in the final hours, but those close to the companies believe it is all but done.



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Posted by DoUrden
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Posted on 10/9/18 at 3:36 pm to
Posted by bmy
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Posted on 10/9/18 at 4:14 pm to
Rip
Posted by LSU Coyote
Member since Sep 2007
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Posted on 10/9/18 at 4:30 pm to
Well this sucks.
Posted by McCaigBro69
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Posted on 10/9/18 at 4:56 pm to
I was at the Microsoft office today in Dallas. Should I go back tomorrow and tell them to frick off?
Posted by Parmen
Member since Apr 2016
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Posted on 10/9/18 at 5:30 pm to
RIP Obsidian. They can join Bioware and Rare, among other developers, who were purchased by giants and ruined.
Posted by sicboy
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Member since Nov 2010
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Posted on 10/9/18 at 5:34 pm to
This isn't EA. I trust Phil Spencer to be doing this to do some much needed shoring up of there 1st party library, not to absorb assets.
Posted by Parmen
Member since Apr 2016
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Posted on 10/9/18 at 5:40 pm to
quote:

This isn't EA. I trust Phil Spencer to be doing this to do some much needed shoring up of there 1st party library, not to absorb assets.


Nah. They're ruined.
Posted by Korin
Member since Jan 2014
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Posted on 10/9/18 at 5:57 pm to
quote:

This isn't EA. I trust Phil Spencer to be doing this to do some much needed shoring up of there 1st party library, not to absorb assets.

It wasn't EA who ruined Rare.
Posted by Devious
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Posted on 10/9/18 at 6:05 pm to
BUT WHAT ARE THE 13 PEOPLE THAT LIKE PILLARS OF ETERNITY GOING TO DO???

This isn't a big deal.
Posted by sicboy
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Posted on 10/9/18 at 6:38 pm to
And before anyone asks, no, this doesn't mean a sequel to New Vegas. Bethesda doesn't need to sub out their IP anymore, nor do they want to.
Posted by HeavyCore
Member since Sep 2012
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Posted on 10/9/18 at 6:38 pm to
Most of the people that made the games you know and love don't work for Obsidian any longer.

Just look at the way they treated Chris Avellone in his departure.

It's not the same company anymore, hasn't been since 2015.

Let Microsoft have them.
Posted by oauron
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Member since Sep 2011
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Posted on 10/9/18 at 7:18 pm to
quote:

And before anyone asks, no, this doesn't mean a sequel to New Vegas. Bethesda doesn't need to sub out their IP anymore, nor do they want to.

That's because they don't want to be shown up by someone outside their studio.
Posted by sicboy
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Member since Nov 2010
79339 posts
Posted on 10/9/18 at 7:40 pm to
Because they are big enough now.



But I get you.
Posted by hawgfaninc
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Member since Nov 2011
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Posted on 10/9/18 at 8:14 pm to
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This isn't EA. I trust Phil Spencer

^^^^^^
Posted by Henry Jones Jr
Member since Jun 2011
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Posted on 10/9/18 at 8:56 pm to
I don't mind Microsoft. It's not like it's EA
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