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Obsidian Entertainment Announces Pillars of Eternity

Mike Hudson

pillarsObsidian Entertainment, the developer of Fallout: New Vegas, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II, South Park: The Stick of Truth, and the Kickstarter funded Pillars of Eternity, announced today they are entering into a partnership with Zero Radius Games to launch the upcoming card game, Pillars of Eternity – Lords of the Eastern Reach.

Developed by Zero Radius Games, Pillars of Eternity – Lords of the Eastern Reach, is a multi-player card game designed by veteran game designer Chris Taylor (Lead Designer Fallout 1) along with Obsidian’s own Scott Everts and John Lewis.  Featuring characters, locations, and items from the popular Pillars of Eternitycomputer RPG, Lords of the Eastern Reach if a fast competitive game set in the unique world of Eora.

“We are hugely excited to bring Pillars of Eternity to board and card gamers like us” said CEO Feargus Urquhart.  “Using Kickstarter to fund the Pillars of Eternitycomputer game has allowed us not only to deliver an amazing electronic experience, but now let’s us expand the Pillars of Eternity universe with new and different games.”

“Having been friends and colleagues with the team at Obsidian, partnering with them for this project is natural fit”, said Designer Chris Taylor.

Pillars of Eternity -Lords of the Eastern Reach is now available on Kickstarter.

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Obsidian Announces Pathfinder License

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Obsidian to partner with Paizo Inc. to release electronic Pathfinder games

INDIANAPOLIS — August 13, 2014 — Obsidian Entertainment, the developer ofFallout: New Vegas, South Park: the Stick of Truth and the Kickstarter phenomenonPillars of Eternity, announced that they have entered into a long-term licensing partnership with Paizo Inc. to produce electronic games based on its popular Pathfinder Roleplaying Game intellectual property
 
Obsidian’s first licensed product will be a tablet game based on the highly successfulPathfinder Adventure Card game, a cooperative game for 1 to 4 players. Players each have a unique character composed of a deck of cards and a set of stats. Characters have classes such as fighter, rogue, wizard and cleric, as well as numbers that define attributes such as strength, wisdom and charisma etc. Players will be able to customize their deck to better suit each individual’s vision of their character.
 
“At Obsidian we have a long history of working with the greatest RPG franchises, and we’re thrilled to get to play in the Pathfinder universe now,” said CEO Feargus Urquhart.  “We’re huge fans and can’t wait to bring what we do in the electronic gaming world to Pathfinder fans everywhere”.
 
In the world of Pathfinder, players take on the role of brave adventurers fighting to survive in a world beset by magic and evil. The Pathfinder RPG is currently translated into multiple languages, with hundreds of thousands of players worldwide. The Pathfinder brand has also been licensed for comic book series, graphic novels, miniatures, plush toys, apparel, and is being developed into a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game.
 
“Obsidian is a video game developer at the top of its game”, said Paizo CEO Lisa Stevens. “Being able to bring that type of experience and passion to Pathfinder can only mean great things, both for our loyal Pathfinder community and for all fans of great CRPG’s.”
 
Obsidian will be at Gen Con 2014 showing off an early prototype of the digitalPathfinder Adventure Card Game in the Paizo booth (#203) and in their own booth (#2151) featuring the first consumer hands on for Pillars of Eternity. 
 
About Obsidian Entertainment
www.obsidian.net

About Paizo Inc.
www.paizo.com

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