Is it too soon to get excited? A lot of the guys who worked on F1 are returning for this round. Mmmm, taste the aftermath. Some of the (scanty) information that's out:
Obsidian obviously has a tradition of working with the role-playing genre, but its past has more to do with Fallout than you might initially think. Its history dates back to the creation of the original Fallout. A team of developers at Interplay created the first entry in the franchise and their group was later turned into Black Isle Studios. The development house went on to make Fallout 2, amidst other projects such as Icewind Dale and assisting on Baldur's Gate, before being disbanded amidst Interplay's financial trouble.
This wasn't the end of the road, though. Many members of the group then went on to form Obsidian Entertainment. The head of Obsidian is Feargus Urquhart, who lead Black Isle. After Bethesda acquired the Fallout license from Interplay and brought Obsidian on board to work on New Vegas, Urquhart's and many other coworkers' careers came full circle. Fallout 3 may have been the first introduction to the franchise for many, but Bethesda's first spin-off will take it back to its roots.
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