Microsoft have as soon as once more added to the fleet of studios beneath their wing, this time buying Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind games like Fallout: New Vegas and Pillars of Eternity, and inXile, who created Wasteland 2 and The Bard’s Tale IV. Both studios put out movies speaking about how thrilling this all is, and promising that sure, they’ll nonetheless be making the sort of RPGs they’re well-known for. You can see them beneath.
If the Obsidian acquisition sounds acquainted, it’s as a result of they have been reportedly in closing talks last month. Here’s a bunch of the studio’s workers speaking about how wonderful their games are, and the way nice this partnership with Microsoft shall be for them:
And right here’s Brian Fargo, CEO of inXile, principally saying the identical factor:
“One of the common themes you’ve probably read about is the tenuous nature of survival for mid-sized game companies like ourselves,” says Fargo, presumably referencing any variety of the latest swathe of closures and layoffs. inXile had beforehand relied partly on crowdfunding for his or her games, together with the upcoming Wasteland 3, which raised over $three million. Now they and Obsidian have a slice of Microsoft’s price range, however solely time will inform what is going to in the end come of the acquisitions.
Microsoft have been increasing their inside assortment of studios quickly – at E3 they announced 4 new purchases – Compulsion Games (We Happy Few), Ninja Theory (Hellblade), Playground Games (Forza), and Undead Labs (State of Decay). They additionally created a brand new studio known as The Initiative. These two new bulletins carry the full to 13.
Microsoft’s first-party games have a tendency to come back to PC, albeit by way of the Windows Store, so we must always be capable of get our palms on no matter all these studios are engaged on after they’re prepared.
