Rumor: Microsoft Close to Acquiring Obsidian Entertainment - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 02 November 2018 / 3,272 Views
Microsoft is close to finishing out a deal to acquire independent studio Obsidian Entertainment, according to three sources who spoke with Kotaku.
One source said that the deal was "90 percent" finished, while another said "It’s a matter of when, not if."
Obsidian is best known for developing Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II and Fallout: New Vegas. The developer more recently released Pillars of Eternity.
"We do not comment on rumors or speculation," said a Microsoft spokesperson.
An Obsidian spokesperson added "Unfortunately, we don’t comment on rumors or speculation other than to say that the Rumors album by Fleetwood Mac still holds up."
Microsoft has recently acquired four studios including Undead Labs, Playground Games, Ninja Theory, and Compulsion.
This should be treated as a rumor until confirmed.
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It was quite obvious considering the M$ buying spree. The wont let "Bioware" to happen again.
And now I'm imagining a reality where Microsoft produced every Mass Effect game as an exclusive instead of EA (and possibly Dragon Age). If only...
This terrifies me at first but Microsoft is moving away from exclusives. And it's Microsoft aquiring it, not nessecarily xbox. Although it could end being put into a games service subscription thing. Well at least I have their older games no matter how things go. :)
I would hope it would mean that their AAA's would also release on PC as well, and not just the AA ones.
Yeah, most mainline 1st party titles, which is what has me wondering about Obsidian's AAA titles. I can easily see MS holding them to Xbox and handing over the smaller projects to PC.
