North Carolina cancelled, Layoffs at Obsidian

[Crni Vuk]

My mood isn't terribly sour only because Wasteland 2 is doing really well with the funding. Not a big fan of the videogame industry though, not one bit.

Me neither and normally I don't give a shit about some firm kicking out whatever folks. But with Obsidian it's something else, because of them being the only ones who deliver good rpgs nowadays, imo. Feels shitty to see yet another game not getting done.

yeah but do we really know why they stopped it? I mean can have many reasons. Sometimes you just seem to hit a wall and then you have only 2 options. Start it new or cancel it. It is stupid when it happens. But it happens. Its part of the creative process.

 

[valcik]

Well, as I see it, MCA should have reconsider making Planescape: Torment sequel funded via Kickstarter ASAP!

 

[Walpknut]

Isn't Planescape property of whoever owns the D&D franchise?

 

[C2B]

My mood isn't terribly sour only because Wasteland 2 is doing really well with the funding. Not a big fan of the videogame industry though, not one bit.

Me neither and normally I don't give a shit about some firm kicking out whatever folks. But with Obsidian it's something else, because of them being the only ones who deliver good rpgs nowadays, imo. Feels shitty to see yet another game not getting done.

yeah but do we really know why they stopped it? I mean can have many reasons. Sometimes you just seem to hit a wall and then you have only 2 options. Start it new or cancel it. It is stupid when it happens. But it happens. Its part of the creative process.

No, it didn't. Developers don't usually cancel games themselves and this was an important one. 20-30 people lost their jobs and co-workers lost their buddies. Not to mention Obsidian seemed to have poured a lot into this project. The Owners refused salary for fucks sake.

What happened is horrible.