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MYSTERIOUS: Josh sawyer - You Need To See This

Stop waiting for the Game of Thrones CRPG of your dreams and settle for the pleasant eurojank compromise instead

It's rough, dated and still probably one of the better GoT games.

PC Gamer · Aug 8

New Fallout game reportedly led by Josh Sawyer would be "good" for both Obsidian and Bethesda "in many ways," says former New Vegas creative lead

This is in addition to the latent Fallout 5

GamesRadar · Aug 4

Fallout: New Vegas director says RPGs should be messy and force players to make hard decisions: "No person can fix everything"

"I save everyone, I kill everyone. I don't think that's particularly interesting," says Josh Sawyer

GamesRadar · Jul 21

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Elder Scrolls 6 and Fallout 5 fans might dread the return of Creation Engine, but New Vegas lead Josh Sawyer once called it "incredibly easy" to work with, even if it is "buggy and unstable"

"Without the pipeline of this engine, we never would have finished this game in 18 months"

GamesRadar · Jul 20

RPG players are conditioned to think they're 'built different', says Josh Sawyer, so some of them hate it when games like Pillars of Eternity tell them they can't do something

To be fair, I also think I'm built different. I'm built much, much worse.

PC Gamer · Jul 15

Fallout: New Vegas director chooses "dysfunction" and "corruption" over handing power to Caesar or Mr. House in his ideal ending for the beloved RPG

Of course, the other options aren't perfect either

GamesRadar · Jul 14

Fallout: New Vegas director Josh Sawyer reveals his optimal outcome for the Mojave Wasteland

Independence all the way.

PC Gamer · Jul 13

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Fallout: New Vegas level scaling is designed to teach players that "this is not actually Fallout 3," Josh Sawyer says: "You're going to get your ass handed to you if you're not careful"

You can go where you like, but some places might punch you in the face harder than others

GamesRadar · Jul 12

Another Fallout RPG was in development at Obsidian Entertainment before Bethesda pulled the plug "a while ago," ex-studio lead says

"It had to change its direction," says Chris Avellone

GamesRadar · Jul 9

Xbox Is Pushing For New 'Fallout' Game From Obsidian, But Cancels 'Avowed' Sequel In the Process

Xbox is reportedly pushing for a new Fallout game to be developed by Obsidian Entertainment in the expense of an Avowed sequel.

Player One · Jul 9

Are you excited for a new Fallout game from Obsidian? You know, given everything

Reader poll: Obsidian might be pivoting to a Fallout game, but only after major layoffs and the cancellation of other projects—how's that landing?

PC Gamer · Jul 9

Obsidian is reportedly making a new Fallout game headed by Josh Sawyer after Microsoft pulled the plug on an Avowed sequel

25% of the studio's workforce was let go in the sweeping Xbox layoffs, and multiple games in development were cancelled.

PC Gamer · Jul 8

Xbox's RPG studio Obsidian is making a new Fallout game with Bethesda and Fallout: New Vegas' game director — and it's canceled an Avowed sequel to do it

Xbox's Obsidian is canceling an Avowed sequel and pivoting to make a new Fallout game in the wake of Microsoft's mass gaming layoffs this week.

Windows Central · Jul 8

Fallout: New Vegas studio Obsidian reportedly working on a new Fallout RPG after forced pivot from Xbox kills Avowed 2 and other games

Obsidian is reportedly making a big pivot following the Xbox layoffs

GamesRadar · Jul 8

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GamesRadar · Jul 2

Obsidian veteran Josh Sawyer thinks RPG choices are best when they're not "purely" good or evil, and Greek plays "knocked it out of the park 1000s of years ago"

"It does force us to think about our values"

GamesRadar · Jul 1

Fallout: New Vegas director Josh Sawyer says it was "pure luck" he directed the RPG at Obsidian: "Almost literally fell in my lap"

"I wasn't part of any of those early conversations"

GamesRadar · Jun 30

Fallout: New Vegas director thinks his RPG became more popular after fans "forgot about the fact that they were annoyed" about its similarities to Fallout 3

Obsidian's spin-off has become a cult classic, of sorts

PC Gamer · Jun 29

New Vegas director Josh Sawyer says games can and should pull on artistic inspirations from 'anywhere and everywhere': 'Greek plays, they knocked it out of the park thousands of years ago—why not look at them?'

If you want the player to feel something, look to media that already cracked the code.

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PC Gamer · Jun 29

With a dumpster-truck full of cash, New Vegas director Josh Sawyer would probably make a 'spiritual successor' to a crunchy 1992 RPG

So long as he liked the team he was making it with, anyway.

GamesRadar · Jun 29

Fallout: New Vegas lead says Obsidian has a "Karma Police" force to make sure "however you built your character" in their RPGs, "it's not gonna be the same experience" twice

The goal is to keep all options within a certain threshold

PC Gamer · Jun 29

A Disco Elysium writer once told Josh Sawyer that 'we can do better than this now,' and Sawyer agrees

"We just keep inspiring each other. It's not an animosity thing. It's just, do the best you can, [and] get inspired by other people."

PC Gamer · Jun 28

Fallout: New Vegas director Josh Sawyer says Obsidian has 'Karma Police' who go through games making sure every skill gets enough cool stuff to do: 'We're not gonna leave you out to dry'

"Some people think I'm preoccupied with balance."

PC Gamer · Jun 28

Josh Sawyer says the Fallout TV show is an 'amazing adaptation' of a videogame, and 'one of the best that I've seen'

"I am very interested to see where it goes."

PC Gamer · Jun 26

Fallout: New Vegas director Josh Sawyer says the NCR and Caesar's Legion feel so real because their members disagree and challenge each other: 'You have to wrestle with the fact that it contains multitudes'

Shoutout to Canyon Runner.

GamesRadar · Jun 21

RPG veteran Josh Sawyer says sometimes game designers "go overboard in removing friction"

But that's not what happened with Neverwinter Nights 2

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