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Obsidian Told Its Creative Identity Will Survive Move Under Bethesda

By GFA Staff
3 min
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Bethesda president Jill Braff has reportedly reassured Obsidian Entertainment employees that the studio will retain its creative identity as it moves into Bethesda's organizational structure. According to an internal message reported today, Braff characterized the shift primarily as a change in reporting lines rather than an attempt to turn the famously eccentric RPG studio into Bethesda With Different Office Furniture. Obsidian, the developer behind Fallout: New Vegas, The Outer Worlds, Avowed and Grounded, has built much of its reputation on dialogue-heavy role-playing games and systems that happily allow players to make terrible decisions and then live with them. The concern surrounding any restructuring is therefore understandable. Microsoft has been reorganizing its gaming operations considerably, making assurances around studio autonomy particularly relevant to employees and fans alike. Obsidian is continuing work on existing projects, and reports have also linked it with further Fallout development. For now, the official message appears to be that corporate boxes on the organization chart are moving more dramatically than the people making the games.

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