Obsidian Entertainment
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Key facts
- Company type
- Subsidiary
- Industry
- Video games
- Founded
- June 12, 2003 ; 22 years ago ( 2003-06-12 )
- Founders
- Feargus Urquhart Chris Parker Chris Avellone Darren Monahan Chris Jones
- Headquarters
- Irvine, California , US
- Key people
- Feargus Urquhart ( studio head )
- Products
- Fallout: New Vegas (2010) Pillars of Eternity series (2015–present) Grounded series (2022–present)
- Number of employees
- 285 (2025)
- Parent
- Xbox Game Studios (2018–present)
- Website
- obsidian.net
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- video game publisher
- Named after
- obsidian
- Country
- United States
- Headquarters
- Irvine
- Parent organization
- Xbox Game Studios
- Industry
- video game industry
- Employees
- 200
- Legal form
- privately held company
- Official website
- www.obsidian.net
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- Obsidian Entertainment
- inception
- 2003-06-12
- location of formation
- Santa Ana
- director / manager
- Feargus Urquhart
- social media followers
- 322145
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Encyclopedic overview
Obsidian Entertainment, Inc. is an American video game developer based in Irvine, California and part of Xbox Game Studios. It was founded in June 2003, shortly before the closure of Black Isle Studios, by ex-Black Isle employees Feargus Urquhart, Chris Avellone, Chris Parker, Darren Monahan, and Chris Jones.
Although it has created original intellectual property, many of its games are sequels based on licensed properties. Early projects included Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords and Neverwinter Nights 2, both sequels to BioWare-developed games. The team then developed its first original game, Alpha Protocol, in 2010. Other notable works from Obsidian include Fallout: New Vegas, Dungeon Siege III, and South Park: The Stick of Truth, all of which are also licensed properties.
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