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| {{Infobox game company
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| |image =Obsidian Entertainment.png
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| |image size =232px
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| |founded in =2003
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| |founded by =[[Feargus Urquhart]]<br />[[Chris Parker]]<br />[[Darren L. Monahan]]<br />[[Chris Avellone]]<br />[[Chris Jones (programmer)|Chris Jones]]
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| |headquarters =Irvine, California (USA)
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| |key people =[[Feargus Urquhart]], CEO<br />[[Chris Parker]], COO<br />[[Darren L. Monahan]], CIO<br />[[Chris Avellone]], CCO<br />[[Chris Jones (programmer)|Chris Jones]], CTO
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| |developer =FNV
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| |other developer =''[[wikipedia:Neverwinter Nights 2|Neverwinter Nights 2]]''<br />''[[wikipedia:Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords|Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords]]''
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| |homepage =http://www.obsidianent.com
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| |wikipedia =Obsidian Entertainment
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| |mobygames =http://www.mobygames.com/company/obsidian-entertainment-inc
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| }}{{Games|FNV}}
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| '''Obsidian Entertainment''', founded in 2003 after the dissolution of [[Interplay Entertainment]]'s [[Black Isle Studios]], is a video game developer for PC and console systems. Obsidian continues to operate under management by its founding officers: [[Feargus Urquhart]], [[Chris Parker]], [[Darren Monahan]], [[Chris Avellone]] and [[Chris Jones (programmer)|Chris Jones]]. In July 2005 they hired [[Joshua Sawyer]] of ''Icewind Dale'' fame. Several of the developers at Obsidian worked on ''[[Fallout]]'', ''[[Fallout 2]]'' and ''[[Van Buren]]'' (the canceled ''Fallout 3'' project).
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| Obsidian's first office was in Fergus Urquhart's attic<ref>[http://aggrogamer.com/article/2885/Interview-With-Obsidians-Chris-Avellone Aggrogamer talks to Chris Avellone]</ref> before moving to an office park not too far away.
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| On April 20, 2009, [[Bethesda Softworks]] announced that a new game in the [[Fallout series|''Fallout'' series]], ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'', was being developed by Obsidian. The game was released on October 19 of 2010.
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| ==Products==
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| * ''[[wikipedia:Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords|Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords]]'' (released for Xbox in 2004 and for PC in 2005)
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| * ''[[wikipedia:Neverwinter Nights 2|Neverwinter Nights 2]]'' (released for PC in 2006)
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| * ''[[wikipedia:Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer|Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer]]'' (released for PC in 2007)
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| * ''[[wikipedia:Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir|Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir]]'' (released for PC in 2008)
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| * ''[[wikipedia:Alpha Protocol|Alpha Protocol]]'' (May 28, 2010)
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| * ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'' (Oct 19, 2010)
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| * ''[[wikipedia:Dungeon Siege III|Dungeon Siege III]]'' (Jun 21, 2011)
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| * ''[[wikipedia:Wheel of Time|Wheel of Time]]'' (Future game, co-developers)
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| * ''[[wikipedia:South Park: The Stick of Truth|South Park: The Stick of Truth]]'' (2013)
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| * ''[[wikipedia:Project Eternity|Project Eternity]]'' (2014)
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| ==See also==
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| * [[Black Isle Studios]]
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| * [[Interplay]]
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| * [[Troika Games]]
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| * [[Bethesda Softworks]]
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| ==References==
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| {{Copyright Wikipedia|Obsidian Entertainment}}
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| [[Category:Companies]]
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| [[Category:Obsidian Entertainment| ]]
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| [[pl:Obsidian Entertainment]]
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