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Pathfinder: Kingmaker *winkwink*
Yep, day 1 purchase.
Pathfinder: Kingmaker *winkwink*
.....Kotaku recently reported and Microsoft is close to inking a deal to purchase the independent developer Obsidian Entertainment. According to the report, the deal is “90%” finished.
While being mushroom addicts and allergic to PC, while forcing sjw crap on the site daily, so far Kotaku had reliable sources when it comes to rumors. About this matter they wrote:…..Kotaku recently reported and Microsoft is close to inking a deal to purchase the independent developer Obsidian Entertainment. According to the report, the deal is “90%” finished.
Microsoft is finalizing a deal to acquire the independent development studio Obsidian Entertainment, according to three people briefed on the negotiations. We don’t know if ink is on paper yet, and plenty of major acquisition deals have fallen apart in the final hours, but those close to the companies believe it is all but done.
One person with knowledge of the deal told Kotaku they’d heard it was “90%” finished. Said a second person: “It’s a matter of when, not if.”
“Unfortunately, we don’t comment on rumors or speculation other than to say that the Rumors album by Fleetwood Mac still holds up,” said an Obsidian spokesperson.
This could mean that Microsoft and Obsidian are the ones relaunching Baldur's Gate. I hope not, but it might tilt the cards in their favor, at least going by rumors. Still hope Owlcat is doing it, but really, they should be focusing on their DLC and sequel to Kingmaker!
Kingmaker seems to be doing well, so I hope Owlcat will make a sequel to that. And what is bad about both Owlcat and Obsidian making D&D type games?
A) Owlcat makes them better.
B) A Microsoft funded one would probably be a huge AAA title, which means it's not going to be the old-school goodness we're seeing now. It would probably become a 3rd-person Dragon Age clone or something with Witcher 3 elements.
C) Owlcat makes them way better. (PoE is cool but seriously, I find Kingmaker closest to Baldur's Gate out of any game we've seen since then.)
Well, if Microsoft funds and demands an AAA Dragon Age type game, then I'll agree with you, but we'll see if this is really what happens. Isometric games like both Original Sin games and the first POE) have sold well enough recently. In 2007 people thought isometric games were obsolete.