Obsidian have the Pathfinder License!
Following text taken directly from the facebook announcement.
OBSIDIAN ANNOUNCES PATHFINDER LICENSE
Obsidian to partner with Paizo Inc. to release electronic Pathfinder games.
INDIANAPOLIS -- August 13, 2014 -- Obsidian Entertainment, the developer of Fallout: New Vegas, South Park: the Stick of Truth and the Kickstarter phenomenon Pillars of Eternity, announced that they have entered into a long-term licensing partnership with Paizo Inc. to produce electronic games based on its popular Pathfinder Roleplaying Game intellectual property
Obsidian's first licensed product will be a tablet game based on the highly successful Pathfinder Adventure Card game, a cooperative game for 1 to 4 players. Players each have a unique character composed of a deck of cards and a set of stats. Characters have classes such as fighter, rogue, wizard and cleric, as well as numbers that define attributes such as strength, wisdom and charisma etc. Players will be able to customize their deck to better suit each individual’s vision of their character.
"At Obsidian we have a long history of working with the greatest RPG franchises, and we're thrilled to get to play in the Pathfinder universe now," said CEO Feargus Urquhart. "We're huge fans and can't wait to bring what we do in the electronic gaming world to Pathfinder fans everywhere".
In the world of Pathfinder, players take on the role of brave adventurers fighting to survive in a world beset by magic and evil. The Pathfinder RPG is currently translated into multiple languages, with hundreds of thousands of players worldwide. The Pathfinder brand has also been licensed for comic book series, graphic novels, miniatures, plush toys, apparel, and is being developed into a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game.
"Obsidian is a video game developer at the top of its game", said Paizo CEO Lisa Stevens. "Being able to bring that type of experience and passion to Pathfinder can only mean great things, both for our loyal Pathfinder community and for all fans of great CRPG's."
Obsidian will be at Gen Con 2014 showing off an early prototype of the digital Pathfinder Adventure Card Game in the Paizo booth (#203) and in their own booth (#2151) featuring the first consumer hands on for Pillars of Eternity.
While I doubt many of us will be overly hyped for the card game, this partnership sounds like it could lead to some beautiful things further down the line.
OBSIDIAN ANNOUNCES PATHFINDER LICENSE
Obsidian to partner with Paizo Inc. to release electronic Pathfinder games.
INDIANAPOLIS -- August 13, 2014 -- Obsidian Entertainment, the developer of Fallout: New Vegas, South Park: the Stick of Truth and the Kickstarter phenomenon Pillars of Eternity, announced that they have entered into a long-term licensing partnership with Paizo Inc. to produce electronic games based on its popular Pathfinder Roleplaying Game intellectual property
Obsidian's first licensed product will be a tablet game based on the highly successful Pathfinder Adventure Card game, a cooperative game for 1 to 4 players. Players each have a unique character composed of a deck of cards and a set of stats. Characters have classes such as fighter, rogue, wizard and cleric, as well as numbers that define attributes such as strength, wisdom and charisma etc. Players will be able to customize their deck to better suit each individual’s vision of their character.
"At Obsidian we have a long history of working with the greatest RPG franchises, and we're thrilled to get to play in the Pathfinder universe now," said CEO Feargus Urquhart. "We're huge fans and can't wait to bring what we do in the electronic gaming world to Pathfinder fans everywhere".
In the world of Pathfinder, players take on the role of brave adventurers fighting to survive in a world beset by magic and evil. The Pathfinder RPG is currently translated into multiple languages, with hundreds of thousands of players worldwide. The Pathfinder brand has also been licensed for comic book series, graphic novels, miniatures, plush toys, apparel, and is being developed into a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game.
"Obsidian is a video game developer at the top of its game", said Paizo CEO Lisa Stevens. "Being able to bring that type of experience and passion to Pathfinder can only mean great things, both for our loyal Pathfinder community and for all fans of great CRPG's."
Obsidian will be at Gen Con 2014 showing off an early prototype of the digital Pathfinder Adventure Card Game in the Paizo booth (#203) and in their own booth (#2151) featuring the first consumer hands on for Pillars of Eternity.
While I doubt many of us will be overly hyped for the card game, this partnership sounds like it could lead to some beautiful things further down the line.
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Obsidian is currently making Pillars of Eternity, which is as close to an Infinity Engine game with regards to mechanics and design as we're going to get from a modern game. Thus it seems unlikely (although still possible) that they'll not make something similar for Pathfinder.
Pathfinder is very similar to a more balanced 3.5e (although i still slightly prefer 3.5e). Classes do exist and are mechanically similar to 3.5e although a lot of classic exploits are fixed-and new ones are added! For example, their equivalent to a Favored Soul has a totally legal way to learn any arcane spell temporarily on the fly, making them even better at versatility than a Wizard in some ways. It has a lot of gods, different subraces, etc.
@Silverstar - the name of that setting would be Forgotten Realms. The same that BG takes place in. Although a lot of that seems to be retconned back with the new DnD edition.
*plugs ears, closes eyes and goes "lalalalala!"*
They're making a game that looks a lot like an Infinity Engine game, as Tome mentioned. If you're referring to 4E Forgotten Realms, here, yeah, a lot of gods were killed off, just like in the Time of Troubles. Magic exploded, pretty much just like in the Time of Troubles. The elf races weren't merged. The "semblance of classes" weren't removed. The Forgotten Realms Player's Guide even added a new class, the Swordmage, to fill a Bladesinger/Spellblade type of role.
The news of Obsidian having the rights is very interesting indeed. Given that there hasn't been a really great original D&D computer game in over a decade things are due a shake-up.
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Ouch. Typing that made my brain hurt.