SEGA & Obsidian Entertainment To Create Original Content For Next Generation Consoles

Posted Mar 23, 2006 at 7:27AM EST by QJ Staff

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Sega announced today that they have formed a new partnership with Obsidian Entertainment (creators of acclaimed Star Wars : Knights of the Old Republic and Jade Empire) and will collaborate to develop an original RPG for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. Here is the press release -

SEGA^® of America, Inc. and SEGA^® Europe, Ltd. today announced a new partnership with Obsidian Entertainment, Inc., an entertainment software development studio based in Orange County, CA. Under the terms of the worldwide deal, SEGA and Obsidian will collaboratively develop an original role playing game (RPG) for PC, PlayStation^®3 (PS3) and the Xbox 360^TM.

The deal signifies SEGA's continuing drive to produce high-quality Western content for current and next-generation consoles. Obsidian, best known for the hugely popular RPG Knights of the Old Republic^TM 2: The Sith Lords, is also currently working on the much-anticipated sequel to Neverwinter Nights^TM.

"The development team at Obsidian has 'proven track record' stamped all over it," said Simon Jeffery, President and COO, SEGA of America, Inc. "When SEGA decided to create a fresh and captivating RPG franchise for new generations of hardware, we immediately knew who we wanted to work with."

"We are excited to be working with a great publisher like SEGA as they are willing and excited to launch new and visionary IP on next generation consoles," said Feargus Urquhart, CEO of Obsidian Entertainment, Inc. "At Obsidian, our focus is to make exceptional games and we see SEGA as a true partner in achieving that goal for our next epic RPG."

The deal is the latest in a string of similar announcements from SEGA that underscore the company's increased emphasis on Western content development. Previously, SEGA announced partnerships with developers Secret Level, Silicon Knights, Bizarre Creations, Monolith Productions (Condemned: Criminal Origins^TM), and Pseudo Interactive (Full Auto^TM). SEGA also acquired development powerhouse The Creative Assembly (Total War series) in 2005.

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# Factual error — Guest 2006-03-23 11:29

Obsidian didn't make Jade Empire or the original KoTOR; they made Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords.



BioWare Corp. made Jade Empire and the original KoTOR.

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# 11 — Guest 2006-03-23 16:37

lol i saw that too, need to get facts straight. Obsidian is kinda talentless really.

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