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As covered previously , Obsidian Entertainment have been working on a brand-new, 'old-school' RPG with the working title Project Eternity . The game is heavily influenced and inspired by their own classic games (when they were working as Black Isle), such as Planescape: Torment , Icewind Dale and the early Fallout games, as well as those of their associated companies, such as BioWare's Baldur's Gate titles. To help fund the title, Obsidian requested fans to pledge $1.1 million via the Kickstarter crowdfunding website. Click for massive version. A month later, the Kickstarter has come to an end with Obsidian having raised $3,986,929 via the website, plus an additional $140,099 in PayPal contributions. The result being that the game achieved all of its planned stretch goals and will now be radically enhanced as a result. This includes the game now shipping on PC, Mac and Linux platforms, in multiple languages and with several added areas (including a whole new city an...

Obsidian Entertainment have announced their next big RPG: a fantasy game called Project Eternity (working title). This game will be an isometric, old-school RPG that draws heavily on their old D&D games using the Infinity Engine (the Icewind Dale series and the legendary Planescape: Torment ). However, tired of working for publishers who either don't do proper Q&A on their games (resulting in the bug-filled mess of Alpha Protocol ), rush them out in an incomplete state ( Knights of the Old Republic II ) or refuse to pay them a bonus by failing to hit a ludicrously arbitrary Metacritic score by one point despite selling millions of copies ( Fallout: New Vegas ), Obsidian have decided to take this one to the fans. Via Kickstarter, Obsidian are asking for $1.1 million to help fund the game . They're already at $300,000 less than a day after starting the project. The creative forces behind the game include Chris Avellone, the writer of Planescape: Torment ; Tim Cain, the...