Almost come to Microsoft: Obsidian rejected a purchase offer before joining Xbox

The purchase of obsidian by Microsoft was one of the most powerful news of 2018 , as it was confirmed that you deliver such as Pillars of Eternity or Fallout: New Vegas passed to the Xbox ecosystem. However, this was close not to occur, since the developer study had a purchase offer that, if it has accepted, Microsoft s plans could have changed.

The editor wanted to buy obsidian to move developers to other games Something that has been a curious anecdote , as explained by Obsidian s head, Feargus Urquhart, in an interview granted to Gamesindustry. In this sense, a great publisher approached the developer with a purchase offer, but Urquhart reached the opportunity because it really publishes having many difficulties for contracting the right people .

A purchase offer has to be a FEARGUS URQHART cultural lace, head of obsidian , for it, and considering that the main intention of the editor was move the developers of obsidian to other games , Urquhart Lo rejection. According to his perspective, the head of the study considers that the purchase offer has to be a cultural lace , so they have to be people with whom you can sit and take a beer , and if they are not , maybe you have to reconsider it.

Although we do not know the editor that tried to acquire obsidian there by 2018, at least now we have a happy ending between the developer and Microsoft , since this union has given the most positive results. A GROUNDED with large updates, a The Outer Worlds 2 presented at last E3 and an Avowed that, although it was not seen in the event, will give us news very soon, not counting everything that could come in the future.