Fallout: New Vegas developer Obsidian Entertainment lays off “20-30 people”

Next-gen title rumored to be cancelled, South Park RPG affected

Words: Tom_Goulter on March 14, 2012

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Reports are coming out of Obsidian Entertainment – developers of titles including Fallout: New Vegas, Neverwinter Nights 2 and the upcoming South Park RPG – that a number of staff have been laid off. The staff, according to a tip received by Joystiq, include “Approximately 20-30 people from all disciplines, including one person who started yesterday.” Potentially affected projects include the South Park RPG and a future, unnamed game for next-gen consoles.

According to the toll being racked up at the Obsidian forums, staff directly affected by the redundancy were working on South Park, future DLC for Fallout: New Vegas, and unnamed projects such as a next-gen title codenamed Project North Carolina. That project's producer, Jason Fader, was among the first to (somewhat obliquely) spread the bad news via Twitter. Other staff understood to have lost their jobs include Interplay veteran and Neverwinter Nights 2/Fallout: New Vegas lead programmer Frank Kowalkowski, as well as level designer Jessica Johnson, whose credits include an “Unannounced Fallout: New Vegas Project.”

So, hey, if you were looking for a bright side, some 30 people are looking for new jobs, but you might soon get to look for new snowglobes? Look, we didn't say it was a good bright side.

Platforms:

Xbox 360, PS3, PC

Topics:

Fallout: New Vegas, layoffs, Obsidian, South Park RPG, South Park: The Game

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BackwaterRifle - March 15, 2012 5:01 p.m.

All projects for New Vegas ceased around mid febuary, so I don't think we will see any more DLC.
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TheLotusReborn - March 14, 2012 7:57 p.m.

:( New Vegas is easily one of my all-time favorite games. I thought it was almost twice as good as Fallout 3 (easily in my top 15 games) and also even better than Skyrim (especially after the first week of wow-factor ends).
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MetroidPrimeRib - March 14, 2012 7:05 p.m.

Obsidian is one of the last bastions of hope for WRPG with CDProjekt Red.
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tiben36 - March 14, 2012 4:38 p.m.

> future DLC for Fallout: New Vegas thats why i know its bullshit and i was going to say "maybe project north carolina is the next fallout", but they use president name for their codename btw, a "tip" isnt a reliable source
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talleyXIV - March 14, 2012 3:17 p.m.

How can the number not be official? 20-30? Give us an exact statistic really! Around 23.5 people were laid off. Are they trying to keep us guessing?
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Tom_Goulter - March 14, 2012 3:32 p.m.

Obsidian says it's not the company's policy to comment on stories regarding its staff, so at the moment the 20-30 figure comes from a tipster.
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Fallout: New Vegas developer Obsidian Entertainment lays off “20-30 people”

Next-gen title rumored to be cancelled, South Park RPG affected

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