Microsoft and Obsidian shake hands on one important factor and it all revolves around Phil Spencer

Feargus Urquhart, Obsidian’s boss, explains that Spencer’s demeanor was an important factor in considering the sale.

As expected, Obsidian Entertainment had a certain presence at the recent Xbox and Bethesda Showcase, where it presented a gameplay of the next Pentiment game. In this way, the developer continues to give us new offers Something to enjoy video games that would not have been possible without the help of perhaps one of the most important partners of his entire career: microsoft.

His fame was related to someone who was original, nonsensical, and loved video games.Feargus UrquhartHow was this agreement drawn up? More than three years have passed since Obsidian joined the tech conglomerate, the studio’s president, Feargus Urquhart, remember the moment with one simple factor. And that explains the pro’s consideration when talking to IGN. Phil Spencer’s reputation with video games before considering the developer’s sale.

“I didn’t know Phil Spencer well at the time, I probably only spoke to him once or twice,” says Obsidian’s boss. “But what’s so interesting about Phil is he, I don’t know. I don’t want to call him ‘Persona’ in the end because he’s Phil Spencer and he dominates every Microsoft game. But now that I know him, and even what I know about him before, I don’t know his reputation. authenticdon’t do nonsense and likes video games. And that’s the truth”.

Even though Obsidian is already among the most reputable developers in the industry, it’s committed to continuing to grow with Microsoft along with numerous games. We know right now that the studio has projects like Avowed, The Outer Worlds 2, the aforementioned Pentiment or Grounded and is already preparing the final release. Therefore we can wait more news This group is always hand in hand with Xbox in the coming months.