Obsidian: Fallout: New Vegas is “almost new IP”

It carries the “Fallout” series in its title, but you can definitely consider Fallout: New Vegas to be “almost original IP”. This was how Obsidian CEO Feargus Urquhart describes their latest iteration of the franchise, at a recently held Bethesda press event.

 

 

 

 

 It carries the “Fallout” series in its title, but you can definitely consider Fallout: New Vegas to be “almost original IP”. This was how Obsidian CEO Feargus Urquhart describes their latest iteration of the franchise, at a recently held Bethesda press event.

 

 

 

 

 

Said Urquhart when asked why they went for another Fallout title instead of a brand new IP altogether:

 

 

 

 

“You know, New Vegas is a story we came up with. It’s all our own characdters. It’s a bunch of new weapons. It’s a whole new part of the world. I mean, it has “Fallout” on it, and we are very faithful to the canon and what’s come before, but we can do whatever we want. So, I mean, at that point, it’s almost like it’s an original.”

 

 

 

 

 

He also cited economic reasons factoring into their decision to push through with another installment, and how from a business perspective, it just made more practical sense to go for a new Fallout title considering that they do have a ready-made engine for it already.

 

 

 

 

 

“Now, from kind of more of a business perspective… I know it’s a big surprise to everybody that the economy hasn’t been what it has been. And in some ways, as a developer, it’s easier to get licensed products signed up, just because it’s sort of like — usually, when a publisher is coming to you to talk to you about a game, you know, if they are saying, “Hey, we got this license we want you to use,”  — you’re already like 10 steps into a process.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Via [Joystiq]

 

 

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