Nov 15, 2017
Daily Deal - Pillars of Eternity, 40% Off and Definitive Edition Released!
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Nov 15, 2017
Daily Deal - Pillars of Eternity, 40% Off and Definitive Edition Released!
Pillars of Eternity - Valve
Today's Deal: Save 40% on Pillars of Eternity and 25% off on the newly released Definitive Edition!*

Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are!

*Offer ends Friday at 10AM Pacific Time
Nov 15, 2017
Pillars of Eternity: Definitive Edition Available Today
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Paradox Interactive, a publisher of games that define genres, and Obsidian Entertainment, developers of classic games like Fallout: New Vegas and South Park: The Stick of Truth, today announced that Pillars of Eternity: Definitive Edition is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux PCs.

Definitive Edition, the comprehensive version of Obsidian’s award-winning, best-selling cRPG, Pillars of Eternity, includes the original game alongside both of its released expansions, all premium extras, and an all-new bundle of content, called the “Deadfire Pack,” inspired by Obsidian’s upcoming Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire.

This complete version provides fans with the full suite of all Pillars of Eternity-related content ever created by Obsidian, providing every piece of the experience in a single, convenient package.

Definitive Edition includes:
  • The original Pillars of Eternity, winner of multiple awards for its rich story, lush art style, and incredible depth of choice -- a modern RPG that calls back the classics like Baldur’s Gate
  • The complete, expanded world, characters, and content from The White March: Parts I & II, which adds new places to travel, companions to adventure with, and quests to complete – and which expands greatly on the story of Pillars
  • All premium content originally sold with Pillars of Eternity: Royal Edition, including the original soundtrack, a digital collector's book, an original novella set in the Pillars universe, and much, much more
  • The all-new Deadfire Pack DLC, which includes new in-game items to earn and discover,and new portraits from the forthcoming sequel, Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire, releasing in 2018
Nov 15, 2017
Pillars of Eternity: Definitive Edition Available Today
Pillars of Eternity - wazp

Paradox Interactive, a publisher of games that define genres, and Obsidian Entertainment, developers of classic games like Fallout: New Vegas and South Park: The Stick of Truth, today announced that Pillars of Eternity: Definitive Edition is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux PCs.

Definitive Edition, the comprehensive version of Obsidian’s award-winning, best-selling cRPG, Pillars of Eternity, includes the original game alongside both of its released expansions, all premium extras, and an all-new bundle of content, called the “Deadfire Pack,” inspired by Obsidian’s upcoming Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire.

This complete version provides fans with the full suite of all Pillars of Eternity-related content ever created by Obsidian, providing every piece of the experience in a single, convenient package.

Definitive Edition includes:
  • The original Pillars of Eternity, winner of multiple awards for its rich story, lush art style, and incredible depth of choice -- a modern RPG that calls back the classics like Baldur’s Gate
  • The complete, expanded world, characters, and content from The White March: Parts I & II, which adds new places to travel, companions to adventure with, and quests to complete – and which expands greatly on the story of Pillars
  • All premium content originally sold with Pillars of Eternity: Royal Edition, including the original soundtrack, a digital collector's book, an original novella set in the Pillars universe, and much, much more
  • The all-new Deadfire Pack DLC, which includes new in-game items to earn and discover,and new portraits from the forthcoming sequel, Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire, releasing in 2018
Nov 15, 2017
Pillars of Eternity: New Free Content Available
Pillars of Eternity - wazp


Bringing the flavor of the Deadfire Archipelago to the Dyrwood, the Deadfire Pack adds four all-new, soulbound items for players to equip and level up as they play Pillars of Eternity, along with a bevy of pirate outfits and weapons, all inspired by the upcoming Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire.

Also included are a handful of all-new, official, portraits based on backers of Pillars of Eternity II, so that players will have more choices when creating a new character in Pillars of Eternity.

Included in this DLC:

Soulbound Items:
  • Company Captain's Cap
  • War Club of the Mataru
  • One-Eyed Molina's Gold-Fingered Spike-Finger
  • Belt of the Royal Deadfire Cannoneer
Other Unique Equipment:
  • Helmsman's Uniform
  • Deckhand's Uniform
  • Boatswain's Uniform
  • Sabre of the Seas
  • Fulvano's Blunderbuss
Nov 15, 2017
Pillars of Eternity: New Free Content Available
Pillars of Eternity - wazp


Bringing the flavor of the Deadfire Archipelago to the Dyrwood, the Deadfire Pack adds four all-new, soulbound items for players to equip and level up as they play Pillars of Eternity, along with a bevy of pirate outfits and weapons, all inspired by the upcoming Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire.

Also included are a handful of all-new, official, portraits based on backers of Pillars of Eternity II, so that players will have more choices when creating a new character in Pillars of Eternity.

Included in this DLC:

Soulbound Items:
  • Company Captain's Cap
  • War Club of the Mataru
  • One-Eyed Molina's Gold-Fingered Spike-Finger
  • Belt of the Royal Deadfire Cannoneer
Other Unique Equipment:
  • Helmsman's Uniform
  • Deckhand's Uniform
  • Boatswain's Uniform
  • Sabre of the Seas
  • Fulvano's Blunderbuss
Nov 15, 2017
New Pillars of Eternity 2 trailer suggests activity afoot at Obsidian
Pillars of Eternity

UPDATE 16TH NOVEMBER: Something really was afoot - the backer beta for Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire has launched!

It's not feature-complete and there are a "number of things" Obsidian is not quite ready to show yet but will be rolled out over time, said design director Josh Sawyer in an accompanying video. "There's at least one really big feature that's very complicated and we need to put some more time into before players take a look at it," he added, "but it's a very cool feature."

In the closed beta you'll poke around a Deadfire archipelago village called Tikawara, and the island surrounding it. You won't be playing with final-game companions because they're still in development, still being cast and their voice lines recorded, and Obsidian doesn't want to spoil any of their stories. Plus, Obsidian isn't doing the closed beta to get feedback on them so much as feedback on the core mechanics and interfaces in the game.

Read more…

Nov 5, 2017
Pillars of Eternity: Definitive Edition arrives later this month, includes brand new items
Pillars of Eternity

Pillars of Eternity: Definitive Edition is coming out on November 15, developer Obsidian Entertainment has announced, and it looks to be a decent deal. For $39.99 you'll get the excellent isometric RPG plus both parts of its beefy expansion, The White March. At the moment, you can buy them combined for slightly cheaper, but that's a time limited deal on Fanatical (the renamed Bundle Stars) that runs out tomorrow.

Also, the Definitive Edition gets you all the extra goodies that were included in the Royal Edition of the game, which includes the original soundtrack, a digital collector's book and a novella set in the Pillars universe.

The edition will also feature some new DLC, called the Deadfire Pack, which is a reference to the upcoming Pillars sequel. It includes a few in-game items and portraits. All existing owners of Pillars will get this DLC pack free.

From November 15 the recommended price of the base game will be cut from $44.99 to $29.99—although it's worth waiting for a lower price than that because the game is on sale semi-regularly. 

If you're an RPG fan and you haven't yet played Pillars of Eternity then it's well worth doing. Here's Andy's review, and here's James' interview with Obsidian about how the game gets player choice right.

Sep 7, 2017
Weekend Deal - Tyranny, up to 60% Off
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Save up to 60% on Tyranny as part of this week's Weekend Deal*!

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Sep 6, 2017
If you treat them as the enemy, it s not going to be a good relationship. Obsidian s Feargus Urquhart on publishers
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Since its foundation in 2003, Obsidian Entertainment has worked with seven different publishers. Commencing with LucasArts on Knights of the Old Republic II, Obsidian has since signed contracts with Atari, SEGA, Bethesda, Square Enix, Ubisoft and most recently, Paradox Interactive. In fact, up until Pillars of Eternity [official site], every single game Obsidian had made was funded and distributed by a different publisher.

This is a highly unusual state of affairs, and has proved precarious more than once in the company’s history. But it has also provided Obsidian with a unique insight into how the world of publishing works, and how the relationship between developer and publisher has changed in the last couple of decades. This topic is especially pertinent today, as new methods of funding and distributing games have seen a significant shift in the power dynamic between developers and publishers.

I spoke to CEO Feargus Urquhart about how it all works (and doesn’t).

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