Obsidian Staff Fear Losing Autonomy Under Bethesda, as Xbox Reshuffle Splits Studios Between Activision and ZeniMax
In the latest episode of The Game Business show, Chris Dring discussed the recent Xbox restructuring, revealing several behind-the-scenes details about developers affected, including Undead Labs, Ninja Theory, Rare, and Obsidian Entertainment. The journalist reports that folks at Obsidian aren't happy at all to be placed under Bethesda now, as they believe this might rob them of autonomy. For its part, Bethesda has publicly said they don't want to mess with that; needless to say, the jury is still out on that count. According to my sources there, people [at Obsidian] aren't happy. They had…
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