Obsidian Lost Bonus for Fallout: New Vegas by One Metacritic Point - The Escapist

If sites like “Armchair Empire” and “Gamekult” had rated the game just a teensy bit higher, Obsidian would have walked away with a financial bonus for its work on New Vegas. Deals between game publishers and developers are just as varied as one might find in any other production business, though the details that comprise them often never come to light. In the case of Fallout: New Vegas, the community recently got some rare insight from Chris Avellone, the co-owner of Obsidian, as to the nature of their arrangement with publisher Bethesda. According to a recent Tweet, his company’s work […]

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