However, Obsidian has also created a single game based on a unique IP: Alpha Protocol. Bethesda, which bought the rights to Fallout off of Interplay, handed them the 3D engine they built for their sequel and let them create Fallout: New Vegas, essentially resurrecting the long-dead Fallout 3/Van Buren project and bringing closure to thousands of fans.
Bioware, which was doing better for itself (whatever you may think of its more recent titles), threw their old friends at Obsidian a bone and farmed out the sequels to their Knights of the Old Republic and Neverwinter Nights titles, garnering the latter some success. Essentially, all the employees stuck together, got some venture capital thanks to their solid history, and went into business for themselves. Obsidian is a more direct descendant to Black Isle. Fan patches have since made the games more reliable, and they have their devoted followings, but right now we are more interested in the Third Doctor: Obsidian Entertainment. In its time, Troika produced three games, all of which would have been excellent games had they only hired a few programmers. Okay, not really, but Troika was founded by three Black Isle veterans and survived the company by two years, so I'm counting it. However! Black Isle regenerated itself into Troika Games and soldiered on. It created such classic CRPG's as Fallouts 1 and 2, Planescape: Torment, and Icewind Dales 1 and 2, and it helped a young Bioware publish its breakout title, Baldur's Gate.īut then its parent company, Interplay, crashed and burned after the guys who made Superman 64 bought them out. There once was a game developer named Black Isle, and it was good.
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