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Pillars of Eternity Patch 3.9.4.0 is now Live
Greetings Watchers, Thank you so much for participating in our Public Beta. Today we are releasing Patch 3.4.9.0 on Steam, GOG, and Xbox PC. Please check out the latest fixes below: If you come across any issues, please…
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Patch 1.3.9.4 is Live on the Public_Beta Branch
Greetings Watchers, Today we are releasing Patch 1.3.9.4 in the Public Beta on Steam, GOG, and Xbox PC. To check out the latest changes and bug fixes, please make sure you are on the Public Beta Branch. To opt in to thi…
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Pillars of Eternity's turn-based mode is finally out in full, and Obsidian have also kindly turned off the invisible treadmills
Pillars of Eternity has finally gotten its tenth anniversary gift. Obsidian have been busy beta testing a turn-based mode for the RPG since November last year, and this week's seen them properly whip the cover off it be…
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11 years after launch, Pillars of Eternity's new turn-based mode feels like the way it's meant to be played
Pillars of Eternity turned 11 years old last month, but Obsidian just put out a transformative update for the venerable CRPG: A full turn-based mode alongside the game's original real-time with pause (RTWP) mechanics. T…
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Pillars of Eternity Turn Based Mode is Live
Greetings Watchers, The wait is over and the Turn-Based Mode for the original Pillars of Eternity is now live! This new feature lets you experience Pillars 1 in a whole new way, with combat fully reimagined around turn-…
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Instead of difficulty, Obsidian designer Josh Sawyer thinks in terms of 3 RPG player archetypes: 'What are they trying to get out of this game?'
In a new video on his YouTube channel, Obsidian studio design director Josh Sawyer dug into how he thinks about difficulty when making a game. Ultimately, he sees it as less a question of setting immutable challenges f…
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The Public Beta for Turn-Based Mode is now Available
Hello Watchers, The wait is over — the Turn-Based Mode Public Beta for the original Pillars of Eternity is now live on Steam. This new feature lets you experience Pillars in a whole new way, with combat fully reimagined…
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Pillars of Eternity's 10-year anniversary turn-based mode will sidestep the biggest issues I was worried it would have, and you can try it this week
10 years after launch and eight months since the mode's announcement, Obsidian has revealed more details about Pillars of Eternity's upcoming turn-based mode, as well as a date for the start of its open beta: This Wedne…
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The original Pillars of Eternity is getting a turn-based mode Beta on November 5
A chance to experience this classic RPG in a new way, with a turn-based mode coming to the original Pillars of Eternity on November 5th in Beta.
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Obsidian stuck to some fantasy conventions for Pillars of Eternity and Avowed because that's what people want: ''I didn't want to completely flip it and say, oh you want to play an elf? F**k you, this isn't your daddy's elf'
Pillars of Eternity might be Obsidian's baby, but the series that most recently spawned Avowed is still inextricably tied to established fantasy fare, particularly D&D and the Forgotten Realms. It's a setting that's clo…
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Despite always preferring turn-based combat in RPGs, Pillars of Eternity designer Josh Sawyer thinks a lack of experience and opportunity meant the studio couldn't pull off a similar swing to Larian taking Baldur's Gate turn-based
When I spoke to Obsidian studio design director Josh Sawyer earlier this year, I got his take on the apparent ultimate victory of turn-based combat over real time with pause (RTWP), as well as why he thinks turn-based f…
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Obsidian RPG Pillars of Eternity got a big update, with a turn-based mode coming later this year
Obsidian Entertainment have revisited the original Pillars of Eternity, with a big bumper patch out now and plans for another big update later this year.
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Please let Pillars Of Eternity's surprise turn-based mode spark a wave of turn-based updates for all other games
Pillars Of Eternity turns 10 years old this week, and developers Obsidian are celebrating with a patch that "addresses a wide range of fixes and improvements across visuals, combat, quests, and more". Oh, and they've al…
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After 10 years, Obsidian is adding turn-based combat to Pillars of Eternity
Pillars of Eternity has always been revered as a brilliant CRPG, and today marks its tenth birthday. It's also recently returned to many gamers' attention, or blipped onto their radars for the first time, thanks to the…
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After 10 years, Obsidian is adding turn-based combat to Pillars of Eternity
Pillars of Eternity has always been revered as a brilliant CRPG, and today marks its tenth birthday. It's also recently returned to many gamers' attention, or blipped onto their radars for the first time, thanks to the…
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Pillars of Eternity is getting turn-based combat to mark its 10th anniversary, and that means PC Gamer editors will soon be arguing about combat mechanics again
To mark the 10 th anniversary of its old-school isometric RPG Pillars of Eternity, the game that (in a very roundabout way) gave us Avowed, Obsidian has rolled out a big new patch and an even bigger piece of news: It to…
