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“I’m going to pick it anyway — because I don’t want to miss anything”: Fallout: New Vegas creator on the controversial Wild Wasteland trait
Gaming News April 28, 2026, 02:57 AM
In an interview with the YouTube channel TKs-Mantis, Chris Avellone — one of the creators of Fallout: New Vegas — reflected on the Wild Wasteland trait and admitted it may have been implemented the wrong way. -
“He’ll Rewrite the Engine for Quality — and That’s Not an Exaggeration”: Fallout: New Vegas Designer on Larian’s Boss
Gaming News April 23, 2026, 02:17 AM
Chris Avellone — co-author of Fallout 2, lead designer of Fallout: New Vegas, and one of the creators of Planescape: Torment — spoke in an interview with the TKs-Mantis YouTube channel and shared his thoughts on Swen Vincke, founder and director of Larian Studios. -
“Bethesda Doesn’t Have the Right Expertise”: Fallout: New Vegas Designer Explains Why a Remaster Isn’t So Simple
Gaming News April 20, 2026, 12:53 AM
In an interview with the YouTube channel TKs-Mantis, Chris Avellone — co-author of Fallout 2, co-founder of Obsidian Entertainment, and one of the key designers behind Fallout: New Vegas — shared his thoughts on the possibility of a remaster. He didn’t sound particularly optimistic. -
Fallout: New Vegas Designer Was Reprimanded for Promising 30 FPS — Even Though Bethesda’s Engine Couldn’t Handle It
Gaming News April 18, 2026, 09:49 AM
Fallout: New Vegas has long become a cult RPG, but at launch the game was criticized for unstable performance and frame drops. Now former lead designer Chris Avellone recalled that the problems were obvious even before release — and inside Bethesda Game Studios they were well aware of it. Moreover, he himself was reprimanded for saying that the game should at least run at 30 FPS. -
Gaming News February 9, 2026, 10:15 AM
Chris Avellone, one of the most renowned writers and designers of Western RPGs, has stated that none of his ideas made it into the final version of Dying Light 2 Stay Human, and he explicitly said he would never work with Techland again. -
Gaming News January 9, 2026, 02:18 PM
Chris Avellone, writer and game designer and one of the key creative voices behind Fallout: New Vegas, has once again addressed a long-standing and sensitive topic among fans — the belief that Bethesda “hated” Obsidian’s creative vision and deliberately undermined the franchise. According to Avellone, the reality is far less malicious: Bethesda is simply taking the series in a direction that makes sense to them. -
Gaming News November 8, 2025, 10:49 AM
Obsidian Entertainment appears to be fully focused on its original IPs. Following The Outer Worlds 2 and the release of Avowed, the studio is operating at full capacity — but judging by recent reports, its upcoming projects are set to develop in just one direction: fantasy. -
Vampire: The Masquerade — Bloodlines 2 Preview from gamescom 2025. It Looks Like We're in for a Great Game, But Not a Sequel to the Cult RPG
Video Game Previews August 19, 2025, 10:44 PM
It’s alive! After several delays, the firing of the mastermind and author of the first game, dropping writer Chris Avellone, changing developers, and a complete overhaul of the concept and game design, the development of Bloodlines 2 is finally coming to an end. Six years after its announcement and almost ten years since development began, the sequel to one of the most iconic RPG's has turned into a troubled long-term project that in its final iteration has little in common with the original. We were lucky enough to get a look at the first hours of Bloodlines 2 and to get an answer to the most important question: will the Vampire: The Masquerade franchise get another cult classic in its portfolio, or was all the time spent on development wasted? The answer is in our preview. -
Writers of Fallout: New Vegas and Detroit: Become Human Are Teaming Up for a New RPG Inspired by the Genre's «Golden Age»
Gaming News June 26, 2025, 08:33 PM
According to Eurogamer, veteran writer and game designer Chris Avellone — known for his work on Fallout: New Vegas, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2, and many other classic titles — has officially joined Republic Games, a studio founded by former Quantic Dream lead writer Adam Williams. Together, they are developing a new role-playing game set in a dark fantasy universe.
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