Obsidian Working on South Park RPG (Yes, Really)
The developer behind Fallout: New Vegas and Neverwinter Nights 2 is currently working on a South Park RPG.
On Thursday THQ said that it's collaborating with Matt Stone and Trey Parker, creators of the animated TV show South Park, to create a role-playing game based on the highly-popular show. Simply called South Park: The Game, it will be developed by Obsidian Entertainment and land on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Windows PC in the second half of 2012.
Little is known about the RPG at this point, although THQ described South Park: The Game as "an epic role-playing adventure that will allow the user to befriend Stan, Kyle, Cartman and Kenny and explore the quiet little mountain town like never before."
A South Park RPG developed by Obsidian should prove interesting, as the studio has created a number of impressive titles for all three platforms including Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2, Neverwinter Nights 2, Fallout: New Vegas and Dungeon Siege 3. In addition to the South Park title, the studio is also working on a Wheel of Time game for all three platforms.
To date, there have been five games based on the South Park series, the first of which was a first-person shooter in 1998 from Acclaim released on the Nintendo 64 followed by the original PlayStation and Windows PC. While I was personally a big fan of the game, critics weren't too crazy about the South Park shooter, complaining about repetitive voice acting, poor graphics and frustrating gameplay... guess throwing pee-covered snowballs and shooting a toilet-plunger launcher just wasn't enough to win critics over.
Nonetheless, the combination of better technology, a well-established publisher and a top-notch developer should help bring the South Park franchise back into a more popular light in the gaming sector. "Our goal is simple: to put creative talent first," said Danny Bilson, EVP Core Games, THQ. "Matt and Trey are arguably two of the most important comedic talents of their generation. Bringing their vision of South Park to the interactive space is a dream-come-true."
Additional information regarding the South Park RPG will be available in the January issue of Game Informer, shipping to subscribers in early December 2011 (aka now).
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awesome! absolutely sick
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...I think?
Gobbles!
respect my AUTHORITAH
Swiss colony beef logs...
Good to see a new South Park game. Hopefully it will be decent and also not be full of bugs, like New Vegas. That N64 South Park game was horrible.
FACK YES!!!!!!!!
Someone stop them before they waste hundreds of people's money and time.
I love South Park...I've seen every episode. But I can't see how this will turn out enjoyable.
Awesome I love South Park, also I loved South Park 64.
I wonder if one of the missions is to cook chilli out of Scott Tennermans parents and feed it to him.
casa bonita!
Final Boss: Hippie
Why are obsidian still allowed to make games.
O nice and hopefully they will also make an mobile version for android and ios.
Obsidian also did Knight of the Old Republic II, a great couple RPGs.
Why are obsidian still allowed to make games.
Whats your problem, all of Obsidian's games were both less buggy (at least on my PC) than the parent games and they were good too.
Omg! south park rpg......wooooooohooooooo.......
remember, always bring a towel!.... wanna get high?
This could be either terrible, or stupid good. I can see it going either way.
Can we really kill Kenny for real now ?
Or eat Mr Hanky.
The most important thing I learned from this article.
"the studio is also working on a Wheel of Time game for all three platforms."
That, I am looking forward to.
LOL Turok 2 game engine + south park. Good times.
THe N64 southpark game is fun. Still have it
THe N64 southpark game is fun. Still have it
I wish i did too
The most important thing I learned from this article."the studio is also working on a Wheel of Time game for all three platforms."That, I am looking forward to.
Yep, that would be interesting.
Seriously? Obsidian entertainment only makes game sequels for games that are very successful, and all of the sequels they make are inferior to the original. Neverwinter Nights was far superior to Neverwinter Nights 2, same with SW:KOTOR2 and Fallout: New Vegas. Dungeon Siege 3 was a flop. They do not make anything original, and everything they make is sub-par.
would be nice to know what kind of gameplay we will be dealing with,, i hope its not dumb shit, like go save lemmywinks, or go sneak into mr garrisons house and steal his dildo so you can do something with it kinda gameplay..
Seriously? Obsidian entertainment only makes game sequels for games that are very successful, and all of the sequels they make are inferior to the original. Neverwinter Nights was far superior to Neverwinter Nights 2, same with SW:KOTOR2 and Fallout: New Vegas. Dungeon Siege 3 was a flop. They do not make anything original, and everything they make is sub-par.
Every game Obsidian makes has an absolutely stunning narrative. In every game you mentioned, the in game story from OE has blown it's predecessors out of the water. You also forget Alpha Protocal. And while that game didn't sell well, it was easily one of my favorite games of the year for '10. NWN2 is still widely played online, featuring a level of MP customization that no other RPG can match. And New Vegas is currently the best selling FallOut title ever released. And for good reason. It presents the FO world far better than FO3. OE working on an RPG is great, but I'm not so sure how I feel about south park. But the Wheel of Time thing finally showing up in the press is a very good thing.
These guys are so mixed in the rpg business. They have good and terrible games. New Vegas was pretty good, but Alpha Protocol(theyre original IP) was a terrible game. Dont think theyll pull this one off...
I also remember them saying they were working on a Aliens RPG.
they need to make a family guy and/or american dad rpg. it would be grand as the day is long.