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Obsidian Entertainment has assured Eurogamer it is "doing fine" following the announcement it will no longer develop Armored Warfare, the free-to-play tank game. Those duties will move wholesale to Russian studio My.com, owned by the Russian company bankrolling the whole operation, Mail.ru.In an official statement the two companies suggested the split was amicable but in a conversation with Eurogamer, Obsidian CEO Feargus Urquhart said it's unlikely the independent studio will ever tackle a game like Armored Warfare again.
But however unusual Armored Warfare might have seemed for role-playing specialist Obsidian, it was paying the bills. It was the bedrock of Obsidian operations for the past four years, the main project at a studio of nearly 200 people. Productions like Pillars of Eternity and Tyranny were small by comparison.
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