GamePressure (opens in new tab) recently posted an interview with Feargus Urquhart, CEO and one of the founders of the venerable RPG company Obsidian Entertainment. While the interview touches on key moments and future plans after Obsidian's best year ever (opens in new tab), I was most intrigued by the deep pieces of CRPG lore that were unearthed in the course of the conversation.

Most shocking to me was the story that Obsidian was at one point negotiating to make a video game based on "Avatar 2". At the time we were talking with them [James Cameron and 20th Century Fox] about making an "Avatar 2" game. I don't know how long ago it was; eight years, six years, something like that."

In other words, the proposal was made in the mid-2010s, before "Avatar: The Way of Water" was officially announced and long before Obsidian was acquired by Microsoft. As a true Cameron fan who is both a fan of Obsidian and a devotee of "Avatar: The Way of Water," my head is spinning. Perhaps he was going to have an angry old nihilist Na'vi (opens in new tab) lecture him on how evil Eywa (the immortal world spirit that connects all life on the planet Pandora) is?

Ubisoft has been quietly working on its own Avatar video game recently, but this was actually not the first time Obsidian had adapted the work of box office Jimmy C. - the Alien project, which was canceled in the early 2010s, was then Obsidian Urquhart attributes the move to Obsidian employees Josh Sawyer and Adam Brennecke, who "pushed" him to consider crowdfunding. He believes this is thanks to them.

Urquhart also reiterated his interest, as well as the lack of concrete action, in Obsidian's return to the Fallout series: "We are not working on Fallout or even talking about what it is.

The full GamePressure interview (opens in new tab) is worth a read for Obsidianheads. Of course, if for some reason Urquhart decides he doesn't like it, he and his Black Isle Bastards and Pillars of Eternity's The Heaving Harlot can be sent to the deep: Deadfire (opens in new tab).