Feargus Urquhart is a Scottish-American video game designer and CEO of Obsidian Entertainment.[1][2][3][4]
Career
Urquhart is best known for his work at Interplay Entertainment, particularly as leader of Black Isle Studios,[5][6] Interplay's internal role-playing video game division which Urquhart established in 1997. With them, Urquhart worked on the first two Fallout games.[3]
When Interplay ran into financial difficulties and Black Isle's future became uncertain, Urquhart and several other industry veterans departed to found Obsidian Entertainment,[7] in 2003.[4]
Personal life
Urquhart lives in West Irvine, California. He and his wife Margo have two children: Katie and Aidan.[4]
Games
Awards
In 1999, IGN's RPG Vault gave him the award for an Unsung Hero of the Year, stating that "since he is always quick to deflect credit away from himself, the great majority of fans remain unaware of Feargus' actual contributions to Black Isle's titles. We won't give away his secrets other than to say we consider him a very worthy initial winner of this award."[8]
External links
References
- Ian Hamilton. Gamemaker scores big Orange County Register, 17 October 2012^
- Tyler Todd. In the Game The Gazette, 8 April 2006^
- Post-nuke Sin City stars in Fallout: New Vegas The New Zealand Herald, 18 October 2010^
- Debbie Sklar. Spotlight The Orange County Register, 31 March 2005^
- Stephen Lynch. The new face of film? With sophisticated animation and complex plots, Irvine video game companies are creating the interactive movies of the future The Orange County Register, 24 December 2000^
- Everard Strong. Keeping the Faith: Obsidian's Feargus Urquhart on RPGs and PCs Game Developer, 1 December 2003^
- 'Fallout: New Vegas' takes post-apocalypse play to Sin City Agence France-Presse, reprinted in The Independent, 18 October 2010, retrieved 11 August 2011^
- 1999 Vault Network Awards 4 February 2001^