14 years after leaving Obsidian Entertainment to ply his commerce on video games together with Guardians of Middle-earth, Horizon Zero Dawn, and Horizon Forbidden West, Fallout: New Vegas inventive design lead John Gonzalez has returned. But do not get too excited, New Vegas followers, as a result of he says it is not for New Vegas 2.
“I’m pleased to share that I’m beginning a brand new place as Creative Director at Obsidian Entertainment!” Gonzalez wrote in a quick message on LinkedIn (by way of GamesIndustry). Clearly anticipating what this announcement would result in, he added in a fast observe additional down the web page, “Back to Obsidian for thrilling instances! (No, it is not FNV2.)”
Gonzalez performed an enormous position within the creation of Fallout: New Vegas, to the extent that lead designer Josh Sawyer clarified his contributions in a 2022 thread on X. “John Gonzalez was the lead inventive designer (successfully ‘writing lead’) on Fallout: New Vegas,” Sawyer wrote. “He wrote the principle plot from Chris Avellone’s beginning incident (shot within the head, dropped in a grave within the desert) and my finish level (2nd Battle of Hoover Dam) .
“He created and wrote House, designed the households of The Strip, and wrote many main characters, together with House, Caesar, Benny, Yes Man, and Vulpes Inculta. He additionally wrote Ricky and Stella in Honest Hearts in addition to the entire Survivalist/Randall Clark logs.”
That’s an awfully huge chunk of an awfully huge recreation, and you’ll perceive why followers may anticipate (or no less than hope) that after greater than a decade away, Gonzalez—who’s additionally earned approval for his work as narrative director on Guerrilla’s Horizon video games—is coming again for the Fallout recreation followers have been demanding for years.
It’s a disgrace for them that he is not, however take coronary heart: He could not have returned to Obsidian for New Vegas 2, however some sort of undiscussed new Fallout? Hey, something’s doable. (And we want that very a lot.) Obsidian can be presently engaged on The Outer Worlds 2, which has a little bit of Fallout taste to it—that one’s presently anticipated out someday this yr.
