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Obsidian Entertainment

American video game company
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Obsidian Entertainment is a privately held company founded on June 12, 2003 and headquartered in Irvine. It is a subsidiary of Xbox Game Studios. As of 2019, the company employed 200 people[1].

Key Facts

  • Country: United States[3]
  • Instance of: video game developer[4], video game publisher[5]
  • Founder: Feargus Urquhart[6], Chris Avellone[7], Chris Jones[8], Darren Monahan[9]
  • Named after: obsidian[10]
  • Headquarters location: Irvine[11]
  • Commons category: Obsidian Entertainment[12]
  • Industry: video game industry[13]
  • Inception: June 12, 2003[14]
  • Location of formation: Santa Ana[15]
  • Parent organization or unit: Xbox Game Studios[16]
  • Official website: https://www.obsidian.net/[17]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Obsidian Entertainment[18]
  • Director / manager: Feargus Urquhart[19]
  • Employees: 200[20]
  • Topic has template: Template:Obsidian Entertainment Games[21]
  • Legal form: privately held company[22]
  • Social media followers: 259,163[23], 142,668[24], 286,661[25], 322,145[26]
  • P14750: 5A61-AB4E-C212-5189-DA0B[27]
  • P14883: 12125[28]

Why It Matters

Obsidian Entertainment has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

business Chris Avellone privately held company United States video game developer Xbox Game Studios

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  2. [4] ↑ . LastDodo. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . gamereactor.eu. Retrieved . gamereactor.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · LaserMoai · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Logo image → Obsidian Entertainment black.svg
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  2. 19d ago · Xavier Numista · 2026-09-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic has template → Template:Obsidian Entertainment Games
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    P14883 → 12125
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    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14883: 12125, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/279031|batch #279031]]"
  3. 8w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 5A61-AB4E-C212-5189-DA0B
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  4. 23w ago · Lmerice · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Databáze her developer id → —
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    Gamefaqs company id → 75086
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