The Latest Breaking News from Josh Sawyer

When it comes to RPG design, Fallout: New Vegas lead Josh Sawyer says Ghost of Tsushima and Yotei have "some of the best armor I've ever seen"

"Looks really cool"

GamesRadar · Jun 19

I never change weapons in RPGs, which means I've made Obsidian director Josh Sawyer's life a living hell when it comes to making cool armour systems

Sorry, Josh.

PC Gamer · Jun 4

After 26 years of RPGs, Obsidian legend Josh Sawyer admits he's still trying to make a good armor system

Avowed's "kind of worked, except that nobody liked it"

GamesRadar · Jun 3

"You are wrong" and Fallout New Vegas was ripped apart at launch, Obsidian's Josh Sawyer reminds RPG fans, comparing it to Cyberpunk 2077: "Its reputation at launch was not fantastic"

"There was another game that sold very well at launch that did not review amazingly"

GamesRadar · Feb 13

"When Bethesda bought the Fallout license," RPG legend Josh Sawyer figured his "dream" of making a Fallout game was dead – until New Vegas came along

"I figured I would never have a chance to work on the series again"

GamesRadar · Feb 11

'It took about 5 years' for people to start liking Fallout: New Vegas, says Josh Sawyer, and even longer for Obsidian to see that 'players actually liked the design choices we had made'

Hindsight has about a 20% chance of scoring a headshot in VATS.

PC Gamer · Feb 10

"It took about 5 years" for Fallout: New Vegas to win over fans, former lead says, and "a few years more" for the devs to believe they "actually liked the design choices we had made"

The cult RPG "was not particularly well-received when it launched"

GamesRadar · Feb 9

Benevolent Fallout New Vegas director says he would let players set “difficulty options however they like” if “it cost nothing⁠, which it does not”

"When it comes to exposing data tables and letting players mod that stuff, just let 'em do whatever the heck they want"

GamesRadar · Jan 27

Instead of difficulty, Obsidian designer Josh Sawyer thinks in terms of 3 RPG player archetypes: 'What are they trying to get out of this game?'

I'm usually looking for a bow that shoots chain lightning or something.

PC Gamer · Jan 27

A Baldur's Gate 3-style early access period wouldn't have done much for Deadfire, the secret best CRPG of the last decade, per its director Josh Sawyer

It must be true, I wrote it in the headline.

PC Gamer · Jan 22