# Obsidian working on Wheel of Time game, also Dungeon Siege 3 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 7, 2010, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obsidian-working-on-wheel-of-time-game-also-dungeon-siege-3/542358 "2010-06-07T23:29:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PopeJewish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@PopeJewish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PopeJewish)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obsidian-working-on-wheel-of-time-game-also-dungeon-siege-3/542358/1 "2010-06-07T23:29:08Z")
so Obsidian, the company famous for not finishing games, is working on two possibly excellent titles in addition to Fallout New Vegas. [Dungeon Siege 3](http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/101147-Obsidian-Announces-Dungeon-Siege-3), which is apparently being designed “under guidance from” Chris Taylor and, [a Wheel of Time game](http://www.dragonmount.com/News/?p=1193). However it seems the WoT game will be developed by Red Eagle Entertainment with help from Obsidian, so perhaps there’s hope for this on yet? I’d still love to see a proper Song of Ice and Fire game. I remember there being a mod for NWN (2? I don’t remember) that was quite awesome. Any thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obsidian-working-on-wheel-of-time-game-also-dungeon-siege-3/542358/2 "2010-06-07T23:34:32Z")
How the hell does Dungeon Siege have _2_ sequels? ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obsidian-working-on-wheel-of-time-game-also-dungeon-siege-3/542358/3 "2010-06-08T00:50:56Z")
Wheel of Time? I already played [this one](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wheel_of_Time_%28video_game%29). For about ten minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_C](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Captain\_C](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_C)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obsidian-working-on-wheel-of-time-game-also-dungeon-siege-3/542358/4 "2010-06-08T01:14:59Z")
So a company famous for not finishing games is making a game based on a seemingly never-ending book series? Brilliant! ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obsidian-working-on-wheel-of-time-game-also-dungeon-siege-3/542358/5 "2010-06-08T02:22:11Z")
Only two books left in WoT, and one of them will be out this year. The author dying tends to set things back a bit, especially if it’s a long, drawn out death. (No real input on the game…will wait and see. Never really liked Dungeon Siege though, so probably won’t get the 3rd iteration). -XT ---
**Author:** ![PopeJewish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@PopeJewish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PopeJewish)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obsidian-working-on-wheel-of-time-game-also-dungeon-siege-3/542358/6 "2010-06-08T02:27:54Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > How the hell does Dungeon Siege have _2_ sequels? I found the first game to be amusing if simple. Never played the second, but yea > [@Captain\_C](#): > > So a company famous for not finishing games is making a game based on a seemingly never-ending book series? Brilliant! this is kinda the feeling I was going for. Though as an admitted Song of Ice and Fire fan I can’t really say much about the Jordan series. I’ve been waiting on Dance with Dragons for years and years. ---
**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obsidian-working-on-wheel-of-time-game-also-dungeon-siege-3/542358/7 "2010-06-08T05:44:52Z")
Not terribly excited over a sequel for Dungeon Siege. The world is bland, the characters are bland, the lore is non-existent, the gameplay derivative… (And why would any company do a second sequel?). ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obsidian-working-on-wheel-of-time-game-also-dungeon-siege-3/542358/8 "2010-06-08T05:55:17Z")
> [@PopeJewish](#): > > I’d still love to see a proper Song of Ice and Fire game. One is in development at Cyanide Studios (the team behind the recent Blood Bowl game). ---
**Author:** ![PopeJewish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@PopeJewish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PopeJewish)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obsidian-working-on-wheel-of-time-game-also-dungeon-siege-3/542358/9 "2010-06-08T06:26:15Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > One is in development at Cyanide Studios (the team behind the recent Blood Bowl game). interesting. Any word on what type of game it would be? ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obsidian-working-on-wheel-of-time-game-also-dungeon-siege-3/542358/10 "2010-06-08T06:36:21Z")
> [@PopeJewish](#): > > interesting. Any word on what type of game it would be? Nope. There was a press release announcing the game over a year ago and since then, bupkis. > **[George R.R Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire to become a video game series @...](https://www.gamingtarget.com/article.php?artid=9793)** > > Adaptation of popular fantasy books coming courtesy of Cyanide. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obsidian-working-on-wheel-of-time-game-also-dungeon-siege-3/542358/11 "2010-06-08T22:56:18Z")
> [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](#): > > (And why would any company do a second sequel?). Because they sell. ---
**Author:** ![PopeJewish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@PopeJewish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PopeJewish)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obsidian-working-on-wheel-of-time-game-also-dungeon-siege-3/542358/12 "2010-06-08T23:25:34Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > Nope. There was a press release announcing the game over a year ago and since then, bupkis. > > [George R.R Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire to become a video game series @ Gaming Target](http://www.gamingtarget.com/article.php?artid=9793) hmm, interesting. I actually prefer hearing bupkis about a game for years and years. Sorta the Nintendo/BioWare/Valve strategy of “when it’s almost done you’ll know what we’re doing.” Rather than the Obsidian/EA practice of hyping a game from the second you decide to make it and giving a release date that you’ll ultimately struggle to meet and screw up what could’ve been a good product ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obsidian-working-on-wheel-of-time-game-also-dungeon-siege-3/542358/13 "2010-06-09T08:13:11Z")
I think there was also a Dance of Ice and Fire mod for Medieval 2: Total War. Never tried it, though. ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obsidian-working-on-wheel-of-time-game-also-dungeon-siege-3/542358/14 "2010-06-09T15:09:28Z")
> [@PopeJewish](#): > > hmm, interesting. I actually prefer hearing bupkis about a game for years and years. Sorta the Nintendo/BioWare/Valve strategy of “when it’s almost done you’ll know what we’re doing.” Rather than the Obsidian/EA practice of hyping a game from the second you decide to make it and giving a release date that you’ll ultimately struggle to meet and screw up what could’ve been a good product Obsidian doesn’t do much hype. There do, if anything, less than Bioware, and only a bit rmoe than Blizzard.