This isn't a news site, it's a site where they gather news related to RPGs, and even if this was announced in the past, I didn't know about it. Not that I care, I am part of the PC master race.

This actually isn't news, they announced it at Gamescom before the game released.

Agreed.. and that despite a partly very toxic "fanbase"

I'll wait for a price drop now that I'm almost finished pillars of PoE 2 and since Obsidian has been bought out by Microsoft I'll need another isometric RPG company to love. I do like the idea that they have a large amount of companion choices like they did in Baldur's Gate. You had 23 options of companions to take with you, granted they weren't fully voiced it was still decent to have.

You can say whatever you want about the state of the game, but they are providing stellar support and showing incredible commitment to making their game as bug free as possible in the shortest time feasible.

LOL! That's *exactly* why I clicked on it. Takes me back.

So maybe this shake up is what both studios need to get them back into form too. At the very least things will be different. And for someone who isn't happy with the way things are currently, that's either good news or neutral news.

I'd rather have depth than breadth. I would take almost any ME companion than any from BG, although over the trilogy a few of those got a lot of depth. Few studios have done companions better than Bioware, and that's the new plateau for me.

You are right about Jade Empire but they did a very nice PC port after, one of the few decent ones. I don't trust MS, I am not overly in love with Obsidian or Inixile anymore either.

I haven't played this game since they removed the ability to grind Red Alerts or whatever you wanted to do, now it's random and that is pita. Still worth playing for the story or special events I guess, but meh