Feargus Urquhart

Feargus Urquhart is a Scottish-American video game designer and CEO of Obsidian Entertainment.[1][2][3][4]

Feargus Urquhart
Urquhart at KRI 2013 in Moscow
NationalityScottish-American
Occupation(s)Video game designer
CEO of Obsidian Entertainment
SpouseMargo
Children2

Career
Urquhart with Sergey Orlovskiy at E3 2013

Urquhart is best known for his work at Interplay Entertainment, particularly as leader of Black Isle Studios,[5][6] Interplay's internal role-playing video game division which Urquhart established in 1997. With them, Urquhart worked on the first two Fallout games.[3]

When Interplay ran into financial difficulties and Black Isle's future became uncertain, Urquhart and several other industry veterans departed to found Obsidian Entertainment,[7] in 2003.[4]

Personal life

Urquhart lives in West Irvine, California. He and his wife Margo have two children: Katie and Aidan.[4]

Games
Year Title Role(s)
1991 The Bard's Tale Construction Set Tester
1992 Out of This World
Castles II: Siege & Conquest Additional design, lead tester
1993 Claymates Writer
ClayFighter
1994 Rock n' Roll Racing Producer
Heart of the Alien Line producer
1995 Blackthorne Producer
Zombie Dinos from Planet Zeltoid
1996 Blood & Magic Foreman
Pro Pinball: The Web Division director
Shattered Steel Producer
Solitaire Deluxe Associate producer
1997 Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Special thanks
The Forgotten Realms Archives Product manager
Norse by Norse West: The Return of the Lost Vikings Producer
Fallout Division director
Descent to Undermountain
1998 The Ultimate RPG Archives
Baldur's Gate
Ultimate Might and Magic Archives
Fallout 2 Designer, producer, division director
Red Asphalt Producer, division director
The Ultimate Wizardry Archives Division director
1999 Planescape: Torment
Freespace 2
Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast Project manager
2000 Icewind Dale Division director
MDK 2 Special thanks
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn Division director
2001 Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter
Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal Project manager
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance "El Presidente"
2002 Neverwinter Nights Original producer
Icewind Dale II Division director
2003 Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader
2004 Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II Special thanks
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords CEO, president, executive producer
2006 Neverwinter Nights 2 CEO, president
2007 Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer
2008 Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir
2010 God of War: Ghost of Sparta Special thanks
Alpha Protocol CEO, president
Fallout: New Vegas
2011 Dungeon Siege III
2013 Horizon Special thanks
2014 South Park: The Stick of Truth CEO, president
2015 Pillars of Eternity
2016 Tyranny
2017 Pathfinder Adventures
Armored Warfare
Dead Alliance Special thanks
2018 Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire CEO, president
2019 The Outer Worlds Studio head
2020 Grounded
2021 Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness Special thanks
2022 Pentiment Studio head

Awards

In 1999, IGN's RPG Vault gave him the award for an Unsung Hero of the Year, stating that "since he is always quick to deflect credit away from himself, the great majority of fans remain unaware of Feargus' actual contributions to Black Isle's titles. We won't give away his secrets other than to say we consider him a very worthy initial winner of this award."[8]

References
  1. Ian Hamilton (17 October 2012). "Gamemaker scores big". Orange County Register.
  2. Tyler Todd (8 April 2006). "In the Game". The Gazette. p. I2.
  3. "Post-nuke Sin City stars in Fallout: New Vegas". The New Zealand Herald. 18 October 2010.
  4. Debbie Sklar (31 March 2005). "Spotlight". The Orange County Register.
  5. Stephen Lynch (24 December 2000). "The new face of film? With sophisticated animation and complex plots, Irvine video game companies are creating the interactive movies of the future". The Orange County Register. p. C1.
  6. Everard Strong (1 December 2003). "Keeping the Faith: Obsidian's Feargus Urquhart on RPGs and PCs". Game Developer. p. 16.
  7. "'Fallout: New Vegas' takes post-apocalypse play to Sin City". Agence France-Presse, reprinted in The Independent. 18 October 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  8. "1999 Vault Network Awards". 4 February 2001. Archived from the original on 4 February 2001.
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