Feargus Urquhart
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| File:Feargus Urkuhart at KRI 2013, Russia, Moscow (cropped).jpg Urquhart at KRI 2013 in Moscow | |
| Occupations | Video game designer CEO of Obsidian Entertainment |
| Spouse | Margo |
| Children | 2 |
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Feargus Urquhart is a Scottish-American video game designer and CEO of Obsidian Entertainment.[1][2][3][4]
Career
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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.[citation needed] 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
[edit | edit source]Urquhart lives in West Irvine, California. He and his wife Margo have two children: Katie and Aidan.[4]
Games
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[edit | edit source]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]
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External links
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- American businesspeople in the video game industry
- American chief executives
- American video game producers
- Black Isle Studios
- British businesspeople in the video game industry
- Interplay Entertainment people
- Living people
- Obsidian Entertainment people
- Scottish chief executives
- Scottish company founders
- Video game producers
- Xbox Game Studios