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Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire Thinks Bigger with New Trailer

Obsidian has gone to work on Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire, revealing a new trailer that shows how much bigger the game's world is growing.

Ozzie Mejia

November 14, 2017 10:35 AM

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With the first Pillars of Eternity proving a success for Obsidian, it was no surprise that funding for the second game went through the roof. The crowdfunding effort for Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire ultimately ended with $4.4 million raised on Fig, quadrupling Obsidian's initial goal. With so much money raised, the developers went right to work and now have an early gameplay trailer for Deadfire to show off.

This early trailer shows that Obsidian is aiming higher than the original Pillars of Eternity. Players will have bigger monsters, more detailed landscapes, pirate ships, and new lore. The game is in its first stages of development, but is already looking solid.

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire is on track for a 2018 release. To get a look at what's coming, check out the video below. Be sure to also check out our interview with Obsidian's Josh Sawyer from earlier this year, discussing crowdfunding and storytelling.

Ozzie Mejia

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Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?