Feargus Urquhart
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Feargus Urquhart

Scottish-American video game developer

Feargus Urquhart is a Scottish-American video game designer and CEO of Obsidian Entertainment.2

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Born Apr 19, 1970.1

Companies

Career

Occupation: video game director, engineer, video game developer.5

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

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

From Wikipedia’s article on Feargus Urquhart (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Personal life

  • BornApr 19, 1970, Tustin6
  • CitizenshipUnited States7
  • ResidenceIrvine8

Urquhart resides in West Irvine, California. He and his wife Margo have two children: Katie and Aidan.

From Wikipedia’s article on Feargus Urquhart (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.