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Fallout: New Vegas director Josh Sawyer says it was "pure luck" he directed the RPG at Obsidian: "Almost literally fell in my lap"

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Fallout: New Vegas
Genres · fps, rpg
Release · Oct 19, 2010
Developer · Obsidian Entertainment
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256 articles 115 writers 2 reviews
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Role · Developer / Publisher
Active · 2004–2025
Latest · The Outer Worlds 2
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