Feargus Urquhart
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Feargus Urquhart is a Scottish-American video game designer and CEO of Obsidian Entertainment.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=NZHerald>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=Sklar>Template:Cite news</ref>
Career
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Urquhart is best known for his work at Interplay Entertainment, particularly as leader of Black Isle Studios,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Interplay's internal role-playing video game division which Urquhart established in 1997.Template:Cn With them, Urquhart worked on the first two Fallout games.<ref name=NZHerald/>
When Interplay ran into financial difficulties and Black Isle's future became uncertain, Urquhart and several other industry veterans departed to found Obsidian Entertainment,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> in 2003.<ref name=Sklar/>
Personal life
Urquhart lives in West Irvine, California. He and his wife Margo have two children: Katie and Aidan.<ref name=Sklar/>
Games
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."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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External links
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- Black Isle Studios
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- Living people
- Obsidian Entertainment people
- Scottish chief executives
- Scottish company founders
- Video game producers
- Xbox Game Studios
- Year of birth missing (living people)