Brian Fargo has managed to raise an impressive $1.66 million for development of Wasteland 2 on community funding website Kickstarter, but if he can raise another $500,000 Obsidian will co-develop the title.

Brian and inXile Entertainment will have another 17 days in order to reach the required total of $2.1 million. This wouldn’t be the first time Fargo works with the team who developed Fallout: New Vegas.

“I have a history with the guys at Obsidian that dates back to the days of Interplay’s Black Isle studios,” he explained.

“Together we created some of the greatest RPG’s of all time, from Fallout 1 & 2 to titles like Icewind Dale and Planescape: Torment. It is great that we now have a chance to reunite on a project like Wasteland 2.

“Obsidian has an incredible library of story, dialog and design tools that they have used to create hits like Neverwinter Nights 2, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II, and of course, Fallout: New Vegas,” he continued.

“Regardless of the tech we use to develop the game, experience with these tools will help us efficiently design the game without wasting time and resources on the tools needed for development.”

Chris Avellone over at Obsidian also said he’d be very excited to work on the Wasteland sequel, which he calls “one of his favourite RPGs of all time”.

“While I’ve worked on Fallout 2 and Fallout: New Vegas, getting the chance to work on the spiritual successor to the Fallout franchise is an honor,” he said.

$2.1 million is a big ask, but Grim Fandango creator Tim Schafer recently showed what Kickstarter is capable of after raising over $3 million for his adventure project.

Source: Eurogamer