inXile Grabs Jason Anderson for New RPG

inXile entertainment, the studio behind the tongue-in-cheek fantasy spoof, The Bard’s Tale, announced yesterday that Jason Anderson, one of the designers of the original Fallout and a founder of Troika Games, has joined the inExlie as creative director for a new, unannounced RPG currently in development. Anderson recently left Interplay, he was working on the company’s Fallout MMO project, dubbed V13.

“Jason has an extensive resume of creating amazing RPGs over the past two decades and we feel very lucky to have his talent directed to one of our upcoming projects,” said Brian Fargo, chief executive officer of inXile entertainment. “His leadership and vision will allow us to have a second development team focused on an epic game that will push the boundaries of RPGs.”

Anderson is no stranger to the RPG genre. Aside from his prior works on the Fallout series, Anderson has also worked on the PC RPGs Stonekeep, Arcanum: Of Magick & Steamworks, and Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines. While inExlie is keeping quiet about its current RPG project, I know of a lot of gamers who’d love to see a new Bard’s Tale for PC and consoles. Guess we’ll just have to wait and see what develops.