A half-joking, half serious tweet from Chris Avellone this afternoon reveals that the much respected industry veteran has parted ways with Obsidian Entertainment:
"I have officially left Obsidian Entertainment to accept a sudden opening as the Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor at Hogwarts."
Avellone would follow up with:
"(The first part is serious, but much love and well wishes to my fellow devs, good folks one and all.)"
Chris Avellone was involved albeit not heavily with the recently released Pillars of Eternity, and he has lended his expertise to InXile's Wasteland 2 and the upcoming Torment: Tides of Numenera. A popular belief amongst gamers is that Avellone has left Obsidian to focus fully on the latter game, but there is currently no word on what Avellone is doing next. We're curious to find out and wish him the best of luck.