for their prior work on original pre-Obsidian titles like Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale, Fallout, and Planescape: Torment, the studio has established a reputation for working with existing intellectual properties, as it did with Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2 and Fallout: New Vegas, and as it is currently doing with South Park: The Stick of Truth for THQ. To date, the company has only shipped one original IP, Sega's stealth-action game Alpha Protocol, making Project Eternity a rare opportunity for the studio to create from whole cloth.

Obsidian CEO Feargus Urquhart took time to speak with GamesIndustry International about the decision to turn to the fans for Project Eternity funding, the ways that impacts the development process, and how Kickstarter is changing the dynamic between developers andin Vancouver this year.

Apparently, that opinion is in the minority, though.

The Bombers have been pleasantly surprised by the number of season-ticket holders who decided to shell out to reserve their seats for the big game.

The deadline for season ticket holders to renew, and pay for their Cup seats, was Saturday.

"As a matter of fact, it's better than expected. Probably 90% of the tickets we are selling are in that top price category.

"Our (season ticket) renewals are way ahead of last year. And over 60% of our people purchasing season tickets are also taking their Grey Cup tickets. That's a very good number."

Of course, that means something less than 40% of season ticket holders aren't buying a Cup ticket right now. But, apparently, the number of skeptics is smaller