South Park Studios approached Obsidian to make the South Park RPG

Obsidian CEO Feargus Urquhart has revealed that his studio was approached to create the new South Park game directly by South Park Studios, the company that looks after the cartoon comedy franchise for creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone.

In a new interview that is part of Game Informer's series of exclusives on the game Feargus reveals that while THQ are to publish the game, South Park Studios came directly to Obsidian to ask if they wanted to do the game.

"What was interesting about it was we were contacted directly by South Park. Normally, how it works, is usually that a publisher calls us and say, 'hey, we have a licence, we want you to make a game,'" Feargus said.

"But this time, it was the licence holder themselves. And it was exciting because it’s great to work on licenced product, but to actually be working initially straight for the licenser, it meant that the guys who it was their baby were the ones who were going to be telling what they want. And on top of it, it was great once we started working with them was finding out how much into games they were."

Urquhart goes on to explain how South Park creators Parker and Stone met with the studio and helped to nail down key aspects of the game. As some who watch the show might've guessed, the pair are both gamers. "They both play a ton of games, Trey’s put 80, 90, 100 hours into Oblivion and things like that," Urquhart explains.

In the past South Park has spoofed World of Warcraft and Guitar Hero, and the South Park boys are regularly seen playing on a console that looks suspiciously like an Xbox 360. Cartman in particular has been seen in the show obsessing over game consoles in the past including the Dreamcast, PSP and Wii.

You can find more of the interview and even more on the game in general over on Game Informer's site.

[via VG247]