Article by Alyx Jones Edited by Sam Hughes Alyx Jones recounts her experience of this year's AES Audio for Games Conference back in February. The 61st Audio for Games conference held at The Royal Society of Chemistry, London, took place Wednesday 10th to Friday 12th February 2016. This renowned event draws many game audio professionals
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Adventure Time: Finn and Jake Investigations Game Audio Review
Review by Alyx Jones Edited by Sam Hughes Developer: Vicious Cycle Software Composers: Pendleton Ward, Rod Abernethy Lead Sound Design/Music Editing: Mark Reis Voice Actors: Jeremy Shada, John DiMaggio, Tom Kenny, Pendleton Ward, Jessica DiCicco, Olivia Olson, Justin Roiland, Emo Philips, Keith Ferguson, Eric Bauza Reviewed on: Playstation 4 Adventure Time: Finn and Jake Investigations is a new game by Vicious Cycle
Interview with Leonard J Paul (School of Video Game Audio)
Pokémon: Symphonic Evolutions @ Eventim Apollo, London
Review by Alyx Jones Edited by Sam Hughes Even: Pokemon: Symphonic Evolutions Location: London Apollo Date: 20/12/16 Pokémon: Symphonic Evolutions, is an incredible event taking the much loved music from the video games, right through from the original 1996 games Pokémon Red and Blue versions to the newer 3DS games Pokémon X and Y. Conductor,
Knee Deep Game Audio Review
Review by Alyx Jones Edited by Sam Hughes Developer: Prologue Games Composers: Chris Wilson and Steve Pardo (Skewsound) Sound Designers: Nick Kallman and Dan Crislip (Skewsound) Voice Actors: Arielle DeLisle, Dan Osborne, George Washington III Reviewed on: Mac (Steam) Knee Deep is a very interesting swamp noir adventure, released in three acts. The game is focused around storytelling, giving the player choices
MISSING Game Audio Review
Review by Alyx Jones Edited by Sam Hughes Developer: Zandel Media Composer: Benoit Groulx Musicians: Sheila Hannigan, Maxime St-Pierre Audio Team: Pierre, Bouchard, Mathieu Dulong, Christian Rivest, Jo Caron, Guy Francoeur, Nicolas Lemieux Actors: Roy Dupius, Patrick Hivon, Serge Houde, Ziad Ghanem Reviewed on: Mac (Steam) MISSING: An Interactive Thriller is an FMV (Full Motion Video) game, that is essentially an interactive movie. A
Wurm Unlimited Game Audio Review
Review by Alyx Jones Edited by Sam Hughes Developer: Code Club AB Composer: Tom E. Morrison Sound Designer: Joss Sanglier (Dancing Bear) Reviewed on: PC (Steam) Wurm Unlimited is the new release from Code Club AB that works as a standalone of the older Wurm Online. This mass multiplayer sandbox adventure is essentially a medieval fantasy adventure not dissimilar
Dream Game Audio Review
Review by Alyx Jones Edited by Sam Hughes Developer: Hypersloth Composer/Sound Design: Norman Legies Voice Actor: Jonathan Keith Reviewed on: PC (Steam) Dream is an exploration based game that follows the character Howard Philips as he seeks to unravel mysteries behind his dreams and discover the meaning within. He finds his day to day life dull and monotonous, however he
PS+ Game of the Month: Dragon Fin Soup
Review by Alyx Jones Edited by Sam Hughes Developer: Grimm Bros Composer: Jade Leamcharaskul Sound Design: Randis Albion Reviewed on: Playstation 4 Dragon Fin Soup is a turn based RPG Game that takes inspiration from fairy tales such as Robin Hood and Little Red Riding Hood but doesn't retell the stories. It is the first game from indie studio Grimm Bros
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate Game Audio Review
Review by Alyx Jones Developer: Ubisoft Composer: Austin Wintory Audio Director: Lydia Andrew Voice Actors: Paul Amos, Victoria Atkin, Danny Wallace, Eliza Schneider & more Reviewed on: Playstation 4 So, it's no secret I'm a big fan of the Assassin's Creed series, but the last few titles have been a bit of a let down for me as a fan in