Article by Doug Waters Edited by Katie Tarrant Reviewed on: PlayStation 4 Developer: Bioware Publisher: Electronic Arts Composer: John Paesano Audio Directors: Michael Kent, Jeremie Voillot As I’m sitting here, prepared to type, I’m struggling to come up with an introduction that will do the Mass Effect trilogy justice. Never has a game series affected me
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Sublevel Zero: Redux – Game Audio Review
Article by Alyx Jones Edited by Sam Hughes Developer: Sigtrap Games Composer: Will Bedford Sound Design: Jey Kazi Reviewed on: PS4 Sublevel Zero Redux, hit consoles Playstation 4 and Xbox One, on March 7th after its original success on Steam. The game is a first-person rogue-like, six-degree-of-freedom shooter, set in a universe where reality is
Pinstripe – Game Audio Review
Review by Alyx Jones Edited by Sam Hughes Developer: Atmos Games Publisher: Armor Games Composer: Thomas Brush Voice Actors: Pewdiepie, Jacksepticeye, Dan Avidan & Nathan Sharp Reviewed on: Mac (Steam) Back in February 2016 the one man development team, Thomas Brush, published a Kickstarter campaign, in the hopes of raising funds to get the game Pinstripe off
Voxpat 2 by Digital Brain Instruments Review
Article by Katie Tarrant Edited by Sam Hughes WHAT IS IT? Voxpat 2 is the second rendition of the real-time voice generator from Digital Brain Instruments. Currently a small company making a big impact, Digital Brain Instruments specialise in crafting interactive audio tools targeted at sound designers, musicians, developers and the like. Visually, Voxpat 2 has only
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Game Audio Review
Review by Willy McCarter Edited by Katie Tarrant Developer/Publisher: Nintendo Composers: Manaka Kataoka, Yasuaki Iwata Sound Director: Hajime Wakai Reviewed on: Nintendo Switch Introduction Well, the time has finally come! The dawn of a new generation of gaming consoles is upon us and of course Nintendo naturally like to break into every new
Yooka-Laylee Audio Review
Article by Alyx Jones Edited by Sam Hughes Developer: Playtonic Games Composers: Grant Kirkhope, David Wise & Steve Burke Audio Director: Dan Murdoch Reviewed on: PS4 Since the days of Spyro and Crash Bandicoot, there has been a real lack of children's games on consoles. Of course, there is the amazing Lego franchise and Spyro’s reincarnation
EGX Rezzed 2017: Day by Day Highlights
Article by Alyx Jones & Katie Tarrant EGX Rezzed came back to Tobacco Docks for 2017, drawing massive crowds and a sold out Saturday! Rezzed brings together all of the best up and coming indie titles, including a massive indie section, the leftfield collection and BAFTA games section, with hundreds of
Horizon Zero Dawn Audio Review
Review by Alyx Jones Developer: Guerilla Games Composers: Joris De Man, Joe Henson and Alexis Smith (aka. The Flight) & Niels Van Der Leest Audio Lead: Bastian Seelbach, Pinar Temiz, Lucas Van Tol, Anton Woldhek Reviewed on: PS4 The long awaited PS4 exclusive, action role-playing game from Guerilla Games, has hit 2017 running with some of the highest
Beauty and the Beast (2017): A Tale as Good as Old Time?
Review by Andrew Overfield Edited by Alyx Jones Director: Bill Condon Composer: Alan Menken Sound Designer(s): Sean Garnhart, Stephen P. Robinson, Warren Shaw Reviewed at: VUE Cinema, The Light It goes without saying that Disney have given us some powerful and emotional masterpieces with their animated classics. Journeys beyond the imagination and into the fantasy, are what have collected
Izotope Iris 2
Reviewed by Joe Thom Edited by Sam Hughes Developer: Izotope Reviewed on: PC If you're looking for a virtual instrument and sampler, with the flexibility of a modern synth, with the fun of spectral filtering, look no further! The first iteration of Izotope's Iris was famous for taking the advanced spectral editing technology of RX, and dumping it