Little Nightmares: The Depths of Audio with Tobias Lilja

Sam Hughes speaks with Audio Designer Tobias Lilja of Tarsier Studios, about the audio for the intense side scrolling platformer, Little Nightmares. They go into detail of how the game audio makes the player feel fear and vulnerability through various techniques and inspirations. It certainly has come along way since

Turtle Beach EarForce Recon 150 PS4/PC Headset Review

Article by Sam Hughes Edited by Alyx Jones Intro Turtle Beach have always delivered a great overall sound experience when playing games on various mediums. I've used various headsets ( you can see my other reviews of the Stealth 450 and the Earforce PX24 at these links) and haven't been disappointed yet. The

SOUND FORGE Audio Studio 12 Released!

MAGIX announced the release of the latest update to SOUND FORGE Audio Studio earlier this week! Released on 7th August, Version 12 takes SOUND FORGE Audio Studio to "a whole new level supplying everything you need to record, edit, enhance, and deliver high-resolution audio". SOUND FORGE Audio Studio is a great tool

Interview with Composer, Bryce Jacobs

Sam Hughes speaks to Bryce Jacobs about his career so far and more! Bryce's recent film project "Random Tropical Paradise" by Gunpowder and Sky Distribution was released June 9, http://variety.com/2017/film/news/bryan-greenberg-comedy-random-tropical-paradise-1202391793/. What is also very interesting about Bryce is that he created his own 7 octave guitar, with the financial help

Quantum Break Interview with Richard Lapington

Deniz Zlobin has very kindly shared with us his interview with Richard Lapington (Original HERE in Russian), who at the time of interview was Remedy Entertainment's Audio Lead (Now Narrative Lead), about the audio for Quantum Break! Read the full interview below:   How did you start working in game industry, and

ARK: Survival Evolved at Abbey Road

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Article by Sam Hughes EDIT: Now with this behind the scenes video recorded at the time! Sam Hughes recounts his trip to Abbey Road Studios to observe the recording sessions with The Philharmonia for ARK: Survival Evolved's soundtrack, composed by Gareth Coker. I can not even express how much excitement I felt for

Grant Kirkhope Yooka Laylee Interview Three-ie

Sam Hughes speaks to Grant Kirkhope once more! They discuss the Yooka Laylee soundtrack, Dropzone and more!  Grant is a BAFTA nominated British composer who has created the soundtrack for video games that have sold in excess of 30 million copies. From GoldenEye to Banjo-Kazooie, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning to Civilization: Beyond Earth. He