Tommy Tallarico Speaks About Video Games Live 2016

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Sam Hughes chatted to Tommy Tallarico today about Video Games Live! They discuss its future as well as upcoming gigs, special guests, the kickstarter targets and stretch goals, some exciting new track announcement for upcoming shows and more! Listen here:   Links VGL Official Twitter Facebook Tommy Twitter Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1916334303/video-games-live-level-4-lets-do-it-again We hope you enjoyed the interview, feel free to check out more

Audiokinetic Announce Wwise Dolby Atmos® Support!

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Article by Sam Hughes Today, Audiokinetic announced the support of  Dolby Atmos®, enabling object-based, immersive next-generation audio in video games. According to Audiokinetic they have laid the groundwork within the already-existing versions of Wwise® 2015.1, allowing developers to enable Dolby’s "revolutionary audio system" into their game productions. This is highly anticipated and personally, not a

Plantronics RIG500E A Hands-on Review

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Review by Andrew Overfield Edited by Sam Hughes Company: Plantronics Product: Surround Sound Headset: E-Sports Edition Model: RIG500E Reviewed on: PS4 Go back to the days when I was growing up, playing Master System games at my grandmother’s house all the way up to smashing the hell out of my friends on Mortal Kombat Trilogy there

Unravel Game Audio Review

Review by Alyx Jones Developer: Coldwood Interactive Composers: Frida Johansson, Henrik Oja Sound Design: Håkan Dalsfelt Reviewed on: Playstation 4 Unravel is an absolutely stunning, puzzle platformer by Coldwood Interactive, that features the little knitted character Yarny, as we travel through incredibly beautiful environments and memories from the family that made us. It explores subjects around families and issues around the

Interview With Hitman’s Agent 47, David Bateson

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With the new Hitman releasing March 11th get your hype on with this interview! Sam Hughes speaks to the voice behind Hitman's Agent 47, David Bateson. They discuss David's fantastic career so far, being Hitman and reminisce slightly about the late David Bowie an Alan Rickman.    Tracks in the podcast: 1: Hitman 2 Main

BAFTA Games Awards 2016 Nominees!

It's that time of year again and the nominees for this years BAFTA Games Awards so congratulations on all the nominees! Everybody's Gone to the Rapture leads the way with 10 nominations this year, followed by The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and Her Story with 7 and Batman: Arkham Knight, and

SUPERHOT Game Audio Review

Review by Alyx Jones Edited by Sam Hughes Developer: SUPERHOT Team Sound Design: Artur Walaszczyk Reviewed on: Playstation 4 SUPERHOT holds its modest beginnings as a game jam project, developed by a group of friends in August 2013. After releasing their initial project, they then managed to get Steam Greenlit in just 2 days and then took Kickstarter by storm,

AES: Audio for Games 61st Conference

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

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

Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate Interview with Audio Director, Lydia Andrew

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Sam Hughes speaks to Audio Director, Lydia Andrew about her career so far and her work on Assassin's Creed: Syndicate. Lydia is an Audio Director who has worked in game audio for 14 years and in the entertainment industry for nearly 20. She started her games career with Electronic Arts in the