Soul Axiom Game Audio Review

Review by Katie Tarrant Edited by Sam Hughes Developer: Wales Interactive Composer: Gareth Lumb Reviewed on: PC Soul Axiom is a first person adventure puzzle game developed by Wales Interactive. The game centers around the cyber-world of Elysia, with your character lost in a Tron-esque afterlife in which they must solve the mystery of both their previous and

The VOID Interview with Chance Thomas

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Sam Hughes speaks to Chance Thomas about working on The VOID, an incredible new experience that combines the use of real effects, Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality.  Chance Thomas is an American composer, educator and entrepreneur. His music has underscored blockbuster commercial success and critical acclaim, including an Oscar™, an Emmy™ and

Interview with Anne Juenger, COO of Umlaut Audio

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Sam Hughes speaks to Co-founder and COO of Umlaut Audio. Umlaut Audio designs fully customizable software instruments and samples. Umlaut’s products are inspired by years of experience developing custom virtual instrument solutions and samples for many of the world's most famous composers such as Harry Gregson Williams,Danny Elfman (1953- )

Tom Clancy’s The Division Game Audio Review

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Reviewed by Katie Tarrant Edited by Sam Hughes Developer: Ubisoft Massive Audio Director: Simon Koudriavtsev Composer: Ola Strandh Voice Actors: Brandon Keener, Kate Drummond, Melissa O'Neil, Patrick Garrow, Rob Stewart, Tony Nappo, Warona Setshwaelo and co. Reviewed on: Xbox One During his time, Tom Clancy has developed quite a name for himself amidst the game industry

Batman: Arkham Knight Game Audio Review

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Review by Alyx Jones & Sam Hughes Edited by Sam Hughes Developer: Rocksteady Studios Composers: Nick Arundel, David Buckley Sound Design: Andrew Riley (Lead), Pierre-Jean Griscelli, Daniel Murdoch, Andrew Quinn, Jessica Saunders with special thanks to Lee Banyard, Joe Cavers, Sam Jones & co. Audio Programmers: Chip Bell (Lead), Simon Leary-Wood, Anthony Lloyd Voice Actors: Kevin Conroy, Jonathan Banks, John Noble,

Granulate 2: A Product Review

Review by Andrew Overfield Edited by Sam Hughes Developer: Fracture Sounds / Will Bedford Reviewed on: Kontakt 5.5 / Mac / Logic Pro 9.1.8   Granulate 2 is a reboot from Fracture Sounds, with many new features added that were sought after in 1.0. It is an audio manipulation engine for use with Kontakt 5, that allows for powerful

Firewatch Game Audio Review

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Developer: Campo Santo Composer/Sound Designer: Chris Remo Sound Provided by: Bay Area Sound Inc., Jared Emerson-Johnson, Julian Kwasneski, Connor Stock & Chris Remo Voice Artists: Rich Sommer, Cissy Jones Review by Katie Tarrant Edited by Sam Hughes Back in February, San Francisco developers Campo Santo brought us Firewatch. Featuring members who have worked on the likes of Bioshock

Now Play This Games Exhibition

Review by Alyx Jones Edited by Sam Hughes Now Play This is a games exhibition held in the New Wing of Somerset House, as part of the London Games Festival. It's a 3-day event running from the 1-3 April, now in its second year. Now Play This, is particularly focused on artistic

Obsidian’s Audio DIrector, Justin Bell on South Park: The Stick of Truth

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Sam Hughes chats to Audio Director, Justin Bell over at Obsidian about South Park: The Stick of Truth. They discuss all of the techniques and work involved in the project including some in-depth discussions of implementation, workflow and more! Justin graduated with an A.A. degree in Music from Los Angeles Valley College