Review by Katie Tarrant Edited by Alyx Jones Final Fantasy has an incredible history. With a lifetime currently spanning almost 30 years and over 100 million sales, it stands as one of the most successful franchises of all time. The 29th of November will see the release of Final Fantasy’s latest installment, Final
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The Flame In The Flood Game Audio Review
Review by Katie Tarrant Edited by Sam Hughes Developer: The Molasses Flood Composer: Chuck Ragan Sound Designer: Pat Balthrop Reviewed on: PC INTRODUCTION Survival games are something many of us know and love. With more being released every year, there’s a growing pressure for developers to find new ways of reworking the survival concept in order to stand out from the
Composing Music for Games: A Chance Thomas Book Review
Review by Andrew Overfield Edited by Sam Hughes Author: Chance Thomas Publisher: CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group) Reviewed on: Paperback I love reading material and I eagerly anticipated getting stuck into Composing Music for Games by Chance Thomas. Now there are many different mediums where information, guidance or education can be distributed in the world. A simple YouTube search on
Doom (Campaign) Game Audio Review
Review by Matt Hellewell Edited by Sam Hughes Developer: id Software Publisher: Bethesda Softworks Composer: Mick Gordon Audio Director: Chris Hite Reviewed on: Xbox One The Doom campaign begins with your character awakening in a Martian facility, unaware of where he is or how he got there. As the story unfolds you start to piece together the
XCOM 2 Interview with Composer, Tim Wynn
Sam Hughes speaks to Tim Wynn about his recent work on XCOM 2 and some great advice and experience obtained throughout his career! Award-winning composer, Tim Wynn (Supernatural, XCOM: Enemy Unknown), returned to the sci-fi genre to score a new alien threat in XCOM 2, the sequel to the award-winning strategy
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Heroes of the Storm Game Audio Review
Review by Douglas Waters Developer: Blizzard Entertainment Composers: Glenn Stafford & Jason Hayes Senior Audio Designer: Russel Brower Lead Sound Designer: Pedro Seminario Senior Sound Designer: Shawn Minoux Reviewed on: Apple iMac A big warm welcome to composer, Doug Waters who has written his first contribution for The Sound Architect! Doug
International Video Games Music Conference, Game Music Connect, Announces ‘The BAFTA Interview 2015’ with Award Winning Sound Team and Composers Behind Alien: Isolation
We were already excited to be attending Game Music Connect again this September, and now even more so! Game Music Connect organizers today announced that their 2015 international video game music conference, which returns to London's Southbank Centre on September 15, will once again be supported by the British Academy
Interview with Composer and Sound Designer, Renaud Bédard
Andrew Overfield speaks to Composer and Sound designer, Renaud Bédard. Renaud is a programmer and tinkerer who is currently working at Capybara Games in Toronto on Below, an upcoming PC and Xbox One title. He also much enjoys tweaking knobs on the KORG littleBits synth system on evenings and weekends, as
Kitty Powers’ Matchmaker Game Audio Review
Alyx Jones reviews this quirky dating sim published by Magic Notion and published by Mastertronic. "I dare someone to count the innuendos that "pop up" throughout this tongue-in-cheek game!" Read the full review here: Kitty Powers' Matchmaker Game Audio Review Enjoy! The Sound Architect Like what we do? Don't forget to sign up for the Newsletter! //