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News – Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns – Into the Sound

February 8, 2016 by admin

Recently, MMO news site Ten Ton Hammer caught up with the audio team at ArenaNet, developers of the Guild Wars franchise. In an in-depth overview of their recent work, sound designers Jerry Schroeder and Drew Cady shared some of their approaches, techniques, and experiences in creating the highly detailed sounds that fill the worlds of Guild Wars 2 and its expansion pack Heart … [Read more...]

Bellingham Audio in Games Event (BAIGE)

January 18, 2016 by Luca Fusi

Bellingham Audio in Games Event (BAIGE)

Community spotlight on: the Pacific Northwest, a uniquely concentrated locus of game audio talent goings-on. Every month, Vancouver and Seattle both host up an in- to semi-formal gathering for like-minded designers and composers, usually alternating developer showcases and bar crawls. Lots of cities do these, but it seems like these ours are particularly … [Read more...]

News: A Sound Effect – Make Your Own Christmas SFX

December 21, 2015 by admin

In keeping with the festive spirit of the holidays, Asbjoern Andersen of A Sound Effect has compiled a collection of brief guides on how to create some iconic Christmas sound effects. Head over to the blog to find some quick and useful tips on recreating some very familiar SFX-- but don't be fooled, these tips will help you long after the new year rolls round! … [Read more...]

News: Steve Green & Giant Squid Studios – Audio Narratives

December 15, 2015 by admin

As sound designers, our jobs usually entail creating a vivid sonic world to accompany a narrative. But often, the nature of the worlds we are creating presents some unique challenges; there's no doubt this was the case on ABZÛ, an upcoming underwater exploration game from Giant Squid Studios. In a recent blog post, Giant Squid's sound designer Steve Green delves into their … [Read more...]

News: SOMA – Behind the Sound

September 22, 2015 by admin

There's a common joke among game audio artists and designers: if you ask any number of sound designers what genre they'd most like to work on, the odds are good they'll all say "horror", twice. It's no surprise it's such a common answer, either; horror games offer designers some of the most interesting and diverse sound design opportunities one can come across. There's no doubt … [Read more...]

News: Dolby Institute “Conversations with Sound Artists” Podcast Series

August 27, 2015 by admin

We as a community are lucky to have a number of amazingly informative resources available to us, and podcasts count among the most popular. Well, add a new one to your listening list: the Dolby Institute, in conjunction with SoundWorks Collection, is presenting a limited number of podcasts in a series entitled "Conversations with Sound Artists". For the first episode, released … [Read more...]

News: The Sound Keeper: Indiana Jones Punch Sound Tutorial

August 11, 2015 by admin

Jeremy Rogers at The Sound Keeper has just come out with a great new blog post on one of the most iconic film sound effects: the Indiana Jones punch. In the post, he recreates the sound, breaking it down step by step with great example clips and a detailed tutorial video. Head over to his post to check it out! … [Read more...]

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