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(TSAP S04E12) Anne-Sophie Mongeau and Philip Eriksson join Sam, to chat about their amazing work on the acclaimed co-op title It Takes Two from Hazelight. They discuss the challenges of mixing and design for a split-screen game, handling the huge scope of the different levels with various forms of gameplay, the sound designer’s playground and more!...

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(TSAP S04E10) Sam is joined by Jay Waters (Audio Director and Composer, SUMO Digital) along with James E. Marshall (Music Supervisor), and Joe Thwaites (Principal Composer and Audio Lead) from Sony Creative Services Group to give insights into the highly impressive music choices and implementation for Sackboy: A Big Adventure.  They dive into the licensing...

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(TSAP S04E09) *Our first ever podcast featuring 3D audio in the intro and outro!* In this episode, Sam is joined by Loic Couthier to chat about the game audio for Returnal from Finnish studio Housemarque. They deep dive into the complex systems under the hood, the challenges of mixing (with potentially 700 projectiles fired at...

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(TSAP S04E02) In this episode, Sam is joined by Sucker Punch Productions Audio Director, Rev. Dr Bradley Meyer to chat about the audio for Ghost of Tsushima. They discuss the soundscapes of the environments, the detail in the Foley, voiceover, dynamic systems, creating authentic sounds for the world of 13th Century Japan and so much...

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Sam Hughes chats to Bob and Barn (AKA Paul Arnold and Andrew Barnabas) about their careers so far and in-depth details of writing music for the original MediEvil on PS1, as well as the MediEvil Remake! Find out how the music and opportunities for composition have changed between the first and most recent incarnation of...

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Review by Andrew Overfield Edited by Jake Basten Developer: Team Ninja Publisher: Square Enix / Koei Temco Composer(s): Takeharu Ishimoto / Keiji Kawamori / Tsuyoshi Sekito Audio Lead & Design: Takashi Yoshida Reviewed on: PS4 (Beta & Release) For the best part of 20 years I’ve been a fan of the Final Fantasy franchise, and...

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Article by Alyx Jones Intro Turtle Beach is one of the best known brands for gaming headsets, a brand that’s commonplace at events such as EGX and Insomnia, probably due to their decent noise cancelling quality, immersing the players in the game even amongst crowds and other booth sounds. Although because this headset uses a...

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Review by Alyx Jones Developer: Guerilla Games Composers: Joris De Man, Joe Henson and Alexis Smith (aka. The Flight) & Niels Van Der Leest Audio Lead: Bastian Seelbach, Pinar Temiz, Lucas Van Tol, Anton Woldhek Reviewed on: PS4 The long awaited PS4 exclusive, action role-playing game from Guerilla Games, has hit 2017 running with some of the highest...

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Review by Alyx Jones Edited by Sam Hughes Developer: SIE Japan Studio Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment Composer: Takeshi Furukawa Audio Lead: Tsubasa Ito Reviewed on: Playstation 4 This incredibly long awaited game has finally hit us in all its feathery glory. In The Last Guardian, you play as a young boy befriending and guiding his griffin-like friend, Trico, around the...

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Reviewed by Willy McCarter Edited by Sam Hughes Developer: Insomniac Games Composer: Michael Bross Audio Director: Jamie McMenamy Sound Designer: David Nazario & Co. Voice Over Cast: James Arnold Taylor, David Kaye, Jim Ward etc. Reviewed on: PS4 It is with a great big warm The Sound Architect welcome, that we introduce a new addition to the team, Mr Willy...

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