Baldur’s Gate 3 Dominates GDC Awards 2024
With the Game Developers Conference in full swing, the winners of the 24th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards (GDCAs) have been announced, featuring Baldur's Gate 3 on the throne.
Composer News
New Pokémon Cards Reveal First Look At Scarlet & Violet DLC Legendaries & Characters
New cards for the upcoming expansion are shining light on a roster of Legendaries and special characters from ’s DLCs. The release of is set for late May, and will delve into the first of the DLCs for the Generation 9 games:. Within the set, players and collectors will be able to acquire cards that are directly linked to the Land of Kitakami, the citizens of Mossui Town, and the several different types of Pokémon that inhabit the location.
Automate bases to explore and terraform a huge open world in Eden Crafters
Eden Crafters is a survival, crafting, and automation game set to release this year that puts you on a world hostile to life as you know it and asks you to turn it into a paradise for humanity. To do that you'll have to build up infrastructure that manufactures, houses, and fuels the machines you need for exploration, prospecting, and eventually terraforming.
He's just like us for real: Final Fantasy 7's legendary composer spent 3 weeks going to work and thinking about Sephiroth
Legendary Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu has revealed he struggled with composing Sephiroth's now-iconic theme tune, One Winged Angel.
Veteran Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu believes settling for Hollywood-style scores means 'game music cannot develop further'
Videogame music never ceases to amaze me. Whether I'm listening to Nero's battle theme, Devil Trigger, from Devil May Cry 5 or immersing myself in the beautiful Peruvian-inspired soundscape of Ultros, the creativity and breadth on offer is astounding and something to celebrate. Well, at least that's what I thought. It turns out that Nobuo Uematsu, the veteran Final Fantasy composer, thinks we can do better and that Hollywood may be holding us back.
Final Fantasy music legend Nobuo Uematsu thinks modern ‘movie-like’ game music is uninteresting
Legendary video game music composer Nobuo Uematsu says he doesn’t think some modern video game soundtracks are as interesting as those in older games.
Team Fortress 2 voice actors perform 'Sandvich Blues', a sorrowful ode to a lost lunch
Team Fortress 2 was released in 2007 and since then has had a unique afterlife. Partly that's down to the sheer quality of the game which, post-launch tweaks and additions aside, arrived perfectly formed, with an ageless aesthetic and an anarchically funny approach to world-building. Each of its nine characters is composed of their look, a handful of voice lines, and a 'Meet the Team' vignette. But from these elements, Valve's designers and the actors involved have crafted ornery archetypes that stood the test of time.
Former Halo Composer Running for Congress
Former Bungie employee and composer for the Halo franchise, Marty O'Donnell, has announced his intention to run for congress in the United States. O'Donnell is best known for his work composing the Halo soundtracks and the original Destiny alongside Michael Salvatori, which came to a swift end following his termination in April 2014.