Author: Alyx Jones

A Composer for Video Games and Head Writer for The Sound Architect, I particularly love indie games and the emotional experiences games can bring, that stay with you for a lifetime. For me the soundtrack is the biggest part of this, and that's why I do what I do!

Develop 2021 – Audio Day

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As events slowly begin to restart again following the lifting of restrictions, Develop conference moved from the usual summer dates to a more windy and cold October. The organisers also took the decision to live stream the conference and offer a Digital Conference pass as well this year so anyone

EGX 2021 – Audio Highlights

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It’s been a long time since we attended any events and it’s worth addressing that EGX 2021 is happening during a pandemic so a lot of bigger developers’ presence is missing, where they would usually be big stands from Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo etc. The conference overall is much smaller than

BAFTA Games Awards 2020

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All over the world countries face lockdown and social distancing due to the coronavirus outbreak. The UK is no different, and it has meant a complete stop to all live events, with cancellations and re-scheduling across the board. This has also hit the London Games Festival, including EGX Rezzed, and

Interview with Scott Gershin at Develop: Brighton 2019

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3 days on the beach, tonnes of amazing talks on various different disciplines of game design, from art to programming, and our very favourite: audio. To make things even better, we've been lucky to interview the charismatic Scott Gershin about his time as a sound designer, working on films and

God of War Dominates Audio at the BAFTA Games Awards 2019

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Thursday saw the red carpet open for the 15th BAFTA Games Awards, held this time at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank. All the games industry's finest, dressed to impress, came to celebrate incredible talent at this years awards ceremony. God of War were nominated in all audio categories, boasting 4/5 Performer

Things Sounding Good for God of War – BAFTA Game Nominations 2019

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The BAFTA Games Awards 2019 nominations were released this morning at 11am over Twitch and Twitter Live Stream. The ceremony, hosted by Dara O’Briain, takes place on Thursday 4 April at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on London’s Southbank and will be live streamed on all major social, online and gaming

Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us

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Review by Alyx Jones Developer/Publisher: Compulsion Games Composer: Shinji Miyazaki Original Music: Ed Goldfarb Audio Director: Masafumi Mima VO Director: Lisa Ortiz The 21st Pokémon movie "The Power of Us" is set to hit cinemas in the UK on the 24th November. Continuing on from Ash's last adventure in 2017 in "Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You" we join