Reviewed by Doug Waters Edited by Katie Tarrant Developer: CI Games Composer: Mikołaj Stroiński Audio Director: Andy Gibson Sound Designers: Marcin Sobczak, Przemysław Moszczyński & Kosma Kelm Reviewed on: PS4 More than 4 years have passed since the last Sniper: Ghost Warrior game, in that time Polish developer and publisher City Interactive Games have been busy working
Author: Doug Waters
Doug Waters is a sound designer hailing from Rochester, UK. Having graduated from UCS Bury St. Edmunds with a 1st class BA (Hons) degree in Music Production and he then went on to study for an MSc in Sound and Music for Interactive Games at Leeds Beckett University.
Doug currently works as a Junior Audio Artist at Dovetail Games, a games development company specialising in flight, train and fishing simulators.
Through various ongoing projects Doug continues to hone his skills as a sound designer, strengthening field recording, editing, audio post production and implementation.
Mass Effect: Andromeda – Game Audio Review
Article by Doug Waters Edited by Katie Tarrant Reviewed on: PlayStation 4 Developer: Bioware Publisher: Electronic Arts Composer: John Paesano Audio Directors: Michael Kent, Jeremie Voillot As I’m sitting here, prepared to type, I’m struggling to come up with an introduction that will do the Mass Effect trilogy justice. Never has a game series affected me
Fossil Echo – Game Audio Review
Reviewed by Doug Waters Edited by Sam Hughes Developer: Awaceb Composer: John Robert Matz Sound Design: A Shell in the Pit Reviewed on: PC Steam Fossil Echo tells the story of a young boy, who alone must climb a giant tower, whilst beset by mysterious foes and even more mystical allies. With it’s beautiful 2D hand drawn
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – Film Audio Review
Review by Doug Waters Edited by Sam Hughes Directed by: Gareth Edwards Composer: Michael Giacchino Sound by: Skywalker Sound including Chris Scarabosio, David Acord and many others Set towards the end of the somewhat 20-year gap in the Star Wars timeline between 2005’s Revenge of the Sith and 1977’s A New Hope, Rogue One tells
Aston Microphones: Origin – Review
Review by Doug Waters Edited by Sam Hughes Developed by: Aston Microphones Reviewed using: Focusrite Scarlett 2i2, iMac, Pro Tools 12 We've been lucky enough that Aston Microphones have sent us, for the purpose of this review, their single pattern condenser microphone, the 'Origin'! Both the Origin and it's 'bigger brother' the ‘Spirit’ (Aston’s multi-pattern condenser) have
Shu – Game Audio Review (& Interview with Simon James)
Reviewed by Doug Waters Edited by Sam Hughes Developer: Coatsink Software Composer: Ross McWilliam Sound Design: Simon James Reviewed on: PC, Steam Created by Coatsink Interactive, the developers of the Esper series and co-developer of Gang Beasts, comes Shu. A beautifully colorful action-adventure platformer, full of quirky hand-drawn characters and ever changing mechanics, ensuring that each
The Sound Architect Presents Game Audio at PLAY Expo Manchester – Final Guest Announcements!
Working with Replay Events Ltd., The Sound Architect will be presenting and hosting a dedicated audio stage at Play Expo Manchester! Founder/CEO Sam Hughes, will be hosting a stage of talks, interviews and some live performances over the course of both days at this year’s Play Expo Manchester at EventCity, October 8th and 9th. For our followers and
The Sound Architect Presents Game Audio at Play Expo Manchester – Announcements: Round 2
Working with Replay Events Ltd., The Sound Architect will be presenting and hosting a dedicated audio stage at Play Expo Manchester! Founder/CEO Sam Hughes, will be hosting a stage of talks, interviews and some live performances over the course of both days at this year’s Play Expo Manchester at EventCity, October 8th and 9th. For our followers and
Pro Sound Effects: Hybrid Sound Effects Library Review
Reviewed by: Doug Waters Developer: Pro Sound Effects Significant Contributors: Ric Viers, Stephan Schütze, Kenneth Skoglund Reviewed on: iMac 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 NOTE: Since this review was written, Pro Sound Effects released the Hybrid Library 2017 – the latest edition of their best overall value general sound library. Designed to be your go-to source
Overwatch Game Audio Review
Reviewed by Katie Tarrant & Doug Waters Edited by Sam Highes Developer & Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment Composers: Derek Duke & Neal Acree Sound Designers: Paul Lackey, Scott Lawlor, Kris Giampa, Chris De La Pena, Justin Decloedt & Brian David Parr. Reviewed on: Xbox One & PS4 Katie: With any MMO, the challenge for the developers lies in