Rainbow 6: Siege X  (R6) started its life as a realistic house clearing game, but has slowly shifted over the years to become a competitive shooter. This drive for realism combined with the necessity for accuracy required in a competitive environment has produced an interestingly complex soundscape, composed of sound nodules, ray tracing, and carefully mastered acoustics. These are further complicated by the fact that siege has realistic destruction mechanics as well, where r

Coomans and Timmermans (1997) describe immersion as “a feeling of being deeply engaged where people enter a make-believe world as if it is real”. When dealing with huge open world systems involving make belief cultures and races a fundamental part of this, sometimes overlooked, is the use of different accents and dialects. A perfect case study of this being utilised is Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning  (KOAR). Developed by Big Huge Games, KOAR takes place in the titular Amalur,

"The creation of sound in real time, using synthesis techniques such as physical modelling, with deep links into game systems" (Paul...

A world I have been fascinated by since it's violent induction into my mind has been that of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. franchise by GSC. Based...

We are Gideon and Callum, two college graduates looking to further our knowledge of sound implementation into games, bringing experience, techniques, and software from previous projects.