| Hironobu Sakaguchi shares sound equipment tipsMistwalker founder Hironobu Sakaguchi took a break from work on The Last Story to write a blog post in English about his personal sound equipment. Sakuguchi recommends choosing wooden racks for speakers and styrene foam ceiling mounts for an ideal sound environment. |
| Bring amazing 8-Bit artists to Houston's Datapop 2010Now in it's third installment, 8-bit music celebration Datapop will be held in Austin on March 16 and 17, 2010. In previous years it's featured performances by Bit Shifter, Nullsleep, Anamanaguchi, IAYD, Sievert, Starpause, and others. Pledges are currently being accepted on Kickstarter to fund the chiptune event during SXSW week. |
| Silent Hill's Akira Yamaoka presenting at GDC 2010Silent Hill series composer Akira Yamaoka will be delivering a presentation on Friday, March 12 at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. Upon departing Konami, Yamaoka recently joined Grasshopper Manufacture. His talk is entitled "As Long as the Audio is Fun, the Game Will Be Too," and will look back on twenty years in game design. |
| IGF committee awards Glow Artisan, Sword & Sworcery, Lilt LineAward recipients for the 2010 IGF Mobile competition have been announced. They include Lilt Line for Audio Achievement, Glow Artisan for Best Mobile Game Design, and Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP for Achievement In Art. Independent developers Kyle Gabler (World Of Goo) and Erin Robinson (Puzzle Bots) will host the IGF Awards March 11. |
| Gamasutra's Comic Market report interviews online in JapaneseGame Music Mania has posted the original Japanese-language proceedings of the recent Gamasutra report on Comic Market 77. The article links to the homepages of numerous circles whose music remix albums were on sale at the massive Tokyo Big Sight hobbyist gathering. |
| Wefollow ranks Nobuooo among influential videogame twitter feedsWefollow.com, a service that ranks twitter feeds according to category, has listed Nobuooo among 4000 registered videogame-related feeds. The twitter account currently places 55th most influential, between updates on Rock Band DLC and the editor of NowGamer. Gradual improvements to this site's layout are planned for the coming months. |
| Ridge Racers soundtrack headed to iTunes in MarchThe website Dot Anime has just posted a new online distribution listing for the soundtrack to PSP title Ridge Racers, as part of Namco Sounds' iTunes series. The 34-track digital release, including music by Shinji Hosoe, Ayaka Saso, Nobuyoshi Sano and many others, is expected around March 10. |
| Gamma IV sets up Kickstarter appeal to fund GDC EventKokoromi's format of challenges + limitations + showcase has previously yielded such games as Jason Rohrer's Passage and Paper Moon by Infinite Ammo with Adam Saltsman. This year their March 10 Gamma IV showcase at GDC will be on the topic of "one-button games." See the in depth Kickstarter appeal at IndieGames.com. |
| Bear McCreary on the Dark Void Zero soundtrackWhen Dark Void Zero was released on DSiWare last month Battlestar Galactica composer Bear McCreary posted a blog entry on his chiptune soundtrack for the game. It includes multiple embedded samples of the music from the retro-styled Capcom title. |
| Garry Schyman on the orchestral BioShock LPRecognition of the BioShock orchestral score has led to the inclusion of a heavyweight vinyl LP in the BioShock 2 Special Edition Set. In this GameSetWatch interview, composer Garry Schyman describes how his music was intended to deliver an entirely new kind of sound to the in-game environment of Rapture, incorporating aleatoric music, early 20th century classical compositions and musique concrète. |
| Konami releases Rhyme PlayerGameSetWatch reports Konami has released an original music-based title to the iPhone App Store, called Rhyme Player. As a stream of words scroll past the screen, the player taps them in time with the beat. |
| Penny Arcade TV 109 - Ping Pong Part 12 Player Productions has uploaded a new episode of Penny Arcade TV, the documentary on the making of the popular webcomic. In this episode, PA challenges Bungie to a ping pong match. Music is by videogame-inspired musicians Alex Mauer, Seed A.I. and Animal Style. |
| First video footage of Bit.Trip RunnerGaijin Games has made available video footage of their upcoming WiiWare title Bit.Trip Runner. Two gameplay movies have been uploaded to IGN. The title will feature music by videogame-inspired band Anamanaguchi. |
| Alec Holowka shares music for Kyle Pulver's "Depict1"Infinite Ammo's Alec Holowka, the composer of Aquaria Original Soundtrack, has released a four minute theme for Kyle Pulver's Global Game Jam entry "Depict1." The track has been made available on Bandcamp and can be downloaded for free. |
| Sonic the Hedgehog 4 - Title MusicGoNintendo has posted a link to a downloadable mp3 of the Sonic the Hedgehog 4 title music. Episode 1 of Sega's episodic sequel is reportedly due out on Nintendo WiiWare, Playstation Network, Xbox Live Arcade and iPhone in July. |
| Team Teamwork pulls Vinyl Fantasy VII due to copyright infringement claimPredictably, Team Teamwork has pulled their Vinyl Fantasy VII album from Bandcamp due to concerns relating to copyright infringement. The album featured direct recordings of the Final Fantasy VII soundtrack and prominent musicians like Jay-Z. Tim Jacques, a graphic designer from the Boston area, received a notice of the claim from Bandcamp and decided to remove the album, having made close to $100 in donations. |
| Machinarium soundtrack receives vinyl LPTomas Dvorak's soundtrack to the adventure game Machinarium by Amanita Design will be receiving a vinyl edition on February 20 from Minority Records. 555 hand-numbered copies are being printed on clear yellow & black vinyl, all signed by the composer. Pre-orders are up on Minority Records. |
| Brad Meyer (DJ Hero) on Jumpstarting CreativityExperienced sound designer Brad Meyer (DJ Hero) espouses a creative philosophy of taking a step back and making common sense decisions as the best method for reinvigorating that elusive creative spark and battling the designer's equivalent of writer's block. |
| Silent Hill's Yamaoka joins Grasshopper ManufactureVeteran Silent Hill composer and producer Akira Yamaoka has joined Goichi "Suda51" Suda's Grasshopper Manufacture studio. The news comes from the latest Famitsu magazine, reported by consumer site 1UP. According to the report, Yamaoka will start out composing music, beginning with an "action-horror" project also featuring the support of Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami, with EA Partners backing. |
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