Gamasutra has a pretty cool article about the design process for the original Xbox’s boot sequence.  It goes into details about the limitations and hardware used in order to match the eight second animation with a very small memory budget.  Check out an excerpt after the jump.

The guys over at Electronic Arts Black Box have put together a nice video showcasing the work done for Need for Speed: The Run.  I love a good racing game with killer sound work.

Kenneth Young (Media Molecule), Chance Thomas (HUGEsound.com), Scott Selfon (Microsoft), Brian Schmidt (Brian Schmidt Studios), and Tommy Tallarico (Game Audio Network Guild founder) chat with Gamasutra about the current state of game audio and how they want to push the envelope going forward.  They also discuss some of their favorite moments from last years releases [...]

The guys over at Eidos Interactive have put together a video showcasing the audio for Deus Ex: Human Revolution.  They go over the development of the score, designing guns, environments and how they tried to make the soundtrack as immersive as possible.

Former Shaba Games Audio Director, Brad Meyer talks about his recent experiences with developing for a mobile platform.  He talks about the constraints and how to achieve the best results possible.

Terry Garrett is a blind gamer that uses trial and error along with audio cues to help him progress through a video game.  This will surely get you thinking about the significance of our work and how important it is to have clean and unique sounding assets.

The fellas at TONSTURM will be releasing a pretty awesome sounding whoosh library shortly.  You can check out their demo video after the jump.

Designed to represent what it would feel like to sit on a rocket and targeted towards the teenage demographic, Greg Ball has created this “subsonic” chair to get all your bits jigglin’.  Looks great for the house, no? I personally would love to try out some video games with it. Ball describes his creation after [...]

Rob Blake chats with Game Informer about the changes that go into making a sequel and how the audio team at Bioware are trying to enhance their previous efforts.  Hit the jump for a link to the video.

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