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Journey Dev’s Next Game Going to ‘Change the Industry,’ Years Away
In a post explaining his departure, now former thatgamecompany employee Asher Vollmer says the company’s next game will “change the industry.” “This was one of the most difficult choices I’ve made in my short life,” Vollmer wrote. “In addition to the emotional baggage, the New Game they’re making isn’t just something that you can casually ... Read More»
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Journey Picks Up Game of the Year at GDC Awards
Journey has once again managed to walk away with a top honor at a video game awards event, this time taking Game of the Year at the 2013 Game Developers Conference awards. Thatgamecompany’s Journey managed to leave with Game of the Year, Best Downloadable Game, Best Visual Arts, Best Game Design, Best Audio and the Innovation Award. ... Read More»
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Journey composer offers annotated score
Composer Austin Wintory has uploaded the entire, Grammy-nominated Journey score to YouTube, accompanied by a gorgeous series of artworks, and annotated the whole shebang with a serious of insights into its creation and meaning. This is a pretty special thing. Hit the break to check it out. Journey’s orchestral score is just one of the ... Read More»
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Former art director for thatgamecompany starts new studio
Journey and Flower art director Matt Nava, has formed his own studio called Giant Squid. The former thatgamecompany staffer’s site doesn’t list any projects currently in development, but the mission statement on the site states that &#... Read More»
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Journey Dev Jenova Chen Gives His Thoughts on Thatgamecompany Going Mobile
Jenova Chen is widely known as the head behind thatgamecompany, the studio that brought us the gripping Journey. Speaking to GamesIndustry International, the creative director shared his thoughts on the gaming market, stating that he would like to make a ... Read More»
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Thatgamecompany boss not ready for Kickstarter
Thatgamecompany founder Jenova Chen has said he hasn’t been in the industry long enough to look to crowd-funding for support. “I think most of the very successful Kickstarters are by veteran celebrity developers who made these games people in their 30s and 40s used to love,” Chen told GamesIndustry. “They’re the people who have loads ... Read More»
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The Walking Dead and Journey Lead the Way in 2013 BAFTA Nominations
The Walking Dead and Journey have led the way in this year’s 2013 BAFTA Game Awards nominations, to nobody’s surprise. The annual British awards ceremony celebrates various achievements across the gaming industry. Journey is nominated in eight categories, while The Walking Dead is in seven, with both up for Best Game alongside Far Cry 3, ... Read More»
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Thatgamecompany boss: touch is “the most universal” input
Whatever platform thatgamecompany boss Jenova Chen’s new game is on, it’s likely going to have some kind of touch interface. Speaking with IGN, Chen said he wants his next game to be as accessible as possible, and that means stripping the controls back even further than the very simple inputs used in Journey and Flower. ... Read More»
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Jenova Chen discusses next game, probably going multi-format
Thatgamecompany founder Jenova Chen has shed some tantalising details about his next, untitled project in a new interview. Speaking with Polygon at DICE Summit 2013, Journey, Flower and flOw creator Chen stated that he wants financial success with his new title, seeing as Journey bankrupt the company during development. This means it’s going multi-format he ... Read More»
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Journey Wins Game of the Year at DICE Awards
Journey cleaned up at the 16th annual DICE awards last night picking up eight awards in total, including Game of the Year. Also Valve co-founder Gabe Newell became the 17th inductee into the AIAS Hall of Fame. All the winners can be found below: Action Game of the Year: Borderlands 2 Mobile Game of the ... Read More»
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Journey dev went bankrupt during adventure’s creation
Although the critical and commercial pay-off may have been worth it, thatgamecompany skirted financial disaster while working on Journey. Speaking at DICE Summit 2013, as reported by Destructoid, thatgamecompany boss Jenova Chen said that at the end of the two years of development Sony had agreed to fund, Journey wasn’t finished. Interestingly, it wasn’t a ... Read More»
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Journey composer discusses “Wild West” nature of game soundtracks
Journey composer Austin Wintory is up for a Grammy award for his soundtrack to thatgamecompany’s PS3 title, and has discussed the nature of game compositions and the perception of the non-gaming public to videogame tunes in a new interview. He even calls the scene the “Wild West”. Find out why below. Speaking with Gamasutra, Wintory ... Read More»
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Journey Soundtrack Nominated for Grammy
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Journey Soundtrack Nominated for Grammy Award
The soundtrack for thatgamecompany’s Journey has been nominated for a Grammy Award. The score was composed by Austin Wintory and has been nominated in the ‘Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media’ category alongside The Dark Knight Rises, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, and other top films. The winner will be announced at the 55th ... Read More»
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Journey score nominated for Grammy Award
Journey’s orchestral score has been nominated for a Grammy award. The haunting soundtrack to thatgamecompany’s adventure topped iTunes charts, is available in a boxed collector’s edition, and was penned by composer Austin Wintory, who seems a bit stunned by the nomination. “Well I don’t really have words right now,” he said on Twitter. Journey is ... Read More»