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December 10, 2024

Expert Tips for Faster, Easier, Cooler Game Sound Design

Games with the best sounding audio design likely share one major feature — audio was not an afterthought in development. As game audio pros, we…

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November 19, 2024

Unlock Heads to MDev!

At the beginning of November, Elliot and Trevor headed up to Madison, Wisconsin for MDev – The Midwest Game Industry Conference. It was great to connect with…

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October 22, 2024

Creating the Sounds of Gotham in “Batman: Arkham Shadow”

The release of “Batman: Arkham Shadow” is finally here. Although the game was first announced to the public this past May, the team at Unlock…

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October 14, 2024

Unlock Collaborates on Sound Design for Batman Arkham Shadow!

Unlock Audio had the pleasure of collaborating on the sound design for Batman Arkham Shadow! Expect an in-depth look at our work soon. Until then,…

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September 18, 2024

Bringing Metal Music to the Score of MetalCore

Free-to-play, open-world combat game MetalCore celebrated its public launch on September 13, featuring music and sound design by our team at Unlock Audio. Developer Studio…

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August 15, 2024

Unlock Provides Sound Design for Sins of a Solar Empire 2!

Battle for galactic dominance in this real-time 4X strategy game with unrivaled scale! You’ll explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate through military force, diplomacy, trade, culture,…

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August 13, 2024

Audio Design Declassified: Creating the Sounds of SPYGAMES

If the SPYSCAPE museum offered you a critical mission to design the soundscape for an interactive secret agent training program, would you accept? For Unlock…

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July 9, 2024

How to Ace Your Game Audio for an Alpha Launch

Alpha releases are a vital opportunity for developers to put their gameplay through its first big test—and no alpha gameplay is complete without a decent…

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July 1, 2024

Unlock Composes Music for Trackmania Stunt Mode!

After contributing music for the original game release as well as multiple trailers, seasons, and game modes, Unlock was thrilled to contrbute some laid back…

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June 6, 2024

Giving Voice to the Horrors of Autopsy Simulator

Many gruesome discoveries await players when Woodland Games’ long-anticipated “Autopsy Simulator” launches on Steam on June 6. I had the distinct (and terrifying) pleasure of…

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