MMORPGs were slower to adopt voice than other game genres. However, advances in technology and bandwith are increasingly helping to make voice in online games the norm. Jagex recently teamed up with dialogue specialists OM to put the first voices to quests in their flagship MMORPG, RuneScape. Jagex Audio Director Stephen Lord (right) and Mark Estdale (left) of OM talk over the issues involved.
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We’re proud to have been selected as finalist for the 2012 Develop Award for Audio Outsourcer. This is a much valued acknowledgement of the passion, vision and commitment of a great team. Thanks to everyone who’ve trusted their games to us and thanks to the amazing army of fabulous actors who make our work a joy and throw themselves wholeheartedly and continually into the creative maelstrom.
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Mark Estdale’s joining the Jagex team on 27 May at 11:00 at the London 2012 Comic Con for a rather exciting hands-on panel session all about voice and RuneScape.
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The informative article from the pen of Craig Chapple, "Inside Outsourcing", explores the pros and cons of outsourcing.
Read the full article here
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Check out the finished product developed by Jagex over at www.runescape.com
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With the new year comes new coffee. This season we’re celebrating with some of the finest South & Central American coffees. As usual we’ll be starting the studio’s day with a roasting and filling the air with the tantalizing aromas of these wonderful beans. To add to the coffee lovers delight, this season we’ve added a fabulous Gaggia espresso machine to the gourmet arsenal. Come be seduced!
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We were invited to completely recast and rerecord the voices for the Steve Ince scripted point and click adventure Captain Morgaine and the Golden Turtle. There’s little of the work we did on youtube as the original recordings dominate. I hasten to add we were not responsible for the original, just the rescue. Here’s Ali Dowling going through her paces at our London Studio.
The game is published by Reef Entertainment…
We were featured in the January 2012 issue of Develop Magazine. The article titles "Direct Action" scratches the surface of the methods we’ve been developing to empower directors, studios and actors in producing truly subtle, real and connected dialogue for video games. It is one thing to talk about what we’re doing, but the nicest thing about the work we’re doing is that results always speak…
Jess Robinson’s fun Justin Bieber piss take filmed at OMUK’s studio one. Enjoy!
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PANeK Presents: An introduction to acting in the non-linear narrative world of video games. The session will look at the games industry, the impact that games do and will have on other areas of dramatic art, the opportunities for the actor, voice performance in games and the seeming conflicts between preparing for a theatre role and a game role.
The session will be led by Mark Estdale – the UK’s most experienced voice produc…