Category Archives: In the press

Esper 2 Announced at Oculus Connect 2

OMUK returned to the ESPR organization this month with Coatsink Software, providing casting, voice direction and voice recording for their latest VR experience.

Joining the returning voice of Eric Meyers in Esper 2 will be Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz), Sean Pertwee (Killzone 2, Gotham) and Lara Pulver (Spooks, Sherlock).

Esper 2 will be released for the Oculus Rift and Samsung Gear VR, powered by Oculus.

OMUK nominated for a Develop Award

It’s a proud moment for us here at OMUK, as we’ve been nominated for the ‘Creative Outsourcer – Audio’ award for our work on Tropico 5 at this year’s Develop Awards.

In addition, other titles we’ve contributed dialogue to have been nominated;

Block N Load – Best New IP
Shards of War – Visual Arts
Dreamfall Chapters – Audio Accomplishment

Congratulations to all of…

Broken Sword 5: The Serpent’s Curse wins Best Voice Acting ‘Aggie Award’

Congratulations to Charles Cecil and the team at Revolution Software as Broken Sword 5: The Serpent’s Curse wins the 2014 Adventure Gamers award for ‘Best Voice Acting’.

With comic sparring dialogue such a core part of the series’ appeal, it is always crucial that Revolution get it right. Well, in The Serpent’s Curse they nailed it once again. The other fantastic finalists certainly made themselves heard, but …

Ubisoft’s ‘The Crew’ Arrives This Week

We’ve been busy here at OMUK towers. One of the titles we’ve had a chance to sprinkle our magic over is Ubisoft’s latest racing game, The Crew. OMUK provided additional cast for the game, and we’re thrilled to see it being so well received. It really is a unique racer, as this review from The Independent demonstrates.

We’ll see you online! We’ll be the ones doing donuts, in all likelihood.

Develop Awards 2014 Nominees

OMUK are delighted to have contributed to 2 of the titles nominated for this year’s Develop Awards, taking place in Brighton on July 9th.

For Audio Accomplishment nominee Wonderbook: Book of Potions, OMUK worked closely with SCE London Studio, providing casting and recording for the title, and had tremendous fun in the process.

For Use of Narrative nominee Broken…

Chaos on Deponia – “The voice-acting is superb”

A big hats off to the developer, cast and crew.  Another OMUK job well done.
Here’s a few more words from the web:  "The humour is fresh, and strongly delivered by a great cast of voice actors." 
"…great cast of voice actors."   "…the voice acting is terrific."

Go check out the game: Official Site or go buy it on Steam

“Fantastic writing and voice acting”

"Deponia’s tale of love, loss, and all-out comedy is a beautifully constructed piece of point-and-click heaven."  "Fantastic writing and voice acting" Writes Gamespot’s  Mark Walton.

Here is Mark’s video review of Deponia, the latest point and click adventure to get the OM treatment.

Develop-online AUDIO SPECIAL: Adding voices to RuneScape

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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Develop Awards Finalist 2012

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.