Next week we start recording the 5th title in Charles Cecil’s renowned Broken Sword series. Successfully funded through Kickstarter, Broken Sword the Serpent’s Curse is all set to be another classic. Watch this space for updates.
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A big congratulations to Vicky Prentice for winning the 2012 Underwire Festival Award for Best Sound Design for her work on the film ‘Storm House’. To see the whole story go to:
http://www.underwirefestival.com
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“MotoGP 13’s a lean, scrappy racer that’s not just the best motorbike game around at the moment – it’s one of the best pure motorsport experiences on console for years.” Concludes the Eurogamer.net review.
We worked with MotoGP commentator Gavin Emmett recording his commentary for the title. You can see an interview filmed at omuk with Gavin talking about working on the game: http://youtu.be/LZBMLy…
Six of the finalists from June’s voicespro competition to win a place on the Voice in Video Games workshop pose before they start their roller-coaster day at the sharp end of voice recording for games. Congratulations to the June winner Bethan Dixon Bate – top left.
“The workshops are of immense value for the actors and a superb forum for us to work with actors wanting to break into the world of video games. We ar…
omuk hosted Mark Estdale’s video game voice masterclass for RADA students. Here one group are being introduced to Telltale Games’ Walking Dead. As well as exploring game play and looking at what the future of games will mean for actors, the students had opportunities to get on mic at the production sharp end. Time was also spent exploring casting and approaches to character work.
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After the speed of Days 1 & 2, Day 3 seemed to just create mess as a bewildering array of cables appeared from holes in walls.
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Day 2 and all is going to plan. Main structures are in and sealed, and studio diffusers are 2/3 in. I guess today will be the most impressive as the main structure is up and taking shape. Day 3 will be wire and pipes as the AC, AV, audio, network and electricity all gets plumbed in and tested. Then we’ll be fine tuning the acoustics of the main studio space. We don’t want it to be just dead space as we’re aiming t…
As Chaos on Deponia tops 79 on Metacritic the builders start our few days of our own chaos: the build of our new studio.
We’ve been planning a studio revolution for over a decade and today it starts. Like welcoming a child into the world it’s nerve wracking, exciting and all fingers are crossed in the hope that the results are going to be perfect. For studio 2 we’ve broken away from traditional design to make a recordi…
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
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As a great session with Nathaniel Parker gets to the last line, he cracks. Mark started the camera about 5 minutes in. By the end we were all in tears and delighted that Nat was happy to share this with the world at large. Support it on youtube: http://youtu.be/m33sYvX20lY
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