29 Nov Star Wars Outlaws: Defining The Sound Of A ‘Scoundrel Adventure’ – With The Massive Entertainment Game Audio Team
The Star Wars Outlaws sound team at Massive Entertainment took sonic inspiration from the original Star Wars Trilogy films, embuing the sound of Outlaws with a ‘tape flavor,’ choosing ‘warmth over precision’ and ‘analog over digital.’
Here, they talk about honoring that ’70s aesthetic while also creating a ‘scoundrel adventure’ inspired by Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Solo: A Star Wars Story. They talk about their creative and technical approach to creating an immersive and reactive world, capturing fresh sounds on field recording trips to Australia, Tasmania, and locations around Sweden, using slapback, bubblespace, and spatial seeds system in the Snowdrop engine, and much, much more!
Interview by Jennifer Walden, photos courtesy of Ubisoft; Massive Entertainment
November 21st will be a big day for Star Wars Outlaws. Not only will the game get its release on Steam, but there will be a significant dev update (1.4) that improves combat, stealth, and character controls. (Read more on this update at Ubisoft.)