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Thatgamecompany’s PSN release Journey was the big winner at the British Academy Games Awards last night, winning five of the eight awards it was nominated for. The game collected gongs for Artistic Achievement, Audio Achievement, Game Design, Online Multiplayer and Original Music. Fellow PSN release The Unfinished Swan also collected …

Flower and Journey composer Austin Wintory is also on board for its first project

Ana Konschnabl looks at the shift away from goal-oriented games to the core experience

The critical success of Thatgamecompany’s Journey was not enough to stop the developer going bankrupt, boss Jenova Chen has claimed. Journey was the best-selling game on PlayStation Network in 2012 and while over time it has just about returned a profit, Chen is demanding commercial success that rivals his studio’s …

Employees went unpaid for six months during development of critically acclaimed PSN title

Developers must remove distractions to get players to appreciate each other

Grammy-nominated Austin Wintory to score Kickstarter-funded title

Journey composer Austin Wintory feels privileged to work in a medium that he believes is a ‘Wild West’ for musicians. Wintory’s score for Thatgamecompany’s award-winning title is the first full game soundtrack to receive a Grammy nod – a development that wasn’t lost on Christopher Tin, whose Civilization IV track …

Grammy-nominated Austin Wintory on the challenges of the medium

Austin Wintory's epic composition first to be nominated for prestigious "best score" award