Pete Ward
MachineGames
Pete has been the Audio Director at Machinegames, Uppsala, Sweden, since 2021. MachineGames is the studio behind the award winning Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, and is previously known for its Wolfenstein titles. Pete moved to Sweden from the UK in 2014 to work at EA on Need for Speed and Battlefield titles. Before that, he worked at Codemasters in the UK, focusing on racing titles like Dirt, Grid, and Formula One. Pete specializes in the more technical side of videogame sound design, and particularly enjoys location recording, music editing, reactive/simulation implementation, and mixing.
Pete Ward is speaking at the following session/s
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: Adventures in Recording, Sound Designing and Mixing
With awards noms galore, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle has been showered with critical acclaim for its impressive music, sound and dialogue. Develop welcomes audio director, Pete Ward, for an unmissable ‘behind the scenes making of’ session in which he’ll discuss building the audio team and getting to grips with a truly iconic IP. Taking a look back at his journey through an extraordinary project, he’ll discuss how his team went about recreating and mixing those famed and much-loved key sounds for today’s game tech and gamers listening in Dolby Atmos, and what he personally learned along the way.
Session Takeaway
- Gain insights on building an audio team.
- Find out how the team made and used original recordings.
- Be inspired by harnessing sound design to recreate iconic sound content with just the right amount of nostalgia and humour.
- Learn tips and tricks for mixing in Dolby Atmos.
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