Sophie's voice actor, Billie Fullford-Brown, talks about her role in Expedition 33. He reveals what it was like to record the gommage scene, Gustave and Sophie's relationship and how Sophie wasn't meant to be playable. We also talk about why the gommage scene made so many people emotional.

Markus and Olli from Poets of the Fall join the podcast to talk about their journey as a band from Max Payne 2 to Alan Wake 2. They talk about how the formation of the iconic Late Goodbye song, working with Remedy and making a fictional band Old Gods of Asgard as well as the making of one of the longest video game songs, Herald of Darkness, for Alan Wake 2.What's your favorite song from Old Gods of Asgard and Poets of the Fall?

00:38 Late Goodbye wasn't meant to be

04:42 Success of Late Goodbye

07:07 How Old Gods of Asgard happened

10:13 Old Gods vs Poets of the Fall

11:55 How songs are made for Remedy?

15:55 Reacting to their songs in-game

20:10 Alan Wake 2 musical

25:48 Longest guitar solo

28:39 Shooting live action & music video

32:24 Old Gods of Asgard album wasn't planned

35:55 The Game Awards almost didn't happen

40:07 Herald of Darkness impact on Poets

42:49 Input on Old Gods of Asgard characters

44:19 Fav music video

45:30 Touring as Old Gods of Asgard?

47:10 Fav Remedy game

48:57 Use of unusual intruments

51:59 VR in Olli's latest song

In this episode, Echoes of the End game director, Halldór , talks about how the studio with only 40 employees made an ambitious narrative driven game inspired by games like God of War, Uncharted and The Witcher. In this episode, we will explore how they built a game from ground up, scanned Iceland to give the most realistic visuals, made their motion capture studio to bring life to the characters and more!

Have you played Echoes of the End yet?