In this week’s episode Nathan spoke to Darren, Lead Games Designer at Pixel Toys. Pixel Toys are an independent games studio in Leamington Spa who have developed multiple award winning gaming titles. Darren previously worked at Codemasters, the UK’s leading publisher of racing games.Darren told us about the role of a games designer, what his role involves da ... Show More
May 2022
FIFA Esports SUPERSTAR Tekkz talks eChampions League and feeling 'old' at 20
This week on Level up! Nathan spoke to FIFA Esports megastar Donovan 'Tekkz' Hunt, a professional FIFA player who represents Fnatic.Ahead of the FIFA 22 eChampions League finals, Tekkz talks about feeling old aged just 20, wanting to add the eCL trophy to his collection having al ... Show More
14m 42s
Mar 2024
How do you make an addictive video game?
This episode will change how you look at games. We talk to Ben Brode, the designer behind Hearthstone and Marvel Snap, about how a creative person learns to make the things they love, and about the secret ideas hiding in games as simple as rock-papers-scissors.If you'd like to su ... Show More
50m 13s
Sep 2020
Game Scoop Episode 594
This week your Omega Cops -- Daemon Hatfield, Tina Amini, Sam Claiborn, and Justin Davis -- discuss the Xbox Series price and release date, the game formerly known as Gods & Monsters, Prince of Persia, Watch Dogs, Riders Republic, Tony Hawk Remastered, Super Mario 3D All-Stars, a ... Show More
1h 9m
Dec 2019
Episode 47: Stig Asmussen (Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, God of War trilogy)
Veteran game developer Stig Asmussen, who discusses his career in gaming, from being an art director and eventual game director on God of War 3 to leading a team at Respawn Entertainment on the smash-hit Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaph ... Show More
1h 4m
Nov 2020
Game Scoop Episode 603
Welcome back to Game Scoop!, IGN's weekly video game podcast. This week your Omega Cops -- Daemon Hatfield, Tina Amini, Sam Claiborn, and Justin Davis -- are sharing stories of their first week with PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. Astro's Playroom, Miles Morales, Demon's Souls, ... Show More
1h 4m
Nov 2020
The Five Games of... Mikael Kasurinen
The Five Games Of is a special series of The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast which explores the evolution of the video games business through the career of prominent developers, executives and more. This time, we explore five games from Mikael Kasurinen of Remedy Entertainment, who mos ... Show More
1h 44m
Nov 2024
#329 Small Games with Ellie Dix
<p dir="ltr">This episode, Dirk and David are joined by Ellie Dix, owner of The Dark Imp and author of The Board Game Family. They discuss Ellie's career and path into game design, as well as the intricacies of how she manages to design so many games. Topics include managing smal ... Show More
52m 48s
Jun 2021
Game Scoop Episode 628
Welcome back to IGN Game Scoop!, the ONLY video game podcast! This week your Omega Cops -- Daemon Hatfield, Justin Davis, Sam Claiborn, and Mark Medina -- are discussing topics like God of War 2, the big games of 2022, the big games of 1998, and more. And, of course, they play Vi ... Show More
1h 11m
Oct 2021
Game Spook: Real Mature, Video Games
Welcome back to IGN Game Spook!, the ONLY Halloween video game podcast! This week your Omega Cops -- Daemon Hatfield, Tina Amini, Sam Claiborn, and Justin Davis -- are discussing new M-rated games, Guardians of the Galaxy, PS5 sales, N64 games on Nintendo Switch, and more. And, o ... Show More
1 h
Apr 2021
Game Scoop Episode 623
Welcome back to IGN Game Scoop!, the ONLY video game podcast! This week your Omega Cops -- Daemon Hatfield, Tina Amini, Sam Claiborn, and Justin Davis -- are discussing topics like the PS5 outselling the PS4, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, the 9.9s of IGN, how we chose games before ... Show More
58m 24s
Jan 2025
BtC - Daryl Andrews on Generating Ideas
<p>Ellie Dix is joined for the inaugural episode of Behind the Cardboard by Daryl Andrews, designer of Sagrada, The Real Truth, and Kodama 3D among many others. Together, they discuss Daryl's career, how he comes up with new games, and how he pitches to publishers. How long to st ... Show More
37m 17s