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1 week ago | 
sifter.com.au | Kyle Pauletto |Fiona Bartholomaeus |Courtney Smith |Adam Christou
Orchestra Victoria and the renowned composer collaborate once again for another night of great gaming musicAward-winning composer Austin Wintory returns to the podcast to discuss his work on Indie Symphony II, a concert series performed by Orchestra Victoria on July 3 and 4 2025. Austin shares insights into the creative process behind scoring indie games like ABZÛ and Hades II, and how these soundtracks come to life in a live orchestral setting.
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1 month ago | 
sifter.com.au | Kyle Pauletto |Fiona Bartholomaeus |Courtney Smith |Adam Christou
Part step sequencer part programable puzzle game, this cute game will get you to try and try again before it all comes together. The UNPACKING team return with their next game, the musical puzzle game TEMPOPO and composer and sound designer Jeff Van Dyck joins Lightmap for another episode. Pick the right sequence, keep trying until you get it right and find the flowers to rebuild your garden, this puzzle game for all ages is colourful and joyful.
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2 months ago | 
sifter.com.au | Kyle Pauletto |Fiona Bartholomaeus |Courtney Smith |Adam Christou
Go for a hike, pick up your favourite camera and visit south west Australia, Japan, Italy and more in search of some perfect pics. LUSHFOIL PHOTOGRAPHY SIM is all about the vibes and heavily inspired by developer Matt Newell's own treks around the world with camera in hand.
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Mar 24, 2025 | 
sifter.com.au | Kyle Pauletto |Fiona Bartholomaeus |Courtney Smith |Adam Christou
Building on the previous game Gareth Damian Martin has added more pressure, but plenty of ways to win in the sequel to the hit scifi video game. CITIZEN SLEEPER 2: STARWARD VECTOR is a special kind of game, one that builds so gently and thoroughly on its predecessor, with a bigger universe to explore for lovers of heartfelt science fiction.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
sifter.com.au | Kyle Pauletto |Fiona Bartholomaeus |Courtney Smith |Adam Christou
That's right, Gianni has no control over his own show as ABC Classic Game Show host cuts his top ten to more than double that, again. One of my favourite things each year is when Meena Shamaly host of Game Show on ABC Classic sends me the big list of tracks that have made a massive impact. These games might not be winning massive awards, a lot of them do of course, but you know every piece of music you’re going to hear has made an impact on Meena’s heart.
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Nov 24, 2024 | 
sifter.com.au | Kyle Pauletto |Fiona Bartholomaeus |Courtney Smith |Adam Christou
They should be charging for this, but lucky for you this chat based visual novel is completely free, pick it up for the DLC launches next month. November 25, 2024 6:30 AMAs romance novels grow in popularity, so too do dating sims and visual novels. SIFTER's Courtney Smith and Steph Panecasio (GamesHub) discuss A DATE WITH DEATH, a free dating sim from Aussie devs, Two and a Half Studios.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
sifter.com.au | Kyle Pauletto |Fiona Bartholomaeus |Courtney Smith |Adam Christou
Today is the day, Valve's gaming handheld finally goes on sale in Australia and we spoke to the designers at MIGW 2024. November 19, 2024 5:30 AMIt took a couple of years but the Steam Deck is officially available today for players in Australia. The reason? Well why don't we let designers Lawrence Yang, Jay Shaw and Yazan Aldehayyat explain.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
sifter.com.au | Kyle Pauletto |Fiona Bartholomaeus |Courtney Smith |Adam Christou
You kinda know what you're going to get when you boot up the game and Activision gives you exactly that. November 12, 2024 10:30 AMThere are only a couple of constants in this world, death, taxes and new CALL OF DUTY games. This semi-annual series keeps cranking out the shooter scenarios, with some great multiplayer and all over the place single player. Chris Button is joined by SIFTER's own Kyle Pauletto and freelance journalist David Smith (Rhunwords) as they make heads and tails of it all.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
sifter.com.au | Kyle Pauletto |Fiona Bartholomaeus |Courtney Smith |Adam Christou
We sit down with developers to learn what's new, what's refined and what stays the same. With a game series as long running as CIVILIZATION, how do you keep reinventing and refining when you hit the seventh title? With long campaigns and countless hours for each play through, these games take on a life of their own for each player.
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Sep 17, 2024 | 
sifter.com.au | Kyle Pauletto |Fiona Bartholomaeus |Courtney Smith |Adam Christou
It might look heavily inspired by nineties era racers like Wipeout and F-Zero, but the true inspiration was pure racing loops. September 18, 2024 6:30 AMIf you love the feeling of racing until you perfect the line PHANTOM SPARK might be exactly what you're looking for. Joon Van Hove (NUTS) one part of Icelandic studio Ghosts shares how Torfi Asgeirsson nailed the gameplay before anyone else even came on board.
