All Seasons

Season 1

  • S01E01 Runic Games - The Story of Runic Games, Torchlight & Hob

    • May 31, 2017

    Gameumentary presents our debut short documentary, The Story of Runic Games.

  • S01E02 Designing The Opening Moments of Bioshock with Bill Gardner

    • August 22, 2017

    Bill Gardner, formerly the lead level designer on Bioshock at Irrational Games, discusses the making of the opening level of the game in this mini-doc from Gameumentary (now part of The Escapist).

  • S01E03 Jesper Kyd - Bound to Sound

    • December 15, 2017

    During our recent trip to California, we took an extra day to go visit Jesper Kyd at his studio to get the footage we needed for our upcoming documentary on Darksiders. We ended up filming a full doc on him. This is the story of Jesper Kyd's journey to becoming a renowned video game composer.

  • S01E04 Remembering Dead Space with Former Visceral Games Devs

    • November 10, 2017

    This mini-documentary was shot during our documentary shoot at Outpost Games, where we spoke with a number of Visceral Games developers not long after the closure of their studio to discuss their favorite memories working on the Dead Space franchise.

  • S01E05 Perception Documentary - Raising a Family and Making Games

    • February 6, 2018

    The story of The Deep End Games follows Bill and Amanda Gardner's journey through game development leading up to the release of their first indie title, Perception. It's a personal story about managing a family while also working to make it as an independent developer.

  • S01E06 Outpost Games and SOS

    • February 13, 2018

    This documentary covers the story of Outpost Games, a new startup studio in South San Francisco currently working on the early access title SOS. This documentary was previously uploaded to Destructoid.

  • S01E07 Joe Madureira - From Comics to Games

    • February 14, 2018

    During our recent trip to Austin, TX for the filming of our Darksiders documentary, we took some extra time to sit down with Joe Madureira to tell his personal journey from developing comics to video games.

  • S01E08 Darksiders

    • March 28, 2018

    Gameumentary is proud to present our feature length documentary on the Darksiders franchise. We cover the story of Darksiders I, II the closure of Vigil Games and plenty more! Join our Discord to become a part of our community!

  • S01E09 Battle Chasers: Nightwar

    • May 9, 2018

    The story of Vigil Games continues in our Battle Chasers: Nightwar Documentary. Featuring interviews with Joe Maduriera, Ryan Stefanelli and more, we explore their time at Crytek USA, the beginnings of Airship Syndicate and the development of Battle Chasers: Nightwar.

  • S01E10 Gunfire Games

    • June 20, 2018

    The third and final part of our Vigil Games series takes a look at the beginnings of Gunfire Games, their work at Crytek USA on Hunt: Horrors of the Gilded Age and more.

  • S01E11 Kingdom Come: Deliverance

    • June 25, 2018

    Explore the formation of Warhorse Studios, their struggles to finance their ambitious medieval open world RPG and the risky design philosophy behind the entire game in our hour long documentary on Kingdom Come: Deliverance.

  • S01E12 Helm Systems & The SoulKeeper

    • August 15, 2018

    Go on a personal journey with Myron Mortakis of Helm Systems as we explore the story behind the development of his dream project he's spent more than a decade trying to create.

  • S01E13 Miami Rising - The Growing Indie Game Development Scene

    • August 17, 2018

    The Miami area isn't known for game development, but that's quietly changing as a small group of indie developers come together to build the area's first network of game devs.

  • S01E14 The Music of Kingdom Come: Deliverance - Sounds of the Ages

    • August 28, 2018

    We explore the story behind the music of Kingdom Come: Deliverance with composers Jan Valta and Adam Sporka in this Gameumentary doc short!

Season 2

  • S02E01 Divinity: Original Sin Documentary

    • October 2, 2018

    Explore the very beginnings of Larian Studios and the Divinity franchise in our feature-length documentary. Discover the struggles the studio faced on their journey to becoming an independent studio, and how each game in the Divinity franchise laid the foundation for what would become, Original Sin.

  • S02E02 The Making of Divinity: Original Sin 2

    • December 4, 2018

    Our second documentary on Larian Studios takes a deep dive into the development of Divinity: Original Sin 2.

  • S02E03 The Fans Reviving the Halo PC Experience - Installation 01

    • January 8, 2019

    The story of how a team of dedicated volunteers has spent the last five years working on their fan-made Halo PC project, Installation 01.

  • S02E04 Shirley Curry: The Gaming Grandma

    • April 3, 2019

    The story of Shirley Curry is the embodiment of the idea that games are for everyone. On her 83rd birthday, follow the journey of Shirley Curry as we explore how Skyrim, YouTube and thousands of passionate fans changed and enriched a grandmother's life. On March 27, it was announced that Shirley would indeed be making an appearance in the Elder Scrolls VI. https://www.onlysp.com/elder-scrolls-... Our call to action for the petition was in the documentary before this information was made public!

  • S02E05 Yahtzee Croshaw & Zero Punctuation

    • August 10, 2019

    We're excited to share the first mini-documentary from Gameumentary here on The Escapist exploring the story of Yahtzee Croshaw and the hit show, Zero Punctuation.

  • S02E06 Insurgency Documentary - The Mod That Started it All

    • September 3, 2019

    Escapist Magazine and Gameumentary are proud to present our first documentary series here on Escapist featuring the Insurgency franchise developed by New World Interactive. The first episode delves into the beginnings of the Insurgency mod and how a group of modders came together to eventually create a full-fledged video game.

  • S02E07 Insurgency - The Cancelled Exiles Project

    • September 10, 2019

    Following the completion of Insurgency standalone, the New World Interactive team got more organized and began work on two new projects: Day of Infamy and Exiles.

  • S02E08 Insurgency - Sandstorm & The Future

    • September 17, 2019

    Our documentary series on New World Interactive and the Insurgency franchise concludes with our final episode looking at the development of Sandstorm and what the future holds for the group of modders turned professional developers.

  • S02E09 Darksiders Genesis’ New Perspective is Rooted in its Past

    • November 27, 2019

  • S02E10 Darkest Dungeon - It Would Suck To Be A Hero

    • April 28, 2020

  • S02E11 Spiritfarer - A Game About Dying

    • July 20, 2021

    The Escapist is very proud to present our latest documentary telling the story of the development behind Thunder Lotus' indie-hit, Spiritfarer.

Season 3

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