Gameumentary presents our debut short documentary, The Story of Runic Games.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
We explore the story behind the music of Kingdom Come: Deliverance with composers Jan Valta and Adam Sporka in this Gameumentary doc short!
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.
Our second documentary on Larian Studios takes a deep dive into the development of Divinity: Original Sin 2.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Escapist is very proud to present our latest documentary telling the story of the development behind Thunder Lotus' indie-hit, Spiritfarer.
In our latest documentary, we explore the making of the upcoming Nightfall mod for Dark Souls. Nightfall is a work in progress fan-made sequel that explores new gameplay mechanics, a new storyline and more.
Presented and edited by White Paper Games, the studio is celebrating their 10 year anniversary this year and have asked The Escapist to host their story.
The Escapist is proud to present our documentary on The Making of Sea of Stars!
The Escapist is proud to present our next documentary on the making of EVE Online, detailing the early development and philosophy behind the game, along with highlighting the unique player stories that make up EVE Online's on-going legacy.
The Escapist is excited to partner with Red Barrels to exclusively release their making of documentary on The Outlast Trials!
Just a quick interview / preview to go alongside our full-written coverage of the latest title from People Can Fly
Before filming the Darkest Dungeon documentary, we asked the Darkest Dungeon Reddit community to submit their burning questions for a little bonus feature to accompany our doc.