Episode 65: Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Director Stig Asmussen (2023)
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor game director Stig Asmussen returns to IGN Unfiltered for another long-form conversation about building a AAA Star...
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IGN Presents | The Callisto Protocol: Helix Station
Subscribe to the horror series set in the universe of “The Callisto Protocol,” the hotly anticipated game from Striking Distance Studios. He...
Episode 64: Gears of War Creator Cliff Bleszinski
Cliff Bleszinski, renowned designer of Gears of War, Unreal, Unreal Tournament, Jazz Jackrabbit, and more, returns for his first IGN Unfilte...
Episode 63: Rick & Morty Co-Creator Justin Roiland
Justin Roiland reveals the origin of Rick & Morty's voices, the long road towards finally getting a hit show, and the longer road towards cr...
Episode 62: Halo Infinite Director Joseph Staten
My guest this episode is Halo Infinite head of creative and longtime Bungie writer Joseph Staten. In this career-spanning interview, Staten...
Episode 61: Bethesda's Todd Howard (2021 Interview)
Bethesda Game Studios director Todd Howard – my first repeat guest! – returns to discuss Skyrim as The Elder Scrolls V celebrates its 10th a...
Episode 60: Elder Scrolls Online Boss Matt Firor
ZeniMax Online Studios boss Matt Firor discusses his long career in MMORPGs, bringing The Elder Scrolls online, what the studio is up to nex...
Episode 59: Shadow Warrior 3 Game Director Kuba Opoń
Shadow Warrior 3 game director Kuba Opoń, who discusses his career in games – from his start as a programmer inspired by Quake 3 to becoming...
Episode 58: Game Industry Investigative Reporter Jason Schreier
This month's guest is games media investigative reporter Jason Schreier, who's written a new book called Press Reset: Ruin and Recovery in t...
Episode 57: IO Interactive CEO and Co-Owner Hakan Abrak
IO Interactive CEO Hakan Abrak talks very openly and honestly about running a AAA independent game studio in the modern era. In this 75-minu...
Episode 56: Six Days in Fallujah's Peter Tamte and Jaime Griesemer
Peter Tamte and Jaime Griesemer, two ex-Halo developers from Bungie, have now teamed up to help bring Six Days in Fallujah, the military sho...
Episode 55: Aliens: Fireteam Leads Craig Zinkievich and Matt Highison
My guests this episode are Aliens: Fireteam development leads and Cold Iron Studios co-founders Craig Zinkievich and Matt Highison. The duo...
Episode 54: Raven Software Cofounder Brian Raffel
Raven Software cofounder Brian discusses starting Raven with his brother in Wisconsin, partnering with Doom creators id Software early on, a...
Episode 53: The Game Awards Host Geoff Keighley
Geoff Keighley – longtime games media personality best known as the host, creator, and executive producer of The Game Awards – discusses his...
Episode 52: Jon Brooke and Lee Singleton (Outriders, Hitman Go, Sleeping Dogs)
Square Enix External Studios heads Jon Brooke and Lee Singleton discuss their time in the video game industry, from Outriders, their brand-n...
Episode 51: Max Schaefer and Matt Uelmen (Diablo 1, 2, and Torchlight)
This month's guests are Echtra Games's Max Schaefer and Matt Uelmen, both former Blizzard North developers and co-creators of Diablo and Dia...
Episode 50: Marcus Lehto (Halo, Disintegration)
Longtime Bungie art director and eventual game director Marcus Lehto created the Master Chief himself and helmed Halo Reach, one of the seri...
Episode 49: Robin Walker and Chris Remo (Valve/Half-Life: Alyx)
Valve's Robin Walker and Chris Remo two of the developers behind the long-awaited return of Half-Life in the form of Half-Life: Alyx. In thi...
Episode 48: Hugo Martin and Marty Stratton (id Software/DOOM Eternal)
Our guests this month are two of the leaders behind the 2016 reboot of DOOM and the upcoming sequel DOOM Eternal, Hugo Martin and Marty Stra...
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 Wa...