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IGN Unfiltered goes in-depth with creators of your favorite video games, talking not just about the games themselves but about the fascinating lives of the people behind them. New episodes e...

Episodes

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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...

45:00Mar 1, 2023

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...

3:09Nov 4, 2022

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...

54:54Nov 1, 2022

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...

73:03Oct 18, 2022

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...

65:36Nov 23, 2021

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...

40:44Nov 9, 2021

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...

57:30Jun 15, 2021

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...

38:30May 25, 2021

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...

69:46May 11, 2021

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...

77:55Apr 6, 2021

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...

74:53Mar 23, 2021

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...

55:47Mar 16, 2021

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...

56:33Oct 27, 2020

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...

72:39Aug 25, 2020

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...

41:57Aug 18, 2020

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...

63:09Jun 23, 2020

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...

72:30May 12, 2020

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...

64:30Mar 24, 2020

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...

69:49Feb 19, 2020

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...

64:02Dec 17, 2019