With the bar for quality in gaming being raised even further in 2023, a lot of questions have emerged. How sustainable was this kind of progression for the long term? Can we expect this many legitimate Game of the Year contenders in 2024? Just how much has the idea of industry standouts as individuals or brands broken into the mainstream?
While the former two questions won’t have answers for a while yet, we can confidently answer the latter: 2023 was an insightful look into some of gaming’s biggest personalities and contributors. At Screen Rant, we interviewed so many interesting people, ranging from game directors to sound engineers to actors. All of them had something to share, and some of them made headlines with their intelligent breakdown of facets of gaming we don’t always get to peer into so directly. Here’s a collection of some of our favorite gaming interviews from 2023.
Neil Newbon is the voice behind the vampire spawn Astarion in Larian Studios’ wildly successful Baldur’s Gate 3. He also took home the Best Performance award at The Game Awards 2023, as his character delivered some of the most memorable and witty lines. We discussed his role with him in this interview, where he described Astarion as a “blessing.”
Baldur’s Gate 3 was a movement, and we took notice, trying to pick the brains of anyone involved to figure out the smaller details of the game’s greater success. Actor Devora Wilde was the voice behind Lae’zel, a companion who was one of the more misunderstood upon the game’s release. Wilde’s insight into Lae’zel helped convince people to give her character a chance, which was for the best; Lae’zel’s backstory gets interesting quickly, and her story reveals she’s a lot deeper than she first appears.
Sitting down with producer Zhenyu Li at Gamescom 2023 was both fascinating and a welcome break. Secluded away from the clamor of the showfloor, we engaged in an hour-long discussion about HoYoverse’s Zenless Zone Zero. Distinctly different from both Genshin Impact and Honkai Star Rail, it’s clear that the game has high expectations from fans – but what about internally? Li was able to provide some excellent insight into the freedom his team had been given during development.
2023-12-22 18:41:04
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