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The most immediate impact of AI in game audio is not autonomous composition. It is faster transcription, dialogue editing, coding and production assistance.
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Avid has previewed native stem separation for Pro Tools. The real significance for post may be faster dialogue isolation, archive repair and editorial work without leaving the session.
Schell Games has cut around 10% of its workforce and reduced headset-based VR from about 80% to 30% of its work. What does that shift mean for game audio, spatial audio and interactive-audio careers?
UK feature film production spend fell 6% in the first half of 2026, yet domestic films and co-productions strengthened. We examine what is really driving the change, how the UK compares with the US and Europe, and why tax incentives, streaming retrenchment and changing production economics are reshaping the global film map.
Supermassive Games has begun a redundancy consultation that could affect up to 75 roles, following earlier job cuts at the Guildford studio.
Fifty Fifty was reportedly operating at full capacity, yet its income and margins were insufficient to continue. Its closure exposes the structural pressures facing UK post-production and the changes needed to build a more sustainable industry.
As Soho post-production services consolidate into integrated groups, independent audio specialists may need to compete through flexibility, niche expertise and facility partnerships.
Musik Hack’s HyFi brings loudness and tonal controls to browser-based mastering across computers, tablets and phones—but where does it fit in professional workflows?
The Meta XR Audio SDK for Wwise gives Meta Quest developers high-precision spatial localisation, environmental acoustics and an integrated immersive-audio workflow.
FilmSound.ai’s Interchanger promises direct session conversion between Pro Tools, Reaper, Cubase and Nuendo while retaining key editorial and mixing data.
Playhouse Studios is combining Halo Post’s Noel Street facility and assets with LipSync to create Playhouse Post, a new integrated Soho post-production division.
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