G.A.N.G. Awards Survey!
A HUGE Thank You to everyone who’s been part of our journey. Your survey responses will help us produce an unforgettable show next year celebrating our 25th anniversary. It’s been an honor celebrating excellence in game audio at our award shows and continuing this tradition together.
Missed the survey? There’s still time—check it out here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GANGAwardsSurvey2026
GameSoundCon Submissions Are Now Open!
Speaker Submissions are open for GameSoundCon 2026, which will be held October 20-21, 2026 in Burbank, CA. Submissions may be made for any topic in game audio including Game Music, Sound Design, Dialogue/VO and performance, Business/Career, Education, Research, and Ludomusicology as well as a Special Topic track: AI In the Game Audio Production Pipeline. Submissions are open through May 10.
For submission details, visit: https://www.gamesoundcon.com/submissions
2026 BAFTA Games Awards
The annual BAFTA Games Awards was held on April 17 at Queen Elizabeth Hall in London’s Southbank Centre. Best Music was awarded to Toma Otowa, Peter Scaturro and Keith Leary for Ghost of Yotei. AdHoc Studio received the Audio Achievement award for Dispatch, in recognition of excellence in sound, dialogue, and music. Congratulations to all!
For a list of all the winners, visit: https://www.bafta.org/awards/games/
2026 ASCAP Screen Music Awards Celebration
ASCAP members and industry professionals gathered on April 28 for the Screen Music Awards at Castaway Burbank. The winner of the ASCAP Composers’ Choice Awards for Video Game Score of the Year was Star Wars Outlaws: A Pirate’s Fortune, composed by Wilbert Roget II, Cody Matthew Johnson, and Jon Everist. Congratulations to all!
Behind Cairn’s Rock-Solid Sound – with Martin Stig Andersen and Lukas Julian Lentz by Jennifer Walden
In Walden’s article we get an insider look into the process of making the soundtrack for Cairn (2026) from the developers The Game Bakers. A simulated rock-climbing adventure game where the player controls Aava, an aspiring mountaineer whose goal is to be the first person to reach the top of the fictionalized Mount Kami. Check it out!
Read the full article here: https://www.asoundeffect.com/cairn-game-audio/
The Craft of Voice Acting with Jennifer Hale From the Game Developer Podcast
In a recent Game Developer Podcast, voice actress Jennifer Hale discusses how video game developers and performers can join forces to make enhanced vg experiences. Some of her video game work includes: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (2021), Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (2003), and more!
Read the full article here: https://www.gamedeveloper.com/audio/the-craft-of-voice-acting-with-jennifer-hale
Expanded G.A.N.G. Communications Team
Allow me to introduce myself—my name is Emily Ruprecht, and I am the new Communications Specialist here at G.A.N.G. If you have any news reports or anything you’d like to share, please feel free to reach out! My contact is [email protected].