7sixty and developer Qooc Soft are pleased to announce that Kung Fu Strike: The Warrior’s Rise is heading to Xbox LIVE Arcade this year. The Simply Sound team worked on the audio assets, audio of “in-game” trailer and part of the music background of the game.
Taking its inspiration from ancient Chinese tales of revenge and retribution then adding a dash of over-the-top martial arts movies and old school arcade fun, Kung Fu Strike is a fast-paced beat-‘em-up where the player can seamlessly blend powerful punches, high kicks and perfectly timed blocks to pull off combos that devastate hordes of enemies. This is all thanks to a fluid combat system that turns brawling into an art form… OF PAIN.
Kung Fu Strike
Alongside the tight combat system and art style inspired by Chinese calligraphy, Kung Fu Strike features unlockable techniques that add to the repertoire of agony for your enemies, support characters that can be called in to help when your fists fail you and special equipment that can potentially turn the tide of battle. What’s more, if you’re too weak and puny to go it alone, there is local two-player co-op and versus mode to prove you are the martial arts maestro.
Kung Fu Strike tells the story of General Loh, a warrior struggling to avenge his father’s death while around him ancient China spirals out of control due to warring factions that threaten to split the country apart. Will Loh find out who is responsible for his father’s death? Can he save his homeland from destruction? And will he ever discover what the mysterious ‘Zen Room of Emptiness’ is?
When a release date has been confirmed, we’ll keep you posted…
The “in-game” trailer will be available very soon on this page !
All the Simply Sound team wish you a Happy New Year !
Chinese New Year is coming on January 23, 2012. It’s the year of the Dragon, which means we are really in for it for the New Year. In a good way. The mythical dragon is really powerful and is known to keep evil spirits away – it’s the ultimate protector.
In China, many people says that it’s the year of changes…for us, its already means a lot of cool project incoming for next year !
You will find our sound work on Video Games (PC, Xbox Live, Play Station Network), short and feature films (TV, DVD, Theatre, Festivals), music CDs, websites, TV and theatre commercials, trailers, etc.
新年快乐 !
新年快乐 !
Couple of weeks ago, we made an interview with the Chinese Hip-Hop and Movie star Edison Chen for Adidas Original.
Edison is speaking about his career, his Shanghai-nese street wear shop (Juice) and of course his partnership with Adidas Original.
The 9th China (GuangZhou) International Automobile Exhibition will be held at the GuangZhou China Import and Export Fair Complex starting on 22th November 2011.
Our composer, sound designers and mixer are currently working on a surround 5.1 project to promote the brand new surround system “Viano Vision Pearl” from Bang & Olufsen.
Bang & Olufsen has partnered with Mercedes-Benz to develop the BeoSound Viano sound system for the all-new Mercedes-Benz Viano Vision Pearl concept.
The new system is the world’s first high-end sound system made for a vehicle within the van segment, and mirrors the Vision Pearl concept – for those who appreciate not only mobility and comfort, but also stylish and exceptional quality.
More information about the product on : www.bang-olufsen.com/mercedes-benz-viano-vision-pearl
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The news just arrived couple of days ago : the MMO video game we worked on last year will be (finally) release soon Internationally.
After the rapt made by this game in China, the company Perfect World Entertainment decided to release the game in all other countries, and the official name is “War of the Immortals”, which is the next episode of the Battle of the Immortals series.
Here is the link to watch the trailer of the game ; note that we did not work on the soundtrack of this video, even if they used some of our musics on it.
<<< War of the Immortals Trailer >>>
Perfect World Entertainment
—> ABOUT THE PROJECT :
Project : Apple “Garage Band – Music lives in all of us”
Type : Commercial
Directed by : Antonin Lelievre | Triangle Film
Broadcasted : Internet
Released : Internationally – August 2001
—> ABOUT THE SOUNDTRACK :
Sound design : Alex Riviere
Music composer & producer : Henryk Iwan
Foley : Alex Riviere
Recorder & sound editor : Gaetan Lourmiere
Music supervisor : Alex Riviere
Sound mixer : Alex Riviere
Studio : Simply Sound (Shanghai, China)
A couple of month ago, George Wyndham from Global Times came in our studio to ask me a few questions about voice-over opportunities in Shanghai and China. Please find a part of his article below…
Global Times
By George Wyndham
It’s no secret that foreign voice-over artists, be it part- or full-time, have been making decent money in Shanghai’s advertising industry for a while. And in the last five years, the city has also witnessed the rise of video games production outsourcing, English-language television programming and locally made language learning audio tools. These industries have provided some of Shanghai’s golden-tongued expats with a steady stream of income. The Global Times recently met up with some of the city’s most versatile voice and recording talents to discuss their careers.
Simply Sound's recording room (photo: Cai Xianmin)
Video games
“Currently we are getting far more work from video game producing clients than those involved in advertising,” Alex Riviere, manager of Simply Sound told the Global Times. “We typically get calls on a Friday from a video game company saying they need voices, usually English speakers, by next Wednesday for certain specialized characters. So we have to deliver fast.”
Riviere, having previously produced hip-hop artists in France, recently set up his own recording studio in Shanghai and is primarily engaged in voice-over work. He explained that one reason for this high demand is because video games are becoming increasingly cinematic.
“Computer and video game production is being increasingly contracted out to China and Shanghai,” he said. “Even though a company such as Epic Games is foreign-owned and based outside of China, they come to us here in need of foreign voices.”
Voices for appropriate video game characters are chosen from Riviere’s large database of several hundred samples and sent to the client who has the final say in who gets chosen for the role.