From Darksiders to Remnant II with David Adams & Ben Gabbard

11/20/23 • 95 min

Trent Kusters chats with Ben Gabbard & David Adams of Remnant series developer Gunfire Games. Together they discuss their careers including their early work at Vigil Games on the Darksiders series; founding Gunfire Games and their early projects with Oculus; their early ideas for the Remnant series including key pillars; learning to be strategic given development restraints; and how Remnant II is a culmination of everything they learned from their previous projects.

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