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• “I can make a triple-A [game] today” - A Way Out director Josef Fares

  Josef Fares is a strange, wonderful man. The ideal person to talk to if your job, like mine, is to talk to people and mine quotes from their sentences. Fares is a quote machine.

  1 year ago

• "This company called King was talking about creativity. I was like, ‘What?’" - A Way Out director Josef Fares

  During GameLab, Barcelona, last week, we sat in on a panel discussion between A Way Out director Josef Fares and Quantic Dream’s David Cage. In the panel, Fares had some choice words to say about mobile game developer King.

  1 year ago

• “It’s not a sex game but you’re going to get fucked” - Josef Fares drops hints about Hazelight’s new game

  During GameLab Barcelona we got chance to talk to A Way Out creator Josef Fares, during which we tried to figure out how to make interviewing Josef Fares a full-time role because he’s the best, most precious game director in all the lands.

  1 year ago

• Best of 2018: From a warzone to video game development - how life taught A Way Out director Josef Fares to “fuck shit up”

  It’s been a wild year for VG247, so to celebrate we’re going to be republishing some of our favourite work published in 2018 – opinion pieces, features, and interviews, that we’ve enjoyed writing and reading, and which we believe showcase some of our best work. Enjoy!From a warzone to video game development – how life […]

  2 years ago

• A Way Out dev's next game will be published by EA

  A Way Out’s Josef Fares had a great experience with Electronic Arts, and is working with the publisher on Hazelight’s next game.

  2 years ago

• “You could actually add making love as a game mechanic if you do it in the correct way” - Josef Fares

  Josef Fares, director of A Way Out, wants to make “a beautiful, interactive love story”.

  2 years ago

• "I know some people thought I was on cocaine, but no" - Josef Fares explains his 'fuck the Oscars' speech

  During the last Game Awards, A Way Out director Josef Fares became infamous for a speech he gave before showing off the game.

  2 years ago

• “People would be jaw-dropping surprised” by how well EA treats indie developers

  Many game players see EA as the evil corporation of gaming – a company that puts profit in front of anything else.

  2 years ago

• A Way Out director Josef Fares is sick of people obsessing over game length and replayability

  A Way Out, the recent, co-op-only game from Hazelight, takes around six hours to finish. It sprints through its ideas, keeps things fresh, and it ends.

  2 years ago

• Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons is "like a fairy tale"

  The simple two-character mechanic in Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons is supposed to be accessible, letting the player be drawn along as in a fairy story, according to filmmaker Josef Fares.

  7 years ago

• Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons' Fares: lengthier games don't necessarily equate "value"

  Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons’ Josef Fares believes many games last longer than needed, becoming tedious in the process.

  7 years ago

• Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons developer walkthrough released

  Brothers – A Tale of Two Sons has a new developer video available below.

  7 years ago

• Starbreeze's P13 to be published by 505 Games, downloadable in 2013

  P13, in development at Starbreeze Studios, will be released in 2013 courtesy of 505 Games.

  8 years ago