Today I'm talking with Raphaël Colantonio, former president of Arkane Studios, responsible for bringing Dishonored, Prey, Arx Fatalis and Dark Messiah of Might and Magic into existence.
This is a conversation about the dark art of making the perfect immersive sim, and the influences that led him to build on games like Ultima VII and Thief to create some of the most evocative immersive sims of all time.
Raphaël is now president of WolfEye Studios, where he's working on a new immersive sim. Dishonored and Prey are two of my favourite games of all time, and it was an absolute pleasure to speak with him about his various inspirations, his thoughts on where the games industry is heading, and what he'd like to see more of in the games he plays.
#dishonored #prey #arkanestudios #immersivesim