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Welcome to Dolby Games, your hub of information and resources for Dolby technologies in games. Whether you’re working on a PC, console or mobile title, we have solutions that enable you to create games that embrace a new level of realism.
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Dolby Atmos puts players into the world you work to build. By bringing height and incomparable dynamic range into the mix, the mechanics of game audio fall away. Your game audio is now only limited by your creativity.
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Integrating the Dolby Vision SIDK into your game not only unlocks next-generation imaging on your Dolby Vision displays, it also allows you to deliver a consistent and optimized look across Dolby Vision, HDR10 and SDR displays with a single authoring pipeline.
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July 31, 2023
We’re thrilled to announce that PS5 is unlocking support for compatible Dolby Atmos-enabled living room devices with the latest PS5 system software beta rolling out today.
August 24, 2023 by Dolby Games
Listen to what Alistair Hirst, Sr. Game Developer Relations Manager @ Dolby, had to say at Game Camp France in Lille June 19 & 20, 2023.
June 29, 2023
Introducing two FREE plug-ins to provide developers the ability to natively create games in Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos all within Unreal Engine.
April 25, 2023 by Dolby Games
The first in our series of GDC 2023 Dolby Speaker Session in booth videos is here starting with Dolby Atmos 101.
May 09, 2023 by Dolby Games
The second video in the GDC 2023 Dolby Speaker Session is available now - Raising the Quality Bar with Dolby Vision. Learn how you can leverage Advanced HDR techniques to raise the quality bar of your existing assets with Alexander Mejia, Product Manager, Gaming, Dolby.
July 20, 2023 by By Vaibhav Mahajan, Founder & CEO, AbracaDabra Software Solutions Pvt. Ltd
Published by AbracaDabra Software Solutions Pvt. Ltd, Tanhaji - The Maratha Warrior is the first 3D RPG war game celebrating an Indian hero. With 12 levels of playtime, the game offers a highly action-packed experience to gamers with the immersive audio of Dolby Atmos. When the gamers will play Tanhaji in Dolby Atmos, it will truly transport them to the era of The Great Shivaji Maharaj of the 17th century (a celebrated warrior in India).
June 13, 2023 by Megan Carnes
Hello, we’re Megan Carnes, Cregg Hancock, and Zach Berglund, also known as Fresh From The Coven Games. We’re very excited to tell you about the Dolby Atmos-powered mobile game we created for the 2023 Step Up Your Sound game jam, Which is Witch!
June 22, 2023 by Dolby Games
In this GDC 2023 Speaker Series Robert Ridihhalgh explores the expansion of the Microsoft Spatial Sound platform.
May 16, 2023 by Dolby Games
Spatial Audio is a longstanding hot topic in Game Audio and beyond. Aaron McLeran, Director, Unreal Engine Audio, seeks to demystify and bring more clarity to the field in this GDC 2023 Dolby Speaker Series presentation.
June 01, 2023 by Dolby Games
In this Dolby GDC Speaker Series session, learn more about the Dolby Audio Room Design Tool (DARDT) from Jose Castellon, CAS, Manager - Studio & Design for Dolby.
June 06, 2023 by Dolby Games
Watch the next presentation in the Dolby GDC Speaker Series, this time exploring Realtime Spatial Audio with Wwise.
June 08, 2023 by Tin Heart Interactive
Tin Heart Interactive, creators of Soaring Up The Charts, were invited to participate in the second annual Dolby Step Up Your Sound game jam. This team met through the games industry in Maryland or through the Baltimore Chapter of the IGDA and were excited to work collaboratively on a project together. Find out more about the team and their experience.
May 23, 2023 by Dolby Games
The Dolby GDC Speaker Series continues with Object-based Routing with Wwise for the Best Results. In this video, learn from Damian Kastbauer, Wwise Product Manager at Audiokinetic, how to author once for the best audio across all outputs and some of the reasons for exploring the availability of object-based formats.
May 25, 2023 by Petricore
Learn more from Petricore as they talk about their approach to the Dolby Step Up Your Sound Jam hosted by Playcrafting.
May 11, 2023 by Dolby Games
Nekologic, creators of Menura and participants in the 2023 Dolby Step Up Your Sound Game Jam, share their experience mixing their mobile game for Dolby Atmos.
June 15, 2023 by Rahul Gidwani, Founder & CEO, Origami Games
Rahul Gidwani, Founder & CEO, Origami Games shares their experience mixing "Floors of Fear" for Dolby Atmos.
May 02, 2023 by Dolby Games
In our next GDC 2023 Speaker Series video, watch as four of the top technical minds from various facets of the game audio ecosystem discuss the Future of Spatial Audio in games.
April 27, 2023 by Dolby Games
We are excited to share more from the teams that joined us for this year’s Dolby Step Up Your Sound Game Jam starting with Redstart Interactive and their game Fang Tango. Hear directly from them about their creative decisions and working to mix their mobile game for Dolby Atmos.
March 15, 2023 by Dolby Games
Audiokinetic and Dolby announced today that they are working to create a deeper integration of Dolby Atmos into the Wwise pipeline, making workflows easier for developers to add new dimensions to their game.
March 07, 2023 by Dolby Games
GDC is almost here (March 22 - 24). Join us at the Dolby Booth S1041 to play live game demos, list to our speaker series, or say hello! Take a look at our full schedule.
March 07, 2023 by Dolby Games
Join Dolby for exclusive sessions and networking opportunities for creatives and professionals, including a special Dolby Atmos for Gaming session with Alistair Hirst Saturday, March 11.
February 15, 2023 by Dolby Games
Help Selene fight tooth and nail for survival in Returnal. Transport yourself to planet Atropos itself with Dolby Atmos on PC!
February 06, 2023 by Dolby Games
Hear from Hiroaki Igarashi, sound designer on Monster Hunter Rise, on his experience with designing the game and using Dolby Atmos.
February 06, 2023 by Dolby Games
Five dev teams participated in the Dolby Step Up Your Sound Game Jam and if you’re interested in learning more about using spatial audio for mobile development, save the date! The teams are excited to discuss the process of utilizing Dolby Atmos and Wwise to create dynamic Samsung mobile experiences.
January 26, 2023 by Dolby Games
The hunt is ON! Master a multitude of acrobatic hunting techniques as you rise to meet the challenge of rampaging monsters in order to save Kamura Village. Available now on Xbox One, Windows, Game Pass, PS5, PS4 and available in Dolby Atmos for Xbox Series X|S.
October 26, 2022 by Dolby Games
Dolby and Playcrafting are seeking teams of mobile developers with a love for audio design to participate in the Step Up Your Sound Game Jam. Interested?
October 12, 2022 by Dolby Games
Hear from Audiokinetic and Moong Labs, developer of Epic Cricket, on how Dolby Atmos has impacted their mobile business - watch now from the 2022 Samsung Developer Conference.
October 04, 2022 by By – Tarun Anand, Co-Founder, Moong Labs
Find out more about ‘Epic Cricket – Big League Game’, from Tarun Anand, Co-Founder, Moong Labs, as he goes into depth about Dolby Atmos and this realistic simulation game that thrives on a community of loyal cricket fans!
July 05, 2022 by Dolby Games
Learn how senior sound designers and music composers at 24 Entertainment use Dolby Atmos to improve environmental awareness, ambient atmosphere, and musical expression.
June 28, 2022 by Dolby Games
theHunter: Call of the Wild by Expansive Worlds (a creative division within Avalanche Studios Group) has wowed players since it's launch in 2017 with it's immersive and realistic world. A new update to the game releasing today adds Dolby Atmos audio to the game. Zevik Perry, audio director at Expansive Worlds discusses the team's journey towards today's launch.
May 13, 2022
Tomes Chen, Senior Sound Designer from Perfect World Games, explains how he uses Dolby Atmos for sound design and production in "Tower of Fantasy".
February 28, 2022 by Lori Solomon
We're excited to be back at GDC once again to mix and mingle with the game community. Stop by the Dolby booth, to catch a session about Dolby technologies, see a Dolby Atmos for Mobile demo, or just to say hello.
March 02, 2022 by Team Square
In this series, we hear from the five teams that participated in our Dolby Atmos Step Up Your Sound Game Jam, about their experiences with Dolby Atmos for mobile game creation.
Read on to hear from Team Square about their game, A Way Home.
March 16, 2022
In this series, we hear from the five teams that participated in our Dolby Atmos Step Up Your Sound Game Jam, about their experiences with Dolby Atmos for mobile game creation.
In this post, West Ghost shares their story about Luci-fur's Plight.
March 21, 2022 by Catherine Brinegar
In this series, we hear from the five teams that participated in our Dolby Atmos Step Up Your Sound Game Jam, about their experiences with Dolby Atmos for mobile game creation.
Read on to hear from, Team Arpeggio about their game, Cobweb Lullaby.
March 09, 2022 by Alec Galambos
In this series, we hear from the five teams that participated in our Dolby Atmos Step Up Your Sound Game Jam, about their experiences with Dolby Atmos for mobile game creation.
Up now, Audio Talk about their game Okay Pinball.
March 28, 2022 by David Su and Megan Carnes
In this series, we hear from the five teams that participated in our Dolby Atmos Step Up Your Sound Game Jam, about their experiences with Dolby Atmos for mobile game creation.
We start with a post from Haversine Collective about _starweaver_.
February 16, 2022 by Dolby Games
Forza Horizon 5 is an award-winning adventure into the beautiful land of Mexico, with an audio soundscape that is lovingly crafted to match. In this post, we talk with Fraser Strachan, Lead Audio Designer about the audio design for Forza Horizon 5.
January 26, 2022 by Lori Solomon
We are excited to release a new video series on Dolby Atmos content creation. For this 3-part series, we partnered with Nick Dixon, founder of Black Edge Studios, located in the UK.
December 21, 2021 by Kristoffer Larson
In the previous articles we have covered creating and mixing music for games presented in Dolby Atmos, from high level concepts to specific practical recommendations for creating your mix. In this last article we will discuss mastering and exporting your content so it’s ready to be implemented in a game audio engine.
November 29, 2021 by Kristoffer Larson
In the previous article we covered general aspects and benefits of Dolby Atmos for music as well as considerations for planning your workflow. In this next article we’ll take a look at composition and mixing recommendations as it relates to music for games presented in Dolby Atmos. As a reminder, check out my video series which walks through most of this content with tangible examples.
November 08, 2021 by Dolby Games
The Completionist plays Guardians of the Galaxy by Eidos Montreal using Dolby Atmos for Headphones.
October 29, 2021 by Kristoffer Larson
In this series of articles, we’re going to explore creating, mixing, and implementing music for games that are presented in Dolby Atmos. It is an answer to the question: “My game is in Dolby Atmos, what do I need to think about with regards to music?”. As this is an attempt to connect the dots and provide overall context, I will provide links wherever possible to more in-depth articles and information specific to a topic or tool.
July 20, 2021 by Dolby Games
Over the last few years, we've heard a lot about Dolby Atmos for Xbox and PC games, and now we're excited to bring you Dolby Atmos for Mobile Games.
In this post we'll talk about Jade Dynasty: New Fantasy, the first title from Perfect World Games to launch supporting Dolby Atmos.
June 09, 2021 by Dolby Games
Spatial sound helps you improve game quality by making sound a more integral part of the action. As with anything new, there are best practices and pitfalls involved in using this technology correctly. Best practices range from emphasizing sound planning to understanding all the sound-related variables affecting the gaming experience.
February 23, 2021 by Dolby Games
Spatial sound allows game developers and designers to enrich worldbuilding and provide more accurate directional cues, taking players’ gaming experience to a new level of realism.
January 20, 2021 by Dolby Games
Project Acoustics is a physics-based wave acoustics engine that uses your 3D geometry to automatically generate the sound parameters needed to create realistic audible spaces in your game. It gives life to 3D environments by accurately modeling the effect of sound waves bouncing off walls and floors and the echoing reverb of open space.
January 11, 2021 by Dolby Games
Surround sound and dynamic audio have shown the critical role audio plays in making gaming experiences immersive, but they’ve only approximated positional audio until now.
September 28, 2020 by Michael O'Kane & David Baxter
Hear from Michael O'Kane of Level 91 Entertainment and David Baxter of Boom Clap Play, David Baxter, about Dolby Atmos in their release, Inertial Drift.
April 29, 2020 by Kristoffer Larson
In the first two installments of this series about the use of Spatial Audio in Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Kristoffer talked a bit about some of the whys, whats, and hows, let’s look at how it all came together.
April 22, 2020 by Kristoffer Larson
In Kristoffer Larson's last post, he went over the project goals and decision-making process for pursuing a spatial audio presentation of Ori and the Will of the Wisps. In this post he covers some of the more specific content and implementation approaches they took.
April 15, 2020 by Kristoffer Larson
In this three-part series, Kristoffer Larson, Senior Sound Supervisor with Formosa Group, will share some of the technical and creative processes used in the production of Ori and the Will of the Wisps as it relates to spatial audio. In this post he talks about the design intentions and decision-making that lead them to commit to a spatial audio production.
In the second installment he will cover the creative and technical methods that were used to create compelling spatial content, and in part three, we will learn about the final stages of the production and how the music, mix, and testing all came together.
March 20, 2020 by Lori Solomon
There is a lot of buzz this week about the PS5 and spatial audio after the, "Road to PS5" presentation, and we thought it a great time to share some information about Dolby Atmos for console & PC games.
December 23, 2019 by Lori Solomon
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare took home the Audio Design Award at the 2019 Game Awards and we recently had the opportunity to speak with Stephen Miller, Audio Director at Infinity Ward and the audio team about the use of Dolby Atmos in their title.
March 03, 2015 by Chris Bratveit
As Dolby Atmos® titles become increasingly available on Blu-Ray™ there is an inherent need to get the content out of legacy playback devices and into Dolby Atmos capable AVRs so that the object-based presentation can be properly decoded. While Dolby Atmos enabled formats are fully backwards compatible with channel-based decoders, the decoding of Dolby Atmos content on a legacy decoder results in a less-than-optimal user experience if the customer has a Dolby Atmos capable AVR downstream from the playback device.
August 04, 2022 by Dolby Games
July 03, 2023 by Dolby Games
Enjoy some amazing games in Dolby Atmos, on sale as part of the Steam Summer Sale, now through July 13th @ 10am Pacific!
February 27, 2023 by Dolby Games
Wwise® is the trusted gold standard for cross-platform interactive and spatial audio development. Featuring a run-time sound engine and audio authoring application, Wwise is the most comprehensive audio middleware solution for developers looking to achieve truly immersive experiences. Designed for effortless integration with game engines, Wwise simplifies the work of programmers, empowers sound designers to achieve their creative vision, and increases the team’s overall productivity.
Here's more information about creating game content utilizing the Dolby Vision SIDK.
Yes! For more information about the Dolby Vision plug-in, please click HERE.
Yes! For more information about the Dolby Atmos Plugin for Unreal Engine, please click HERE.
Yes! For more information about implementing Dolby Atmos for mobile titles, please click HERE.
UPDATE: PS5 supports Dolby Atmos for HTML endpoints.
Currently Dolby Atmos is supported by the PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox One X, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X, and Windows 10/11 PCs.
Dolby Atmos for Headphones allows you to experience Dolby Atmos (for Xbox and Windows 10) through any set of headphones. No need to purchase a new pair, any standard headphones will work. Try out Dolby Atmos for free by downloading the Dolby Access app from the Xbox or Windows Store.
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