Sep 6, 2021
Austin Wintory chats with Phillip Kovats, the Senior Director
of Sound for the PlayStation
Studios Creative Arts team. Together they discuss his
long career working on some of the biggest titles in the games
industry; learning to tell stories and finding your voice as an
artist; using audio to marry visuals and music to help the player's
emotional journey; and giving teams agency to explore their
creative vision and find solutions.
Phillip Kovats has been in
games since 1999, helping create the sound and direction for the
God of War series,
flOw, flOwer, Journey, and Uncharted 1 & 2. In 2010, he joined
Naughty Dog as audio lead, helming
games such as The Last of Us,
Left Behind,
Uncharted 4,
and Uncharted: Lost
Legacy. Now, Phil works as the director of sound for
the PlayStation Studios
Creative Arts team, overseeing talent, facilities, operations, and
creative for titles such as Ghost of
Tsushima, Death Stranding,
Marvel's
Spider-Man, Demon’s Souls,
Ratchet & Clank
and many others under the PlayStation Studios
banner.