The Latest Breaking News from Emanuel Palalic

Former id Software artist argues performance and optimization are 'as much of an art problem' as a tech one: 'Killzone 2 looks incredible today. FEAR looks incredible today'

Defect lead Emanuel Palalic thinks leaning into this mindset from early development will leave the game optimized as well as pretty.

PC Gamer · Nov 15, 2025

Mick Gordon is asking 'how heavy can we get it?' in his first full game soundtrack since Doom Eternal: 'I'm really exploring the extremes of distortion with this project'

"It's celebrating that deformity, almost like some form of rebellion."

PC Gamer · Nov 9, 2025

'We are not an extraction shooter, hero shooter, or some competitive tac shooter:' Cyberpunk FPS Defect's secret fourth thing actually has me excited for a PvEvP game for once

I was worried that "Immersive Objective Shooter" was just marketing fluff, but Defect sounds like it has the right stuff.

PC Gamer · Aug 29, 2024