Pinnacle College and game developer Dream Builder Studios have teamed up to offer budding video game audio professionals unprecedented access to the Heresy War game in development. To kick off the partnership, Pinnacle College hosts the premiere of Dream Builder Studios’ new cinematic trailer for the upcoming combat space simulator, Heresy War.

"Our goal has been to design the world’s best video game audio program – one that will effectively and quickly train gamers to make games, not just play them," said Eitan Teomi, director of the Audio for Games and Interactive Media (GAIM) program, Pinnacle College. "The partnership with Dream Builder Studios is certain to catapult our students to a high level of proficiency. They will get great, hands-on experience by having full access to real-world game audio assets and game engine."

Developed by Dream Builder Studios, Heresy War is a combat space simulator set in a future where humanity has reborn from the ashes after a catastrophic world war. The PC game puts the player in the cockpit of the most technologically advanced fighters in the human military fleet as he witnesses the start of a civil war. In Heresy War, the player will be faced with various missions, ranging from stealth runs or combat patrols to huge carrier battles of epic proportions, all these across a branching single player campaign. The branching campaign creates a single-player experience that is different every time the game is played. Recently Heresy War was named a finalist in the 2Bee Indie Game Competition 2009.

The news comes on the heels of a recent announcement from Pinnacle College that unveiled details of the nation’s first accredited degree in video game audio. In the 16-month Occupational Associate Degree program, students learn all aspects of creating and managing sound for interactive media, including music composition, sound design, dialog recording, audio asset management, and sound mixing.

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