Raised in a Civil War, He Makes Games to Bring People Together
Josef Fares, whose family fled Lebanon for Sweden in the 1980s, began his career as a filmmaker before pouring his creative ...
"What the f*** is this?": Split Fiction's Josef Fares shuts down players upset by the game's two female protagonists
It Takes Two director Josef Fares shuts down complaints about there being - shock and horror - two women at the forefront of ...
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Split Fiction boss responds to calls for a single-player game after his co-op success
Hazelight Studio boss Josef Fares has revealed that a single-player game isn’t an “impossibility” for the game devs despite ...
‘Split Fiction’ is a dazzling leader in the revival of two-player gaming
Hazelight Studios’ sci-fi fantasy adrenaline rush “Split Fiction” is the most ambitious project yet for Josef Fares, director ...
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'Split Fiction' director wants video games to bring people together
Josef Fares is passionate about cooperative video games. The Lebanese Swedish director has built a studio focused on making ...
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“It’s going to be really tough”: Split Fiction Has Its Eyes Set for Game of the Year Award But GTA 6 Could Ruin the Parade
When a fan confidently declared that Split Fiction would take home the Game of the Year award, Fares, in his signature ...
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Split Fiction Director Responds to Calls for a Single Player Game
The director of the recent co-op game Split Fiction responds to fans calling out for a single-player title developed by ...
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Inside Hazelight at the climax of Split Fiction’s development, you can see how the seeds of a Game of the Year are sown
"The games industry shouldn’t be only about the money," says Josef Fares, drawing a line in the sand regarding how his studio ...
Split Fiction: Biggest Differences From It Takes Two
In this list, we're discussing the biggest differences between It Takes Two and the latest entry from Hazelight Studios, ...
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Split Fiction Is Now EA's Second Most Played Game on Steam
Hazelight's Split Fiction has rapidly climbed EA's Steam charts, quickly becoming the publisher's second most-played game on ...
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‘Split Fiction’ is a dazzling leader in the revival of two-player gaming
As a former filmmaker now directing video games, Josef Fares is taking the hard road to creativity. “If I want to make another movie, it’ll be like going on vacation,” said Fares ...