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 ...
Split Fiction director Josef Fares says EA has always been "super good" to his studio: "They get so much s**t they don't deserve"
For a long time, EA has been the butt of many jokes about how greedy it can be. Its then-CEO saying he wanted to charge us to ...
Josef Fares praises GTA 6, says winning Game of the Year against it will be ‘Really Tough’
Game director Josef Fares of Hazelight Studios expressed admiration for GTA VI, acknowledging its tough competition for ...
‘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 ...
"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 ...
‘Split Fiction’ Video Game Sells 2 Million Copies in First Week
“SPLIT FICTION has sold 2 MILLION copies in 1 WEEK!! Holy crap, we’re blown away here! Simply amazing…” Hazelight said in a ...
It Takes Two sold over 20 million copies and won GOTY, but Hazelight's Josef Fares says "all the numbers looked really, really bad" before the co-op studio became "thi…
Josef Fares – founder of Hazelight Studios and director of game of the year winner It Takes Two, as well as the massively ...
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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 ...
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This time around, both of those characters just happen to be women. Director Josef Fares was at a loss for words when a recent YouTube comment called that “feminist propaganda.” He was ...
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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 ...