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The Team

Gordon Calleja - Game Designer, Creative Director, Writer

Marvin Zammit - Programmer

Costantino Oliva - Project Manager

Thomas Cuschieri - Sound Designer, Composer

Fabrizio Calì - Animator, Technical Artist, 3D Modeler, Texture Artist, Illustrator

Nel Pace - Artist, Illustrator, Texture Artist, Cinematic Artist

Mark Casha - Interface Artist, UI, Web Design

Anthony Catania - Concept Artist, Texture artist, Character Designer, Illustrator

Steffi De Giorgio - Original Concept Artist

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Selected Press Articles

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Alternative Press
"The game itself is haunting, gorgeously crafted, and as fittingly bleak as its source material. Governed by its thematic and emotional elements, Will Love Tear Us Apart is a prime example of artwork expressed through the medium of game design."
by Philip Obenschain

AV Club
"An impressionistic, interactive art piece, with all of the action revolving around your confused, feckless direction of a couple as they bicker, reconcile, and swell into grotesque demon-people for no reason, just like in real life"
by Sean O'Neal

Complex
"One of the most iconic and instantly recognizable songs about heartache, pain, and the crushing sadness of a failing relationship...turned into a video game."
by Hanuman Welch

Rolling Stone US
"Because nothing takes the sting out of romantic turbulence like playing a video game about romantic turbulence"
by Erin Coulehan

PC Gamer
"This is the perfect way to convey the feelings of an oppressive relationship."
by Cara Ellison

Killscreen
"for players who believe games can be a vessel for emotions beyond fun and success"
by Tommy Rousse

Tomodon
"a unique and intriguing game offering an experience that is more accurately termed artistic and reflective than objective-driven"
by Bethany Quinn

NME
Joy Division's classic song 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' has inspired a new computer game which sees players re-enact the final days of a relationship.

Consequence of Sound
"the future of video games is now: European developer Mighty Box Games has designed a game inspired by the iconic Joy Division. We’ll wait a few minutes while you immediately cancel your Xbox Live memberships"
by Chris Coplan

Cultbrand.co.uk
"A brilliant, dark, puzzling and confusing interpretation of the Joy Division classic,
Will Love Tear Us Apart? blurs the boundaries between art and videogame, but crucially is an incredibly novel way of interpreting a piece of music"

Fact Mag
"she's lost her controller"

Spin
"Mighty Box pretty much nailed Joy Division's mood...the world's most depressive videogame."
by Kyle McGovern

Rolling Stone Italia
"Se queste sono le premesse ci aspetta un’esperienza assolutamente devastante."

La Repubblica.IT
"Il gioco è difficile, affascinante, misterioso, psicologico, triste, scuro, non è un gioco, in fin dei conti"
by Ernesto Assante

Kotaku
"Will Love Tear Us Apart accurately simulates what it's like to be a 13 year old Maltese teenager who just broke his heart for the very first time"
by Chris Person

Polygon
"Will Love Tear Us Apart? transforms Joy Division song into a game"
by Megan Farokhmanesh

gamescenes.org
"the game is as an interactive meditation on the nature of love"
by Matteo Bittanti

pastemagazine.com
"Thinking of Joy Division’s signature depressing and gloomy songs, what did you expect? To have fun? Get your browser and Prozac at the ready, because the game is available"
by Lori Keong

MaltaToday.com
"If love is a game, you've never seen one like this".
Interview with Gordon Calleja by Teodor Reljic.

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