{"id":339115,"date":"2026-04-29T18:00:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T17:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-the-dispatch-team-didnt-expect-from-their-fandom-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T18:00:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T17:00:30","slug":"what-the-dispatch-team-didnt-expect-from-their-fandom-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-the-dispatch-team-didnt-expect-from-their-fandom-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"What the Dispatch team didn\u2019t expect from their fandom | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/qwuqT9rPTs0\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"What the Dispatch team didn\u2019t expect from their fandom | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qwuqT9rPTs0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The team behind Dispatch didn\u2019t just navigate the challenges of making and releasing a narrative game &#8211; they also had to respond to an unexpectedly passionate fandom. <\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the Bafta Games Awards, BBC\u2019s Mel Ramsay sat down with Dennis Lennart and Nick Herman, co\u2011creative directors at AdHoc Studio. 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