ISSUE 5 / JULY-AUGUST 2011
Video Games
CONTENTS ISSUE 5 / JULY-AUGUST 2011
08 10 God of War 3 22 On The Front
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Assassins Creed Brotherhood
38 54 Uncharted 2 68 Mass Effect 2 Gears of War 3
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EDITORS LETTER:
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he topic of video games is one that I’ve wanted to cover ever since this magazine was started. It is an industry I am very interested in and have a great passion for. Games provide a highly interactive form of entertainment, and tend to immerse the player in a completely different world giving them the ability to do things they would not otherwise do in reality, such as; leaping off high buildings, tacking on a barrage of enemies, or even driving recklessly alerting to law enforcement. This issue will focus on five popular games and show some of the hard work that artists have put into them which many players may have overlooked. Although only the artist of the image is credited, the whole team behind these games deserve as much credit. Finally, there are those who question whether video games can be categorised as art, I hope this issue can change their mind.
R.Bray
Richard Bray Editor
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tarkiller is now the first male to grace cover of the Ceiga, partly because it was nearly impossible to find a strong female game character on an artist’s website, but also because I believe it was about time for a change.
Even though this character was in the likeness of the actor Sam Witwer, Manny Llamas has done a great job of modelling the whole character and all the accessories that go with him. Starkiller is one of the many characters that were created exclusively for a video game from a major franchise, in this case ‘Star Wars’.
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Manny Llamas www.artbymanny.com
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Katon Callaway www.cobracaptain.com
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Kevin Anderson www.kevinanderson3d.com
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Erik San Juan www.eriksanjuanart.com
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Nicolas Collings nicolascollings.com
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Nicolas Collings nicolascollings.com
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Nicolas Collings nicolascollings.com
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Nicolas Collings nicolascollings.com
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Nicolas Collings nicolascollings.com
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Marc Antoine Senecal senecal3d.com
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Marc Antoine Senecal senecal3d.com
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Marc Antoine Senecal senecal3d.com
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Michel Thibault miketibo.com
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Michel Thibault miketibo.com
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Michel Thibault miketibo.com
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Michel Thibault miketibo.com
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Kevin Lanning www.epicgames.com
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Kevin Lanning www.epicgames.com
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Kevin Lanning www.epicgames.com
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Kevin Lanning www.epicgames.com
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Kevin Lanning www.epicgames.com
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Michael Buck michaelbucksart.blogspot.com
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Michael Buck michaelbucksart.blogspot.com
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Michael Buck michaelbucksart.blogspot.com
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Michael Spano www.mikeyspano.com
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Michael Spano www.mikeyspano.com
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Kevin Johnstone kevinjohnstone.com
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Kevin Johnstone kevinjohnstone.com
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Kevin Johnstone kevinjohnstone.com
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Kevin Johnstone kevinjohnstone.com
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R ich Diamant www.rd3d.com
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R ich Diamant www.rd3d.com
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R ich Diamant www.rd3d.com
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R ich Diamant www.rd3d.com
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Darcy Korch www.dkorch.com
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Darcy Korch www.dkorch.com
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Darcy Korch www.dkorch.com
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Hanno Hagedorn www.hannohagedorn.com
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Hanno Hagedorn www.hannohagedorn.com
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Hanno Hagedorn www.hannohagedorn.com
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Mike Murrill www.mikemurrill.com
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Mike Murrill www.mikemurrill.com
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Ja e mu s Wu r z b a ch www.jwurzbach.com
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Ja e mu s Wu r z b a ch www.jwurzbach.com
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Rion swanson rion-art.com
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Absolute Post www.absolutepost.com
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Fluid Pictures www.fluid-pictures.com
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BreakThru Films www.breakthrufilms.co.uk
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Animatic Media animaticmedia.com
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Climax Group www.climaxgroup.com
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Glowfrog Studios glowfrog.com
Atticus Digital www.atticusdigital.com
Colonel Blimp www.colonelblimp.com
Golden Square www.goldensq.com
Atticus Finch www.atticusfinch.tv
Criterion Games blog.criteriongames.com
Hot Knife Digital Media www.hotknife.co.uk
Axis Animation www.axisanimation.com
Darkhorse VFX www.darkhorsefx.com
ICube www.icube3d.co.uk
Barefoot VFX barefootvfx.com
Darkside Animation www.dsanim.com
Ignition Entertainment www.utvignition.com
Base Black baseblack.com
Dinamo Productions www.dinamo.co.uk
I love Dust www.ilovedust.com
BE Animation beanimation.com
Distant Future Animation Studios www.distantfuture.co.uk
Image Metrics www.image-metrics.com
Black Rock Studios www.disney.co.uk
Double G Studios www.doublegstudios.com
Infinite Realitites www.ir-ltd.net
Blink Productions www.blinkprods.com
Double Negative www.dneg.com
Ink Digital www.inkdigital.co.uk
Blitz Game Studios www.blitzgamesstudios.com
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Jagex www.jagex.com
Blue Bolt www.blue-bolt.com
Eggbox Studios www.eggboxstudios.co.uk
Jellyfish Pictures www.jellyfishpictures.co.uk
Blue Zoo www.blue-zoo.co.uk
Envy www.envypost.co.uk
Jump Design www.jumpdesign.co.uk
Kazoo Creative www.kazoo-creative.com
Neon www.neon.tv
Rumble Studios www.rumblestudios.com
Kettle Studios www.kettlestudio.co.uk
Neoscape www.neoscape.com
Rushes www.rushes.co.uk
Keframe Studios keyframestudios.co.uk
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NSC Creative www.nsccreative.com
Speed Shape www.speedshape.com/
LipSync Post www.lipsyncpost.co.uk
Nvisible nvizible.com
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Passion Pictures www.passion-pictures.com
Superglue www.wearesuperglue.com
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Territory Studio www.territorystudio.com
Masquerade Digital www.masquerade-digital.com
Plowman Craven www.plowmancraven.co.uk
The Creative Assembly creative-assembly.com
Matinai www.matinai.com
Prime Focus www.primefocusworld.com
The Foundry www.thefoundry.co.uk
MDI Digital www.mdi-digital.com
Quay Studios www.quaystudios.com
The Mill www.themill.com
Method Studios www.methodstudios.com
Qurios www.qurios.com
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Molinare www.molinare.co.uk
Realtime UK www.realtimeuk.com
The Works www.worksltd.co.uk
Motion Imaging wearemi.com
Realise www.realisestudio.com
Tigrex www.tigerx.co.uk
Monumental Games www.monumentalgames.com
Relentless Software www.relentless.co.uk
TT Games www.ttgames.com
MPC www.moving-picture.com
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