Game Artbooks

[Rawz]

Originally Posted by Mr-Brett

That would be a big list

I'd add:
Mass Effect 2 (may be happening, not sure)
Psychonauts
Borderlands

Yes, didn't mean to derail the thread.

I'm really surprised TF2 never released an artbook. And Mirror's edge, wow, it would almost be an architectural visualisation art book.

I think one of the most beautiful art books ever is The Art of Oddworld Inhabitants (mentioned here). Another personal favourite and recent buy is from the French team Steambot called Exodyssey (also mentioned here).

[Mr-Brett]

I still need to pick up both of those, they look great.

[Mr-Brett]

Eidos has announced it’s releasing a collection of artwork from the Tomb Raider series titled The Art of Tomb Raider.


Consisting of two books, there’s loads of art in it, of course, and contains 568 pages. Those that purchase it will get to see first sketch drawings of Lara, unreleased concept art, production storyboards, and insights into the evolution of design and visualization for the series (via The Lost Gamer).

Volume 1 focuses on Tomb Raider through Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness, and Volume 2 focuses on Tomb Raider: Legend through Tomb Raider: Underworld.

You can pre-order it here, but it costs $110 with an additional $61 for international shipping, so I'll have to give this one a miss.

[hinn888]

Hiya guys, ive been reading your conversation about art books and decided to join up, I've just started collecting game art books and thought here be a nice place to discuss them

I currently own:
Gears of War 2: Beneath the Surface
The Art of Fallout 3
The Art of Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare
Behind the Lines: The Art of Modern Warfare 2
The Characters of Dante's Inferno
The Art of [Prototype]
Art of the Devil (Devil May Cry 4)
Tekken 6 Art Book

and got more on the way ^^

[Mr-Brett]

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