This year’s Into the Pixel winners were named earlier this week, the list includes some well-known projects like BioShock Infinite, Uncharted 3 and Mass Effect 2, also there are some lesser known works like Orcs Must Die! and Trenched. Take a look at the seventeen pieces that made the cut this year below.
Amorphous Drake
Artist: Lucas Graciano
Game: Legends of Norrath
Company: Sony Online Entertainment
Cronos Battle
Artist: Tyler Breon
Game: God of War III
Company: SCEA/Santa Monica Studio
Dead Walking
Artist: Chris Moffit, Brad Crow, Nathan Stefan, Bart Tiongson
Game: Orcs Must Die!
Company: Robot Entertainment
Flemmeth
Artist: Matt Rhodes
Game: Dragon Age 2
Company: BioWare
Good Friends
Artist: Matthew Halpin, Andrew Matthews, Matthew Preece, Radek Walachnia, John Laws
Game: Kinectimals
Company: Frontier Developments
Grim Exploits
Artist: Colin Foran, Claire Hummel, Ryan Wilkerson
Game: Trenched
Company: Microsoft Game Studios/Doublefine
Incident at the Workshop
Artist: Ivan Simoncini
Game: Alien Swarm
Company: Valve Software
Market Fire, Columbia
Artist: Ben Lo
Game: BioShock Infinite
Company: Irrational Games
Normandy
Artist: Mikko Kinnunen
Game: Mass Effect 2
Company: BioWare
Oktonok Cay Cannery
Artist: David Guertin
Game: Ratchet & Clank: All for One
Company: Insomniac Games
Paper World
Artist: Say Oh and Damian Kim
Game: Paper World
Company: Namco Bandai Games
Stahl Arms
Artist: Jesse van Dijk
Game: Killzone 3
Company: Guerrilla
The Bridge
Artist: Erik Zaring and Anders Gustafsson
Game: The Dream Machine
Company: Cockroach, Inc.
The Cottage
Artist: Hamzah Kasom Osman
Game: Drawn 3
Company: Big Fish Games
The Dragon Play
Artist: Brian Thompson and Hamzah Kasom Osman
Game: Drawn: Dark Flight
Company: Big Fish Games
The Pelican Inn
Artist: Andrew Kim
Game: Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
Company: Naughty Dog
The Swamp Skull
Artist: Jeff Haynie
Game: Mystery Case Files: 13th Skull
Company: Big Fish Games
“Into the Pixel is the industry’s premier showcase for the art of computer and video games and celebration of the artists whose talent creates these stunning images,” said Michael D. Gallagher, president and CEO of the Entertainment Software Association, the trade association representing U.S. computer and video game publishers and the owner of the E3 Expo. “ESA is proud to partner with AIAS to facilitate this valuable intersection between the traditional and digital art worlds.”
