EDGE PRESENTS...The Art of Videogames.

[Windy Miller]

For those who are interested, the new EDGE PRESENTS is out today in the UK, priced £8. It's called The Art of Videogames, 258 pages of sketches, promo art etc with a few words from the developers & publishers. Two (rather poor quality) pictures below.

[cyberfluxor]

Yey! Looks promissing. Thanks for the heads up.

[Windy Miller]

More info from Edge Online...

Edge Presents The Art Of Videogames

As its title suggests, this new Edge special edition showcases the visual aspect of gaming, its 260 pages adorned with paintings, renders, sketches and more materials from some of the industry's leading artists.

Also included are interviews with key creatives in which they explain the thinking behind their work, with contributions from developers at Bungie (Halo series), Eden (Alone In The Dark, Test Drive Unlimited), Epic (Gears Of War), Maxis (Spore), Ninja Theory (Heavenly Sword), SCEE (Wipeout) and Valve (Half-Life 2), to name but a handful.

As a bonus, The Art Of Videogames also features 15 stunning, original pieces of game-inspired art from the i am 8-bit collections of 2005–2007.

The full list of titles featured in volume one of Edge Presents The Art Of Videogames runs as follows:

Alone In The Dark, Assassin’s Creed, Bioshock, Black, Black & White (series), BlackSite: Area 51, Burnout (series), Dead Rising, Devil May Cry (series), Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Fable (series), Fight Night Round 3, Formula One: Championship Edition, Gears Of War, Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, God Of War II, Half-Life 2, Halo (series), Heavenly Sword, Hitman (series), Jet Set Radio (series), John Woo's Stranglehold, Just Cause, Kane & Lynch, Killer 7, Lost Planet, Metal Gear Solid (series), MotorStorm, Okami, Prey, Prince Of Persia: The Two Thrones, Prince Of Persia: Warrior Within, Rayman Raving Rabbids, Resident Evil 4, Rez, Rogue Trooper, Shenmue, Silent Hill (series), Spore, STALKER: Shadow Of Chernobyl, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Super Paper Mario, Team Fortress 2, Test Drive Unlimited, The Outsider, Tomb Raider Anniversary, Tomb Raider Legend, Unreal Tournament 3, Viewtiful Joe (series), Virtual On, Wipeout (series), World Of WarCraft.