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Top 40 Covers of Video Games

March 12, 2009 in Top List comments 12

Everyone knows the saying "Don't judge a book by it's cover." Well the same applies to games you would think. But we all know that sometimes you see a game cover that just screams, "Buy Me!" Here's a list of 40 game covers that really got the attention for being imaginative and eye catching.

While video game cover art is often as carefully designed as any movie poster, this area of graphic design is rarely given much thought. In this post we'd like to change this by high-lighting 40 brilliant examples of game art and explaining why they are so darn good.

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    Blaze Mar 13, 09
    Very good list. Disagree with Half Life though.
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    tallteen86 Mar 13, 09
    Some of them are pretty cool, some are just 'ehhh'.

    It is a matter of taste, mostly.
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    Livewire_19 Mar 13, 09
    That was a really random list, only half of the games should even be on the list.

    8. Ultima VII: The Black Gate, makes no since it's just black cover with nothing but a logo.

    And why does Half Life 2 get two spots on the list when other game series like Halo and Tomb Raider have to share one spot?
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    Linkin Park Fan Mar 13, 09
    True, half the list shouldn't be up there. But as you can tell, that is from a graphic arts website, sot hey will be focusing on the artistic point of view, not really a gamers.
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      Livewire_19 Mar 13, 09
      If the author of the article was looking at just the artistic view of it, then there are plenty crappy games with great box art that should have been on the list, instead of what was on it.
      It just seems like she was rating the games instead of just the box art.
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    Blaze Mar 13, 09
    Why is Simscity included again?!
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      Ameer Mar 13, 09
      I don't know. The cover holds little artistic merit of any form.
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    GTA_Fanatic Mar 13, 09
    That Half-Life one was extremely ugly.

    Also, Burnout Paradise should have been on there.
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    BANDITO ATTACK Mar 14, 09
    first off; "and one of the distinctly recognizable characters from Team Fortress", every tf2 character is distinctly recognizable.
    also, i love the orange box, but the boxart was shitty as hell. its like all the actual professional graphic designers were busy with other things, so they had the receptionist throw something together. it looks more like a full-page ad from a magazine than a video game box cover.


    2nd, no megaman 9/1 (wichever - one is hilariously bad the other is an epic throwback worthy of infinite props) or katamari damaci - which is simply amazing. its a cow standing in a field.
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      Tiger of Wu Mar 14, 09
      The guy never said anything about how many characters are distinctly recognisable in TF. No matter what way you look at it, he just said that Heavy was one of them. That could mean all of them are; it could mean only two of them are.
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    Euphoric Mar 14, 09
    Yes there are some shocking choices in this list but there are still a few awesome ones. StarCraft, Fallout 3, Killzone 2, Mass Effect and Crysis all have awesome artwork.
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    Ameer Mar 15, 09
    Despite never owning or playing much of Diablo, the covers are very striking and instantly memorable.

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