I live for these art books, so imagine my surprise when Midway shuffled a press release my way about The Art of Midway: Before Pixels and Polygons.
Published by Design Studio Press, the 160 page book features over 200 concept and environment illustrations from Midway titles like Psi-Ops, Mortal Kombat, The Suffering, and Stranglehold. While it's disappointing there's no mention of an entire section called "The Art of Smash TV: Big Money, Big Prizes I Love It," I'll take what I can get.
The book is available online now and at select bookstores.
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Best sound from any video game, ever
I always loved the character design and level design that mortal kombat had to offer.
It's cool seeing what the artist's renditions were.
Another great way of bringing in money alongside games, very welcome and overdue. I'd buy more of these if developers pulled their fingers out and got their stuff to printers.
Perhaps, they should consider selling their soundtracks cds too.
What's the price and release date on this baby?