The game world has lost one of the famous visual creators. Victor Antonovknown primarily by his work on The half -life period is 2 And DisgustingHe died at the age of 52 years. His former colleagues reported a sad news.
Antonov was born in Bulgaria, but at the age of 17 he moved to Paris. His career in the gaming industry began in 1997, when he worked as a card artist Redneck RampageThe main turning point came at the beginning of the 21st century, when he joined Valve and became the art director of Half-Life 2. His visual style combining dystopia and industrial cruel brutalism basically influenced the form of the famous series and form of the city 17 by the field Counter-attend: SourceField
Leaving the Antonov valve, he joined Arkane StudiosWhere, being a visual leader, he created the unmistakable aesthetics of Dunwall in Dishonored and his DLC. He later participated as an art director and Wolfenstein: a new order. Then he stayed in Bethesda Game Studios And in Eagle, a consultant worked on names such as Fallout 4, Dishonored 2, Doom (2016) and Prey (2017).
Former employees remember him with admiration and respect. The founder of Arkane Studios, Raphaël Collantonio, wrote on the social network X: “Rest in peace, Victor. I would like to tell you how I admired you. You are a key part of the success and inspiration of Arcane for many of us. ”
The former scriptwriter valve, Mark Leidlow, commented on it on Instagram: “I didn’t want to say anything until this was confirmed, but today I found out that Victor Antonov, our far -sighted art on half -life 2, died. I have no details. Just sadness. He was brilliant and original. Did everything better.
Source :Indian TV
