By Kieron Gillen on September 5th, 2010 at 9:17 am.
Game Informer are actually having a worryingly impressive run of covers. Following the stark Batman: Arkham City ones last month, this time they’ve got three fantastic period-styled Bioshock Infinite ones - two above, and one highlighting the be-hatted “Handyman”. Go over to Joystiq to have a nose at both the final versions and various work-in-progresses.
05/09/2010 at 09:33 SubterraneanRivers says:
Cthulhushock?
05/09/2010 at 16:10 Ninja Dodo says:
Reminds me more of Sandman.
05/09/2010 at 09:56 terry says:
These are ace. I doff my cap appreciatively at game related chap magazines.
05/09/2010 at 10:30 sfury says:
As capturing the period – thumbs up.
Being an interesting, revealing more about the game and capturing my imagination cover – Nah. Didn’t like this or the other concept covers – they don’t say much about the game to me. In fact this one looks almost like a Big Daddy – Little Sister picture, even though the characters portrayed probably have very different roles in Infinite, but Irrational & GI should know better.
Also Joystiq’s galleries system sucks.
05/09/2010 at 11:12 Mr Wonderstuff says:
Brilliant. Really lovely. Great to see a games magazine do something so radical.
05/09/2010 at 11:21 kwyjibo says:
Game Informer have been leaving Edge cover designs in the dust for the last year or so now. Edge need to stop doing covers with “comic book” fonts and drop shadows with space marines.
05/09/2010 at 12:13 bill says:
Really?
I haven’t read EDGE for the last few years, but their design, covers and layouts were always stellar. I’d be sad to hear that they’ve gone downhill.
(but i”m happy to hear that they’re still in business!)
05/09/2010 at 13:10 kwyjibo says:
Their latest cover (Rock Band 2) is quite good. But they’re getting continually outsmarted by the guys at Game Informer, who are more inclined to let the artwork stand on its own.
Here’s Edge getting beat by GamePro, yes – GamePro.
http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2010/07/column_game_mag_weaseling_mag_98.php
05/09/2010 at 11:33 Radiant says:
Nice; who is doing them?
And where the hell is Oli Frey?
05/09/2010 at 11:39 Kieron Gillen says:
I believe it’s Irrational’s own artist.
KG
05/09/2010 at 12:14 v.dog says:
You know you could have just linked to the GI article itself, right?
http://gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2010/09/04/October9981-Cover9981-Revealed9918.aspx
There’s even a hub page, much like the one they did for Portal 2:
http://gameinformer.com/p/infinite.aspx
05/09/2010 at 12:49 Quests says:
Looks great, sober and mature.
Too bad the game will be a FPS shit for immershun freaks.
05/09/2010 at 22:40 Thants says:
What is “a FPS shit for immershun freaks”, exactly?
06/09/2010 at 03:43 Adam Bloom says:
It’s what Bioshock Infinite is going to be.
Duh.
05/09/2010 at 13:12 Ganders says:
While that looks lovely, it does pretty much turn the magazine into an advertising brochure for the game. I guess that’s nothing new though.
05/09/2010 at 20:51 tomwaitsfornoman says:
Yes. GameInformer is published by Gamespot, the American Scourge of the Games Industry. They usually have very pretty covers, but their journalism is shit.
05/09/2010 at 14:49 Sonic Goo says:
That black thing the woman is touching looks like a peni…. BAN THIS SICK FILTH!
05/09/2010 at 18:21 stahlwerk says:
So those “Vigors” are the game’s plasmids? “Murder of Crows” sounds like an avian defensive aura, then. Noice!
The setting looks so incredibly good I want this game to be released yesterday (so that it can get discounted in the inevitable Steam Christmas sale).
05/09/2010 at 19:25 Won't Get Fooled Again says:
Looks gorgeous. Absolutely gorgeous.
Unfortunately, since 2K screwed up Bioshock 2 so much, and has gone 7 months without fixing issues they promised would be fixed “in the first patch”, the Bioshock franchise can go roger itself with a prize winning leek.
05/09/2010 at 20:32 v.dog says:
Bx2 was created by 2K Marin, not Irrational. And who said they haven’t learnt from their mistakes?
I’m watching this game closely, but I’m not going to buy into the hype. And I’ll be waiting for the reviews before commiting any of my money.
05/09/2010 at 21:59 Vodka & Cookies says:
Cool stuff something you dont see much of anymore with the switch to online media.
06/09/2010 at 02:14 Pedobare says:
Damn. For a young girl, your partner in crime looks hot. :natalieportmanintheprofessional:
05/10/2010 at 04:19 Hamguy says:
i love the cover it looks amazing but what i have a problem is, why does the girl in the cover look totally different then the girl on page 54. i thought this was 1912 why is there a emo looking girl?! what is this?
her cloths are different,her hair is different. or is that some other character?