Games by Established Artists

Titles which were designed, produced, directed, or contributed heavily to by artists with established careers or fine arts backgrounds outside of video games. Titles like Peter Gabriel: Eve do not count as they are made in association with an artist rather than with their direct involvement.

Notes state the artist(s) and their career outside of the games here, though there may be overlap of course.

Wachenröder
Wachenröder
Range Murata
Artist, designer

Yoshitoshi ABe
Graphic artist
Warpitout
Warpitout
Jane Veeder
Digital artist, filmmaker
Wattam
Wattam
Keita Takahashi
Illustrator, playground designer
Wayward Manor
Wayward Manor
Neil Gaiman
Author, screenwriter
We Love Katamari
We Love Katamari
Keita Takahashi
Illustrator, playground designer
Wipeout
Wipeout
The Designers Republic
Graphic design studio/collective
Wipeout 3
Wipeout 3
The Designers Republic
Graphic design studio/collective
Wipeout XL
Wipeout XL
The Designers Republic
Graphic design studio/collective
WTF: Work Time Fun
WTF: Work Time Fun
Pierre Taki
Musician, actor
Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Saitou Masatsugu/Saitom
Illustrator, hentai artist

19 Comments


1 year ago

would the rhythm heaven series count because of Tsunku's hand in development?

1 year ago

Absolutely, added

1 year ago

Add Medal of Honor 1 and both Boom Blox games for the Wii. Steven Spielberg produced all three of those.

1 year ago

elden ring's world building was done by GRRM

1 year ago

Ryuichi Sakamoto wrote the scenario and all the music for L.O.L.: Lack of Love

1 year ago

Added with the exception of Elden Ring as his contribution to the game was only the 'mythos' of the game, he did not write the story itself.
diana hamilton's dreams, bill belichick offseason simulator

1 year ago

Going Down by Cyriak Harris

1 year ago

Down bad in the "hentai artist" row

1 year ago

Does Mother trilogy belongs here? As fas as I know, Shigesato Itoi has been a writer since way before the games. Although I think most of it was non-fiction?
@LSW Help me out here, please. XD

1 year ago

@CDX If copywriters fall into the category of artists, then Yes.
Gitaroo man, by Mitsuru Nakamura aka 326
does that count?

1 year ago

tomomi sakuba was the art director of garage: bad dream adventure, and he has published various artwork of surrealism priorly and after the release of the game

1 year ago

Added all of these except Itoi's ouevre

1 year ago

The dragons lair games and space ace for don bluth's involvement

1 year ago

9: The Last Resort might qualify: Robert De Niro executive produced, art direction by Mark Ryden

1 year ago

@LSW Thanks a bunch! I had no idea he was a copywriter, or what a copywriter even was for that matter. lol Until I wikipediad the term just now, I mean. There's not a word for that in pt-BR. =P

1 year ago

maestro, mike oldfield
gaball screen, tetsuya komuro

17 days ago

Anything by Squanch Games i.e High on Life (Justin Roiland, yikes) and Furi (Takashi Okazaki)


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