Into The Pixel is an annual juried art exhibition that brings together experts from the traditional fine art world and the interactive entertainment industry to display and discuss the art of the video game. 2012 will be the ninth showing of the Into The Pixel art collection, and attendees to E3 have been invited to the gallery opening next week at the Los Angeles Convention Centre. The 16 winners of this years collection were unveiled this week by The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) and the Entertainment Software Association (ESA).
“The Academy is pleased to partner with the ESA to celebrate the finest art in video games from the year,” said Martin Rae, president, Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. “This year’s collection exhibits incredible creativity. We’re looking forward to unveiling this year’s collection at E3 and sharing it worldwide at other industry events!”
The 2012 Into the Pixel winners are listed below, and their artwork can be viewed here:
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Game
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Artist(s)
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Developer
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Publisher
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Arabian Night
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Crazy Fairies
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Fan Xiao Qing
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Spicy Horse Games
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Spicy Horse Games | |||
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Aria
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Mass Effect 3
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Ben Huen
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BioWare
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Electronic Arts
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Battle Charge
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Assassin’s Creed III
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William Wu
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Ubisoft Montreal
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Ubisoft
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Broken Overpass
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The Last of Us
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Shaddy Safadi
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Naughty Dog
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Sony Computer Entertainment America, LLC
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Gravity Daze
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Gravity Rush
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Takeshi Oga
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Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios – Japan Studio
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Sony Computer Entertainment
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Gunsmith
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Wild East
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Eytan Zana, Cliff Childs, Tyler West
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Double Helix Games, West Studios
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Leah Close-up
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Diablo III
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Nick Carpenter, Graham Cunningham, Xin Wang, Chris Thunig, Fausto De Martini, Mathias Verhasselt, Till Aschwanden, Fin Teo, John Lanz
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Blizzard Entertainment
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Activision Blizzard
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Little Insmouth
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Skullgirls
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Willy Hwang, Alex Ahad
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Reverge Labs
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Autumn Games
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Priory
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Guild Wars 2
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Daniel Dociu
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Arenanet
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NCsoft
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Refinery Entrance
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Ghost Recon: Future Soldier
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Susan Luo
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Red Storm Entertainment
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Ubisoft Entertainment
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Regent
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Dishonored
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Sergey Kolesov
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Arkane Studios
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Bethesda Softworks
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Shopkeeper
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Dota 2
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Jim Murray
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Valve Software
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Valve Software
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Snowland
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Akaneiro: Demon Hunters
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Ben Kerslake, Sun Guo Liang
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Spicy Horse Games
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Spicy Horse Games
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Spire Vista
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Halo 4
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John Wallin Liberto
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343 Industries
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Microsoft
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The 2048 Grid
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Wipeout 2048
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Darren Douglas
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Studio Liverpool
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Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
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The Call to Adventure
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Journey
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Matt Nava
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thatgamecompany
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Sony Computer Entertainment America, LLC
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