Three Dimensions (Part Three): Video Game Guys

Today's post is the third part of the Three Dimensions series, focusing on statues, toys, and dioramas.  This time around, the focus is on the guys of video games in non-virtual form.

This statue of Vega from Pop Culture Shock shows the Street Fighter hottie unmasked:

 

Kratos, our favorite God of War, gets his due courtesy of Sideshow Collectibles:

 

Pop Culture Shock is behind this upcoming statue of Scorpion from Mortal Kombat:

  Finally, some guys from Resident Evil courtesy of Hot Toys beginning with Krauser...

 ...and the ever-sexy "I wish he was real" Chris Redfield:

 

Video Game Week Finale: Misfits #6

Video Game Week comes to a close with a special Misfits post.  A Misfits post usually contains pics that could not support a full post by themselves.  This time around, all the pics are from video games.

First up is the main character of the upcoming Wii shooter The Conduit:

 

Next are three pics of two hot guys from the upcoming MMO APB, which allows you to play as either a criminal or a cop.

 

  

Kratos (who we just saw in the Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny post) will be returning to his own series in the upcoming God of War III.  Hopefully, there will be a ton more art of him to follow the pic below:

  

The following pic of Deadpool was labeled as concept art from Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2.  I'm really not sure if it is or not.

The Nintendo DS has an installment of the Tales series called Tales of Hearts that had an interesting release in Japan.  You could buy the game in two different versions.  One version had anime cinematics while the other had CG cinematics.  See what version you prefer in the pics of two male characters below:

 

  

Batman is looking pretty good in the highly anticipated Batman: Arkham Asylum as seen in these pics:

 

  

The following artwork is from a Conan The Barbarian video game, although I've forgotten which one.

This is the only artwork I could find of this guy from Saint's Row 2.  If anyone has more art of the buff, shirtless guy in this picture, I'd love to see it.

 

I like the style of the sequel Army of Two: The 40th Day.  I just wish I could see more of the guys again.

 

  

Finally, I somehow missed these four male characters from Virtua Fighter 5 completely when I originally featured the game.

  

I hope you enjoyed this special week of posts.  Things go back to normal on Monday.

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Video Game Week Day Six: Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny

The second of today's mini-posts features artwork from the latest game in the Soul Calibur series.

Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny is a brand-new game for the PSP and features many of the beloved characters from the series.  In keeping with the tradition of guest characters, this game features Kratos from the God of War series as a playable character.

This game is set to be released in late September/early October.

 

 

Artist Spotlight: Marco Checchetto

 Today's Artist Spotlight was initially not going to be an Artist Spotlight post.  I was going to do a post featuring artwork from the comic series Squadron Supreme.

The latest volume of that series is where I first saw artwork by Marco Checchetto.  As I was doing the Squadron Supreme post, I found some other artwork that I liked and decided to turn it into an Artist Spotlight instead.

Checchetto hails from Italy and has been doing professional artwork since 2002.  In addition to Squadron Supreme, he has other projects including an Italian version of Spider-Man.

You can see more of his art at V.O.C. Studio.