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Latest revision as of 08:56, 17 September 2025
Bulgarian art director (1972–2025)
Viktor Antonov (Bulgarian: Виктор Антонов; 5 February 1972 – 7 February 2025)[1] was a Bulgarian artist best known for his work on the video games Half-Life 2 and Dishonored.
Antonov was born in Sofia, Bulgaria in 1972.[2] He immigrated to Paris at the age of 17, and then to the United States where he worked at Valve Corporation in Seattle and became well known for his work on Half-Life 2. Afterwards, he worked at Arkane Studios in Lyon, then became a design supervisor for ZeniMax Media after the release of Dishonored.[citation needed]
In 2010, Antonov wrote and designed the graphic novel The Colony: A Structure Celebrating the Triumphs of Technology, a magic realist narrative with his own accompanying visuals.[citation needed]
Antonov died on 7 February 2025, at the age of 52, from undisclosed causes.[1][3] The news emerged from an Instagram post by Half-Life‘s lead writer, Marc Laidlaw. In his message, Laidlaw described Antonov as a “visionary”, calling him “brilliant and original” and saying he “made everything better”.[4]
- ^ a b “matchID – Moteur de recherche des décès”. deces.matchid.io. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
- ^ BiTS, magazine presque culte – ARTE (6 January 2016). L’architecture dans les jeux vidéo : Véritable outil narratif – BiTS #77. Retrieved 18 February 2025 – via YouTube.
- ^ “È morto il grande Viktor Antonov, l’art director di Half-Life 2 e Dishonored”. Multiplayer.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 16 February 2025. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Evans-Thirlwell, Edwin (17 February 2025). “Viktor Antonov, the key mind behind Half-Life 2’s City 17, has died”. Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
- ^ Steeve Mambrucchi (Jarod), L’ambitieux studio parisien Darewise Entertainment annonce le MMO Project C Archived 2 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine, 9 mars 2018, Gamekult.
- ^ Ce jeu vidéo, jamais paru, invente un Paris fascinant et inquiétant Archived 2 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine, 25 février 2018, Le Figaro.
- ^ (in English) Matt Peckham, Bethesda’s BattleCry Sounds a Little like an MOBA, but It’s Not, 28 mai 2014, Time.
