SIGIL GAMES ONLINE GROWS AGAIN WITH HIRE
OF AWARD WINNING ARTISTS
Sigil Bolsters Artistic Talent for
Upcoming Next Generation Massively Multiplayer Game
SAN DIEGO, California. — Dec. 2, 2003 —
Sigil Games Online, Inc. today announced the addition of four well-known and
award-winning artists to the team already working on the first truly third
generation massively multiplayer game. Den Beauvais will join Sigil as Senior
Artist, while Brom and Don Maitz create concept art for the game, with industry
veteran Tom King handling the User Interface.
About Den Beauvais
Den Beauvais, a.k.a. ‘the Imaginator,’ has
been a professional freelance artist since 1980. Den is best known for his cover
art on books, magazines and game boxes, and has won numerous awards including
the “Eagle” award for Favorite Comic Book Cover in 1989 for Aliens.
Additionally, he was nominated by his peers for the Chesley Award (Best Paper
Back/Hard Cover Artist) in 1992 and 1994. Den’s websites are
www.den3d.com
and
www.denbeauvais.com.
About Brom
One of this generation’s most popular fantasy
artists, Brom has lent his distinctive and often disturbing visions to a
multitude of projects. From Dungeons & Dragons to Doom II, novels to comics to
his ground-breaking work in the collectible card game market, Brom’s powerful
and dark visions have vividly brought to life entire worlds and have placed us
face-to-face with the beautiful, the deadly, and the bizarre. Brom’s website is
http://www.cale.com/brom/.
About Don Maitz
Enthusiastic reception and international
acclaim has surrounded the imaginative paintings of Don Maitz for over 25 years.
Maitz has received the Silver Medal of Excellence from the Society of
Illustrators, two Hugo awards (including a special Hugo for Best Original
Artwork), a Howard Award and ten Chesley Awards for his artwork. Two books of
his work have been produced, Dreamquests: The Art of Don Maitz and First Maitz.
Maitz’ past clients include National Geographic Magazine, Seagrams & Sons, New
York Publishers, Sony Online Entertainment, Paramount and Warner Brothers
Studios. Maitz also created and continues the Captain Morgan Spiced Rum
character and he worked as conceptual artist on the animated feature films Jimmy
Neutron Boy Genius and Ant Bully. Maitz’ website is
www.paravia.com/DonMaitz.
About Tom King
Tom King began his career in gaming as a
Senior Programmer on Microsoft Golf, leading the front-end development of that
project, while teaching himself 3D modeling in his spare time. When SOE
introduced a customizable user-interface for “EverQuest,” one of Tom’s favorite
games, it only made sense to him, with his deep passion for art and all things
fantasy related, to create a multitude of varied themed interfaces. As he
attempted to create interfaces that were both aesthetically pleasing and highly
functional, his work quickly began to draw attention from both the gaming
community and developers. Tom will now begin work on his next generation of user
interface, utilizing Sigil’s next generation graphics technology. Tom’s website
is
http://home.comcast.net/~tomjking/.
About Sigil Online Games, Inc.
Sigil Online Games is led by Brad McQuaid and
Jeff Butler, two of the key figures in the production of the runaway hit "EverQuest,"
the most popular massively multiplayer online role-playing game. Based in San
Diego, the company is dedicated to the production of massively multiplayer games
that provide the best community gaming experience technologically possible and
are currently building a third generation MMOG with Microsoft as their
publisher. For more information about Sigil Games, job postings, and to
participate in their community web forum, please visit
www.sigilgames.com.
