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GlyphX Inc. was a
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designer studio that has been producing
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s, cinematics and artwork for various
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for several years before going into video game design. The
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Advent Rising ''Advent Rising'' is an action-adventure third-person shooter video game developed by GlyphX Games and published by Majesco Entertainment. The game was released on May 31, 2005, for Xbox and on August 9, 2005, for Microsoft Windows. Its story wa ...
'', the first and the latest video game created by GlyphX Games, LLC, the game designer branch of the company, had been long anticipated by critics and fans of the genre, but turned out to be rather a disappointment for both. However, the company intends to produce more games in the future. GlyphX was acquired b
Sandman Studios
circa 2006.


Works


Illustrations

* ''
Diablo II ''Diablo II'' is an Action role-playing game, action role-playing hack and slash, hack-and-slash video game developed by Blizzard North and published by Blizzard Entertainment in 2000 for Microsoft Windows, Classic Mac OS, and macOS. The game, ...
'' (2000, magazine article illustrations) * ''
Dinotopia Game Land Activity Center ''Dinotopia'' is a series of illustrated fantasy books, created by author and illustrator James Gurney. It is set in the titular Dinotopia, an isolated island inhabited by shipwrecked humans and sapient dinosaurs who have learned to coexist p ...
'' (2001, PC and
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Box Covers) * '' Drakan: Order of the Flame'' (1999, PC Box Cover) * '' Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising'' (2005, E3 Banner) * ''
Hired Guns ''Hired Guns'' is a role-playing video game developed by DMA Design (published by Psygnosis) for the Amiga and the PC in 1993. The game is set in the year 2712, in which the player controls four mercenaries selected from a pool of twelve. One o ...
'' (1999, E3 Banner) * '' Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver'' (1999,
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Box Cover) * '' Legacy of Kain: Defiance'' (2003, Box Cover Art) * '' Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance'' (2002, advertisement) * '' One Must Fall: Battlegrounds'' (2003, PC Box Cover) * ''Rally Fusion'

(2002,
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Box Cover) * ''
Soul Reaver 2 ''Soul Reaver 2'' is a 2001 action-adventure video game developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Eidos Interactive. It is a sequel to '' Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver'' and the third game in the ''Legacy of Kain'' series. Originally develope ...
'' (2001, magazine article illustrations, E3 Poster) * ''
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'' (2000, PlayStation Box Cover) * '' Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro'' (2001, PlayStation Box Cover) * '' Star Trek: Voyager – Elite Force'' (2000, magazine article illustrations) * '' Tenchu 2: Birth Of The Stealth Assassins'' (2000, independent artwork) * '' Unreal II: The Awakening'' (2003, PC Box Cover, advertisement) * ''
Unreal Tournament 2003 ''Unreal Tournament 2003'' is a first-person arena shooter video game developed by Epic Games and Digital Extremes, and published by Infogrames under the Atari brand name. The game is part of the ''Unreal'' franchise, and is a sequel to 1999's ...
'' (2002, PC Box Cover) * '' Vigilante 8: Second Offense'' (1999, PlayStation Box Covers)


Games

* ''
Advent Rising ''Advent Rising'' is an action-adventure third-person shooter video game developed by GlyphX Games and published by Majesco Entertainment. The game was released on May 31, 2005, for Xbox and on August 9, 2005, for Microsoft Windows. Its story wa ...
'' (2005)


References


External links


Official Site
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