In Memoriam 2012
On this page we pay tribute to all the people who worked or participated in the world of video games and passed away in 2012.
You will view people by the year they died, remembering a little more about their work and their importance in the history of games.
Adam Adamowicz
Adam Adamowicz was an artist, working for the developers Bethesda and Jaleco Entertainment.
Among his most famous titles are the games Fallout 3, Fallout 4 and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
Unfortunately, he passed away on February 8, 2012 due to aggressive cancer.
Ralph Angus McQuarrie
Ralph McQuarrie was a concept designer and artist, best known for his work on the original Star Wars trilogy, Battlestar Galactica, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, and Cocoon, for which he won an Academy Award.
In gaming, he designed the cover for the Atari 2600 game Vanguard.
He died at the age of 82 on March 3, 2012.
Jean Giraud
Jean Giraud (Moebius) was a French artist, famous for his work in comics and films. In the gaming world, he created illustrations for the games Panzer Dragoon, Fade to Black and Pilgrim.
Christopher Erhardt
Christopher Erhardt was a teacher, game designer, and producer, working on games such as Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin, Starflight, Pool of Radiance, James Pond: Underwater Agent, and Sword of Sodan.
In 1998, he left the game development field to become a professor of Game Design and Production, where he worked with companies such as Valve and Microsoft to integrate game development into the classroom.
He sadly passed away on December 3, 2012.