In Memoriam 2025

Alam Emrich was a game designer, working on both video games and board games.

He worked on franchises such as Master of Orion, Warlords and Empire Deluxe.

Emrich was responsible for creating the term 4X, which is an abbreviation for Explore, Expand, Exploit and Exterminate. It is used to describe more complex strategy games where you need to build an empire while dealing with financial, technological and military management against enemies and allies.

He passed away on January 7, 2025.

Eiji Tsuda was a Japanese voice actor, famous for his role as Takuma Sakazaki in the Art of Fighting and King of Fighters series.

He passed away at the age of 76 in 2025.

Viktor Antonov was a designer and art director, starting his career at Xatrix Entertainment where he worked on the game Kingpin.

He then moved to Valve where his most famous work was on the game Half-Life 2, where he worked as an art director. He later ended up working for Bethesda on games such as Dishonored and Wolfenstein: The New Order.

He passed away at the age of 52 in February 2025.

Jim Curry was a Marketing Manager and Writer, working on famous franchises such as Legacy of Kain and Gex.

He sadly passed away in February 2025.

Stéphane Picq was a composer who began his career in the gaming world in 1987, working mainly for Cryo Interactive, composing soundtracks for games such as Dune, Atlantis and Megarace.

He passed away at the age of 59 in February 2025.

George Foreman was an American boxer and businessman, a two-time heavyweight champion and Olympic gold medalist in 1968.

In the gaming world, he appeared in several boxing games, including two games made with his name: George Foreman's KO Boxing and Foreman for Real.

Foreman passed away at the age of 76 on March 21, 2025.

Bill Petras was an Art Director and artist at Blizzard, working on several of the company's games, including Starcraft, Overwatch, and World of Warcraft.

He sadly passed away in April 2025.

Narayana Johnson was a composer, music producer and audio director, best known for his work on the game Cult of the Lamb.

He sadly passed away in April 2025.

Divino Carlos Rodrigues Leitão, better known by his name Divino Leitão, was an artist, designer and programmer, and one of the pioneers in game development in Brazil.

In the 1980s, he developed several games for the ZX Spectrum, such as Cavernas de Marte, Q-Bert, Valkirie and Pinball.

He unfortunately passed away at the age of 67 on April 13, 2025.