The document discusses the cover designs of several video games and magazines. It analyzes design elements like fonts, color schemes, images and layouts. Key points include: 1) Game covers like Portal 2 effectively portray the game through simple visuals like characters and portals. Magazine covers stand out with bold background images and use of color schemes associated with their console brand. 2) Designs are inspired by retro games like Pac-Man and Space Invaders for their recognizable fonts and use of bold borders. Game covers also portray the tone and themes of the game through characters and environments. 3) Magazine layouts emphasize detailed background images and utilize different fonts and text styles for visual interest. They advertise upcoming

2. The cover art for Grand theft Auto 5 is interesting. The physical copy has
elements with foil paper, the letter V is shiny, and the black areas have a matte
finish. Aside from its aesthetics the pictures that, could represent different
sections of the game and the characters have an art to them, they look like
they have been drawn and this is a nice effect. There is the age in the corner,
18, and the company logo in the other corner. And then there is the generic
information that you would have at the back of a video game case on the
bottom left. If I chose to make my cover fro Xbox, then I will have to have
these. The screenshots of the game on the back cover also represent well some
parts of the game. Simple screenshots can say a lot and entice the user. The
typography has been sued for the other six GTA games, and is recognisable as
they're logo. The font is quite modern almost graffiti like. Graffiti breaks the
law, GTA breaks the law. The colour schemes, black background with bold
colourful screenshots make those stand out more. The letter V is interesting. It
is this games specific logo, for 5. it is green, with the pattern you would find
one dollar bill. And there is a banner over it, this could be seen as money, and
you stela money in GTA 5. for my game cover I will use some screenshots, and
interesting typography that represents my game well.
The cover for space invaders is very
clearly retro. Like 1950’s Sci-Fi, the
alien ships all flying towards you, with
the background of space and the
Mars mountains near the boom.
Everything about this cover is retro,
and I would like my design to be
similar to this. The art has been
drawn like the E.T. game, and this is
what I will try to replicate. The font
isn’t as recognizable as say GTA, but
that is not what you concentrate on,
when you look at the cover.
The cover of Halo reach is
simplistic, and is not my favourite.
The collects edition has a statue
with them in a similar pose. This
design ahs all the main characters
in, and in the background a stormy
sky with a ship ready to attack. This
is much like a screenshot form the
game as the characters prepare for
action. The typography is the same
as any other halo game, and is
much like its logo. In the corner are
the age rating and the companies,
to my game cover look realistic I
will put some company names
behind my game in the corner as
well.

3. The portal 2 game cover is one of my
favourites. Because it perfectly describes
the game in the simplest of ways. In
portal you literally open portals to go
from one area to the other. And two of
the main character are the two lovable
robots portrayed in the cover. The
typography for portal is a rather simplistic
font. Its font and colour give it the
seemingly futuristic feel, especially with
the logo of a man jumping out from a line,
a portal. The colours of this cover are
quite robotic, this works with the
background as well since everything is
robotic and futuristic. The only thing that
seems out of place is the portals, with
there bold and orange vortex colours.
Then of course the white bold inside of
the portals. This invites mystery of the
game and is a reason people would buy it.
I could add something like this to my
cover, but I would have foil print on the
portals so they are light reflective.
There are game covers better that Arkham
origins, like Arkham city’s black and white
cover that expresses the bleakness of the
situation batman is in. but Arkham origins is
about everyone out to kill the batman. You
get the versus feeling from this cover. You see
the background is snow, because they game is
set on Christmas eve, but in the foreground is
batman, on one half in the light is the dark
knight, then on his over side is not the dark
shadow of batman’s face, but his body and
face made up of all of enemies he fight sin
different respective poses. This is a very good
way to include everything in the game, all the
enemies by technically showing only one
character. I like this design and might
replicate it, or something similar too it. I will
have a portal on my cover, so I could have
places or enemies in a small glimpse in the
portal.
Much like the original space invaders
game, this Pac-Man cover is very
obviously retro. The Pac-Man character is
the first thing you see, eating what could
be a cracker. The ghosts look freakish, and
is very different to a later version of Pac-
Man. What is clear about this game is that
the border is a bold orange, which you
don’t get with most games nowadays. The
inside of the border has practically a
gameplay screen shot of Pac-Man. The
font for Pac-Man could be general font
used in the time is cam out by now, it is
quite iconic for being the font for Pac-
Man. There is not much I would try to
replicate from this design, because if I
were to realise something, that for
example had an orange border. It might
be considered a joke or something that
people wouldn't consider buying.
Contrastingly people would be drawn to it
because it would stand out, especially
people who like retro games.

4. Magazines that are strictly about video games advertise, review and declare news on video games. Its for these reasons that they need to have an interesting style,
and pictures that make them stand out because if not, people will just go to the internet. This magazine for example, XBOX magazine has things on its cover and on
its fortieth page that make it captivating. The cover, the first thing you see if the background. And this is the same with all video game magazines, the background of
the cover will have a screen shot of picture from a game that is bold and stands out from other magazines. In this issues case it has the mask from the game fallout 4.
the mask has a lot of detail, which is unusual for a background because usually the background is not supposed to be the centre of the attention. The only thing in
the foreground is the text. For my magazine I will have a similar approach. This is repeated in page 43, the main character from Halo 5, or rather one of the main
characters (this is not master chief) is bolder than the text and the other texts. The title and the text have a bold black colour, so its still easy to read. The picture sand
screens hots have a border so its easier to differentiate them form the background. The font from the XBOX title on the cover is used throughout this cover. From
this I can see that this magazine in particular uses one font throughout its magazine. For its titles and subtitle, the only words that don’t comply with this style is the
logos from games like Fallout 4. the cover also has the XBOX logo, so its recognisable form a distance for Xbox players. The cover has select information, mostly news
that will entice the audience in green and white fonts. The colour scheme for XBOX. Finally on the cover is the barcode and issue number, I will have something like
this because it makes a magazine look real and professional. So what makes this magazine different from just looking up stuff on the internet. Well the title from the
magazine page 43 suggests that the magazine writers are doing the players work for them. “Everything you need to know before...” this means that they’ve got all
the recent and important new to know before the game is realised, which also helps Microsoft get more money, they practically advertise there game further by
making it sound more enticing. I will have similar methods, I like the style for this game because the picture in the background, and the text without a border does
look really interesting, for myself anyway, market research will confirm this for me.

5. Where XBOX had white and green colours for their magazine, PlayStation has Red and white, which is equally, eye catching if not more so. This
magazine has some very close similarities to the Xbox one, in its style, through its themes and colours are different in other words. There is a
bold background image that stand s out behind the titles an text, with the PlayStation font at its title, only with no logo. Also unlike Xbox there
are a variety of fonts, which is what I will do because it adds variety to the magazine. In page 60 of the magazine, there is the same image as the
cover, only the pistol she holds goes over edge, as if she's jumping out, this is a good effect I would like to replicate. The picture itself is very
detailed has a main character in front of a lion, which makes it clear this could be an area in London. The title for this game is almost times new
roman, similarly to the font used in assassins creed. Unlike Xbox the image is separated from the text by a lightning shapes line, and this makes
its interesting to look at, but also perhaps not that professional. This is my opinion, but I would not have this as a large part of the page, since
there is little space for text. In the text, there are colours with a large quote in the middle of it. this type of text style I could replicate because it
is interesting and attractive. There is also a lot of different fonts, colours and variations on narrow and bold font. The cover has this as well, it
also has the barcode, and captions from areas in the magazine to entice the audience. Another way they do this is by having their main story,
aside from the massive text on the newest game, is a large yellow circle. Inside this is advertisement for their new gamer Tomb Raider. This looks
unprofessional because that shade of yellow just doesn’t fit the page, I would of had perhaps the same image behind it, but circle where its
darker, so it looks like its been melted into the page.

6. Edge gaming magazine is not owned by Microsoft or Sony, its independent, some its reviews are not result of biased or incorrect information.
There isn’t anything wrong with this, it still makes a good read. But how does Edge compete with the big magazines from Xbox and PlayStation?
By writing about both in its own magazine. There are some games that will only come out on some consoles, just Xbox games like halo or just
PlayStation games like Tomb Raider, originally, so Edge can write about both not just ones exclusive to its companies console. Out of all the
magazines Edge magazine has my favourite cover. The picture is oddly simplistic, and has a style to it that has many different meanings. For one
it has been drawn, and its colour stands out well form the black background, its not clear what the drawing is of. A character of course but who, I
imagine we will find this out when we read further into the magazine. Unlike other magazines, the picture actually puts the magazine title in the
background, which makes the picture seems to jump out. There barcode is not present on the cover, which may help its style, however there is a
white circle with the date and issue number, it would look more professional if the information was in white text at the corner. The typography
for the EDGE magazine is interesting because its a nice font. Its bold like IMPACT, but has cuts in it that make it stylish. This font, or rather the
bold and white font is used in the page of the magazine which is interesting. Xbox magazine has a bold image into eh background of its text, Edge
magazine has a real life image, with a lot going on and a lot of bold colours. This one image has a lot going on, and is a perfect picture to capture
the XBOX convention. The font is easy to read though, because there shadow some of the picture behind it, it isn’t clear but it makes the text
easy to rea dover the slightly darker area of the picture. This style is very simplistic, with little text and a large image, compared to other
magazine pages this seems the least professional, but maybe the best looking.

7. The three main gaming device are PlayStation Xbox and PC, so naturally PC needs a console. This gaming magazine is not just about games but
about gaming computers too, about wider subjects, such as the oculus rift which enhancing the game experience. Lets start with the cover,
which looks very good. A simple background, and one character. Agent 47 is an assassin with no information about him, so this single picture
expresses him well. He wears a suit and watch to show sophistication perhaps, and holds a gun which is in the foreground above the main title.
Its clear the issue is mainly about Hitman. Also having in a gold colour “World Exclusive access” entices the audience, if this is the only magazine
with the most information about the new game I wish to play, I should buy this one. The font is similar, and has several different colours and
thicknesses, however it is not memorable to this game magazine. The font is not he same on page 6 of the magazine, but it does have a very real
and professional style I wish to replicate. The text and the images are apart from each other, and for good reason. Unlike Edge magazine, there is
a big picture, but still lots of text. The text is placed all around the edges of the pages, and into eh centre, are different pictures of the same
object. To give you a three hundred and sixty view of the thing they are reviewing. The title of this page takes up a lot of space, it has a banner in
bold red, which may be unnecessary but the contrast does still seem to work. I think with my magazine, I would like to have a main picture into
the background, then another pictures around it from the same game, and a font that is easy to read above the picture.