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Let the countdown begin. Empress 2 is ready to launch!

Posted to Art, Company, Game, News by Colleen on March 16th, 2011

Empress 2: Song of the Blue Whale is launching very soon! This sequel to its bestselling predecessor is even more gorgeous and with twice the gameplay.  What’s more, we are thrilled to announce that Empress 2 will be released as an exclusive Collector’s Edition with killer bonus content and a finale that rocks, rocks, rocks.  We can hardly wait!

Congrats to our incredible team of developers and artists on outdoing themselves once again!

Some of the stunning environments created by our talented team of artists:

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Landing platform at the Sky Palace.

Sky palace hub with doors to the four seasons.

Sky palace hub with doors to the four seasons.

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Silverback plunges into the Surreal world of The Ark

Posted to Art, Game Design by Willie on November 2nd, 2009

The programming and art departments are working cruel hours as our latest game starts to take shape. The Ark presents new design challenges for everybody involved.


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Mr. Jones GraveYard Shift is taking shape!

Posted to Art, Company, Game Design by Willie on July 6th, 2009

Take a look at some early testing for Mr. Jones’ GraveYard Shift.

Players can share top down views of each of their graveyards with members of the community.

Players can share top down views of each of their graveyards with members of the community.

GraveYard Shift game play screen grab

GraveYard Shift game play screen grab

Funeral Goers in GYS

Funeral Goers in GYS

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Concepts for Project White Calf: Mi’kmaq Legends

Posted to Art by Colleen on May 28th, 2009

Concept artist Matt Goodmanson has been busy breathing life into concepts for Silverback’s most dramatic game to date, Project White Calf.  The illustrations depict some of the pivotal pieces of action from the Mi’kmaq version: (1)  boss battle between the game’s legendary hero Glooscap and a demonic frog-monster; (2) a brutal inter-tribal battle for prized hunting territory; (3) an epic journey across the ocean by canoe; and (4) a desperate hunt for food as winter encroaches.

Plans are in the works to develop subsequent titles for Cree, Innu, Algonquin, Ojibwa, and Sioux. Looking forward to seeing more of the PWC art take shape.

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Latest Game to Take Root: Gem Troll

Posted to Art by Colleen on May 26th, 2009

Gem Troll is our latest nugget of imagination featuring a creaky old gem troller by the name of Frank Forrestroll (named, I should add, after the newest  addition to Silverback’s talented art department, artist Frank Forrestall).

Silverback founder Willie Stevenson met Frank at the 2009 Game Developers Conference, when he went to investigate the suspicious smell of burning foam core outside his booth. There he stumbled upon Frank ‘s impromptu creation of a massive Concept Art Sculpture made of recycled foam core he had cut up and melted together with a lighter.  Frank’s impressive fantasy style made him an ideal fit for conceptualizing Gem Troll. Check out these early character concepts:

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So about this gem troll… word has it he’s a hairy beast of a thing that lurks in the woody shadows, using delicious candy-bright gemstones to lure innocent sprinks into the forest deep.

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