{"id":1014525,"date":"2025-02-16T13:45:42","date_gmt":"2025-02-16T19:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/?p=1014525"},"modified":"2025-02-16T13:47:41","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T19:47:41","slug":"half-life-2s-city-17-and-dishonoreds-dunwall-architect-victor-antonov-has-died","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/half-life-2s-city-17-and-dishonoreds-dunwall-architect-victor-antonov-has-died\/","title":{"rendered":"Half-Life 2&#8217;s City 17 and Dishonored&#8217;s Dunwall architect Victor Antonov has died"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Various video game industry professionals have confirmed the passing of Victor Antonov, <em>Half-Life 2&#8217;s<\/em> art director and the mastermind behind some of gaming&#8217;s most harrowing cityscapes.<\/p>    <p>Antonov was born in Bulgaria and later moved to the US, where he received training at the Art Center College of Design in California, which he described as one of the harshest schools in existence. Antonov joined Valve in 2000 as the art director of <em>Half-Life 2 <\/em>and states that its development process and working with Gabe Newell was the best <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/why-half-life-2-city-17-creator-viktor-antonov-left-valve\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">learning experience he ever had<\/a>.<\/p>    <p><em>Half-Life 2<\/em> featured a huge shift to a more realistic neo-steampunk world design from the more gamey hallways of the original <em>Half-Life<\/em>, and a lot of that was owed to Antonov. He&#8217;s the architect of the inhospitable City 17, the contrastingly beautiful seascape of <em>Half-Life 2&#8217;s Lost Coast <\/em>DLC, and the co-creator of City 17&#8217;s most iconic element, the Combine Citadel.<\/p><\/iframe>    <figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div   id="gqq8s83tkl"    class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just heard about the recent passing of art director and conceptual artist Viktor Antonov.<br><br>still gotta be one of my favorite pieces from him, rest in peace. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cd0QBvb5WY\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/cd0QBvb5WY<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Photoshop Guy (@Photoshop_Gy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Photoshop_Gy\/status\/1890979834639143233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">February 16, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div><\/figure>    <p>Many former colleagues have taken to social media to celebrate the man&#8217;s fantastic contribution to video games. <em>Dishonored&#8217;s <\/em>director, Raphael Colantonio, shared the regret of having never expressed how much admiration he had for Antonov, who was also the architect behind the beautifully dystopian Dunwall.<\/p>    <figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div   id="gqq8s83tkl"    class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">RIP Viktor Antonov. <br>I wish I told you how much admiration I had for you but we get caught in our lives until a surprise lime this hits us. <br>You were instrumental to the success of Arkane Studios and an inspiration to many of us, also a friend with whom I have many fond memories <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/phdnVH3Scy\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/phdnVH3Scy<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Raphael Colantonio (@rafcolantonio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rafcolantonio\/status\/1891089643929542914?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">February 16, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div><\/figure>    <p>After leaving Valve for Arkane to make <em>Dishonored<\/em>, Antonov worked as an additional art director for Wolfenstein: The New Order and stayed at Bethesda to serve as a consultant on titles such as <em>Fallout 4, Dishonored 2, DOOM (2016), <\/em>and<em> Prey.<\/em><\/p>    <figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div   id="gqq8s83tkl"    class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This breaks my heart more than words can describe. I have been an admirer of Victor Antonov Art style for quite a long time, probably since I was a child. When it came to dystopian worlds, he was able to made it visually beautiful yet also feel oppressive. <br><br>RIP Viktor Antonov \u270a <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/l5pxwSyRoy\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/l5pxwSyRoy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BoGWrMxGb9\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/BoGWrMxGb9<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Elephants Doing Crack | EDC (@ElephantDoCrack) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ElephantDoCrack\/status\/1891129717371097507?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">February 16, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div><\/figure>    <p>On top of his brilliant and visionary contributions to gaming, Viktor Antonov will be remembered by the people he has worked with as a unique and remarkable human being.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>City 17 has become an even bleaker place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":861,"featured_media":1014532,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"article_type":"","gamurs_wordpress_blocks_hide_tags":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"[]","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1214,4496],"internal-label":[24255],"invoiceable_action":[23725],"article_type":[23116],"coauthors":[{"id":861,"display_name":"Tiago Manuel","user_login":"Tiago Manuel","user_nicename":"tiago-manuel"}],"class_list":["post-1014525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-dishonored","tag-half-life-2","article_type-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n<title>Half-Life 2&#039;s City 17 and Dishonored&#039;s Dunwall architect Victor Antonov has died &#8211; 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He's the architect of the inhospitable City 17, the contrastingly beautiful seascape of Half-Life 2's Lost Coast DLC, and the co-creator of City 17's most iconic element, the Combine Citadel. Many former colleagues have taken to social media to celebrate the man's fantastic contribution to video games. Dishonored's director, Raphael Colantonio, shared the regret of having never expressed how much admiration he had for Antonov, who was also the architect behind the beautifully dystopian Dunwall. After leaving Valve for Arkane to make Dishonored, Antonov worked as an additional art director for Wolfenstein: The New Order and stayed at Bethesda to serve as a consultant on titles such as Fallout 4, Dishonored 2, DOOM (2016), and Prey. On top of his brilliant and visionary contributions to gaming, Viktor Antonov will be remembered by the people he has worked with as a unique and remarkable human being.","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/city-17-half-life-2.jpg?fit=1200%2C675","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"latest_revision":{"revision_id":1014539,"modified_date_gmt":"2025-02-16T19:45:56"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1014525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/861"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1014525"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1014525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1014539,"href":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1014525\/revisions\/1014539"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1014532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1014525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1014525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1014525"},{"taxonomy":"internal-label","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-label?post=1014525"},{"taxonomy":"invoiceable_action","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/invoiceable_action?post=1014525"},{"taxonomy":"article_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_type?post=1014525"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1014525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}