Veteran de Bullfrog and Lionhead, the artistic director Paul McLaughlin died

The British video game industry lost another of its veterans. As reported by Roamer Friday, January 14, Artist Paul McLaughlin died of cancer at the age of 57.

Paul McLaughlin was a loyal to Peter Molselfeux, whom he met at the time of Bullfrog in 1990. The Guildford artist worked more than 30 years in the video game industry and contributed to games like fable , Black & White , The Movies , Popular 2 , Theme Park , Syndicate , Warmonger , Magic Carpet and Dungeon Keeper . Suffice to say a career that can boast of having created a package of memories. Even before joining Bullfrog, the one who leaves behind a woman and three children had made his debut in 1988 at Emerald Software, an Irish studio deceased in 1991, where he made his ranges on the Amiga Games Treasure Trap and Phantom Fighter. His career finishes finally at 22cans, the studio founded by Peter Moraine in 2012.

ROAMER has collected much homage from his colleagues and former colleagues renting the professionalism, kindness, humility and humor of the deceased. Among them obviously appear Peter Milieux, but also names like those of Mark Healey and Kareem Attorney, co-founders of media molecule, who have entered the industry thanks to Paul McLaughlin, at Bullfrog for one and lion head for the other.

The tribute to Peter Moraine

Paul entered my life in 1990 when he started at Bullfrog as an employee number four. He was the first real game artist I met. It immediately became invaluable, an essential element of the many titles we all worked. He made all the difference on Warmonger, a union, Magic Carpet, Theme Park and Dungeon Keeper.

Then, when creating Lion head, he not only guided Black & White, The Movies and Fable, but he also participated in the management of the company.

A great artist, a wonderful mentor and an inspiring man. Paul was a major angular stone in my life. It was a professional, right and funny who had the ability to see the fair and reasonable approach in any situation. I will miss it every day and in any way possible. His legacy will be seen and felt for a very long time.