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Belgian-born Benoît Sokal was originally a comic artist before moving to video game development where his unique art direction would lend great atmosphere to the titles he works on.
History
Benoît Sokal was born June 28th, 1954 in Brussels, Belgium. He is most famous for his comic strip series Canardo which revolves around an a duck who is a detective. Sokal originally studied at the École Supérieure des Arts Saint-Luc De Bruxells, an art university in Brussels, where many other modern Belgian comic artists also studied, such as François Schuite, who is currently working with Sokal on a White Birds Productions game.
Sokal drew a variety of comics but by far the most popular is the Inspector Canardo series which as afore mentioned centres on an anthropomorphic duck who possesses the same characteristics as many classic comics and stories revolving around police inspectors, but in a noir style. He then went on to create three more comic strips, involving collaborating with François Rivière and Alain Populaire.
After a while Sokal had an opportunity to work with game developerMicroïds, where he created the Syberia series, as well as Amerzone. He is now working for White Birds Productions who have released Paradise and are currently developing at least one title.
Benoît Sokal games
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Sinking Island released on Aug. 12, 2008 |
PC | White Birds Productions |
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Paradise released on May 4, 2007 |
PC | White Birds Productions |
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Syberia (The Collector's Edition) |
PC | MC2-Microïds |
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Syberia II |
PS2, XBOX, PC | MC2-Microïds |
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Syberia (Adventure Game of the Year) |
PC | MC2-Microïds |
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Syberia released on Sept. 1, 2002 |
PS2, XBOX, DS, PC | Microïds |
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| Full Name: | Benoît Sokal |
| Gender: | Male |
| Birthday: | June 28, 1954 |
| Death: | n/a |
| Credited In: | 6 games |
| 1st Game Credit: | Syberia |
| Currently Working For: | White Birds Productions |
| Hometown: | Brussels |
| Country: | Belgium |
| Website: | http://www.benoitsokal.com/ |
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