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Video game prints: look no further!
Licensed video game prints in high quality, available from this online store.
Arjan Terpstra
01 Oct 2021 â‹… 3 min read
Disappointed by the availability and quality of online offerings in video game prints and posters? Then look no further. Cook and Becker is the world's leading gallery for online sales of high quality video game prints, notebooks, and game art books. Targeted at the adult gamer, design enthusiast, and art collector. Running licensed print series from The Last of Us Part II to World of Warcraft, and from Ghost of Tsushima to Dark Souls III. Or from Ratchet & Clank to Fallout 4, and from Okami to God of War, the list goes on forever.
Video game art and design
So, what's the idea here? Cook and Becker is an online gallery, dealing exclusively in video game art and design. We opened shop in 2011, selling licensed prints from games like Killzone, Mirror's Edge, and Battlefield 4, and have been expanding our catalogue ever since. Art from Castlevania, Uncharted 4, Street Fighter II, Persona 5—you name it, we (usually) have it!
For all print series, we have intensive contact with the owners of the video games: studios like Arkane, SEGA, Bethesda, FromSoftware, Wargaming, DICE, Guerrilla Games, or any of the other big names in the business.
Together with studios and publishers we decide what imagery we wish to offer to fans, often consulting directly with the artists responsible, and run extensive color proofing tests before we decide on a collection of prints. Next, we decide on the edition number and the sizes available: as we only offer exclusive prints, we limit the available number, and offer them in sizes that optimise the effect a print has. Importantly, Cook and Becker never reprints, meaning that once a print is sold out, it is indeed sold out!
Every video game fine art print we launch comes with a Certificate of Authenticity, and is often signed by the artist responsible for the art, or a studio representative. Sometimes the artist signs the art itself, but as they're all busy making the art you love, that is not always possible. The prints are numbered, and we give collector's the option to choose their favorite number for a print—if they are on time ordering, of course.
Signed by the artist
Every video game fine art print we launch comes with a Certificate of Authenticity, and is often signed by the artist responsible for the art, or a studio representative. Sometimes the artist signs the art itself, but as they're all busy making the art you love, that is not always possible. The prints are numbered, and we give collector's the option to choose their favorite number for a print—if they are on time ordering, of course.
Next, we print. But not in the way you perhaps think we print. We have specialised people on board who are experts in what non-yellowing paper stock to use, what archival inks, and if a finish is needed or not, to guarantee a museum-grade representation of the image you chose: a print that will last a lifetime, and longer. This also means our video game prints are used in museum exhibitions—yes, it's that kind of quality we're after!
The best and the brightest
Why all this extra care? Cook and Becker was founded after we could not find quality imagery from our favorite video games and digital artists ourselves. There's ten-dollar posters, marketing materials your buddy from GameStop gave you, and the occasional sub-par giclee print, but there was no place where you could find game art that truly evoked the experience of playing the game, printed in the same bright hues you know from the digital original. That's where we come in. Have a peek at this website, join our newsletter below, and enjoy video game prints the quality way.