Dominus

I’m sorry but I can’t stop not bitchin’ about this poor decision, Eidos guys just posted on the Thief blog that they actually did bring Stephen Russell on the set for voice work but decided to go ahead with a new guy just because Stephen couldn’t do the stunts required for the motion capture. Wow, really Eidos?!  Even more, they go further with a lame excuse like it was to casting “Sean Connery again in the new 007 movies”. No, a better, more accurate comparison would be like replacing the lead singer from a famous band just because he couldn’t dance. Yeah, it is this wrong. Stephen Russell sounded very Garrett-like last year when he did a thief’s voice for Skyrim. I could have understood if Eidos couldn’t bring Stephen back because of any other reason, but this is a very, very bad decision and a major disappointment for me and many other fans.

EDIT: A petition to bring back Stephen Russell, please sign it!

A few Thief 4 concepts created by Arman Akopian aka GUIJIN

Mathieu Latour-Duhaime posted on his blog some of the concept art he did for Thief 4.

Lockdown

Clocktower topview

Hideout

The City

Here is Garrett’s costume design (by Urstadt Swan)  and his bow (by Hephaiestus)  as they were reinvented for Thief 4 and presented at GDC 2013:

Also here’s some cool stuff from Eidos Montreal‘s office:

Nicolas Ferrand aka Viag posted today three beautiful concept art pieces that he created for Thief 4.

Sewers

Streets

Tavern

I did a bit of retouch on the artworks released so far for the new Thief game and managed to create a few hi-res wallpapers for 2560×1140, you can download them below, more will be added in the future.

So, the next Thief (4) is here, Gameinformer covers its reveal and here are the leaked screenshots. I would have preferred a less ninja-looking Garrett.

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This specific cutscene  from Thief II inspired me to create this painting of Garrett walking in the creepy woods outside of The City where the Pagan’s live, a human faction aligned with the forces of nature and chaos in the Thief world.