Syberia developer Microids confirmed yesterday that Benoît Sokal had passed away while battling a long-term illness.Sokal was a Belgian comic book artist and video game developer best known for his work on the Syberia series.He started his career drawing and writing for the magazine À Suivre in 1978.
Sokal created the Inspector Canardo series, which featured a depressed anthropomorphic duck detective who smoked and drank heavily.His first foray into gaming came in the form of Amerzone, a first-person fantasy graphic adventure game.
Sokal was unique at the time, as he was one of the first visual designers to oversee the entire development of a video game.Following on from Amerzone, Sokal headed up the development of Syberia.
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