How many game references can you spot in this superb image?

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Our friends over at Edge magazine have been kind enough to give us their awesome game-inspired piece of modern art from issue 203. It wascreated by Gary Lucken from the excellentArmy of Trollsandafter enteringa slightly hypnotic trance while looking at it this morning, we thought we'd share it with you.

There are about 89gamecharacters and references in theimage but how manycan you spot? Click the image for a larger version and tell us what you've found in the comments below.


Above: You have to admit it's a thing of beauty, right?


9th September 2010

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Nathan Irvine
Nathan Irvine
Hi, I’m Nathan. You may remember me from such websites as, erm, this one circa 2011. Been hustling in games for over a decade and write for Official PlayStation, Official Xbox, Gamesmaster and more.
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