Best and worst logos in gaming

[Valhoven]

I've been gaming for decades. While we argue, I know I'm among like passionate company here with the VG family.

In that time, I've thought to myself countless times how ugly or off-brand a logo is; conversely, how cool this, that looks.

I thought it fun ITT for us to throw up logos you've always thought one way or another about.

Kicking things off, one of my most disliked logos is Unreal Engine's signature 'U' for their game engine. It's always looked font-creator-kit lame and even somehow dated, reminding me stylistically of the Tapout and Affliction era in MMA:

 

[Valhoven]

Bethesda's what I'll call broken-pixel logo + vanilla font is also an uninspired miss for me:

 

[Valhoven]

Rebellion is one of my favorite developer houses (Sniper Elite franchise) and I've always liked their outlaw- or anarchy-type logo, speaking in turn to their games' disruptor protagonists and World War II resistance storytelling:

 

[Valhoven]

Valve's in-development shooter Deadlock features sick fontwork, IMO:

 

[KaNesDeath]

Game studio logos are usually a depiction of its founding year design trends thats loosely based around the theme of their first game.

Only logos i dislike are esport org redesign related. Typically caused by a new owner/CEO using it as a authoritarian move to assert control over staff and existing fans. Prime example of this is Evil Geniuses.

 

[Zer]

I always liked these Valve logos, especially with all the associated memories of their GOAT-level games

 

[Natural Order]

Boring and generally pretty crappy until the later, more iconic iteration.

Ultimately, mediocre or not, it became synonymous with a sub-genre for millions of fledgling video game fanatics.

 

[Valhoven]

I always liked these Valve logos, especially with all the associated memories of their GOAT-level games

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Love these, bud. They remind me of surrealist painters like René Magritte or even the old Pride posters re paradoxical imagery.

 

[method115]

I always liked these Valve logos, especially with all the associated memories of their GOAT-level games

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I've always liked Valves to but when that meme came out with the big black dude who has a massive hog that everyone was sharing came out. That's all I can see when I see that black dudes bald head now. For some reason I've associated these two things as one now.

 

[Natural Order]

Can't say good or bad....just nostalgic and a big part of gaming in the late 80's/early 90's!

I'm partial to the purple L and yellow eye/dude.

Maniac Mansion bless.

 

[Dizzy]

First one that came to mind was Dreamcast. Never seen anything like it before or since and is instantly recognizable. One of my favorites.

 

[iNoScopedJFK]

The 1986-2003 logo is burned into my retina from all the Metal Gear I played back in the day. Especially the little jingle that played when the logo came on.

 

[ssBaldy]

 

[Zazen]

Since there's no specification of individual franchises or companies I'm just going to show off some of my favorites from each category.


Game Franchises

Mortal Kombat

Final Fantasy Series

Game Studios

Treasure

PlayStation - Color Version

 

[Zazen]

I'll make this a separate post so people don't confuse this with the ones that I like.

I wouldn't say it's the worst but I was pretty unhappy with this change. It just felt so unneeded and if you're going to do it at least make it an improvement.

 

[mb23100]

I remember when this meant you knew the game was good.

 

[GearSolidMetal]

Rebellion is one of my favorite developer houses (Sniper Elite franchise) and I've always liked their outlaw- or anarchy-type logo, speaking in turn to their games' disruptor protagonists and World War II resistance storytelling:

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This reeks of 'Early 2000s Edgyness' and they never got around to updating it.

 

[GtehMVP]

I love the logos from fictional corporations in games.

Wipeout and Cyberpunk comes to mind first.

I love this Assegai ship most in Wipeout HD

These are my fav CP logos

The expanse has some great ones too. I want Tachi and Tycho patches on a hoodie

I think my fav fictional logo is this Weyland Utani variant, even have it on a T-shirt lol

 

[jefferz]

Good:

 

[Flower2dPeople]

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The 1986-2003 logo is burned into my retina from all the Metal Gear I played back in the day. Especially the little jingle that played when the logo came on.

The latest one reminds me of ajinomoto(msg).