And Now, the Winner of BioShock Infinite’s Alt-Cover Poll

By Chris Holzworth, Editorial Intern
Posted on December 23, 2012 AT 09:45am

Because BioShock Infinite’s bro-friendly box art was met with a tremendous amount of disdain, Ken Levine held a poll to choose reversible cover art. Today, Irrational revealed the winner.

Ken Levine let fans choose between six designs. Design #4 ultimately won with 38% of the votes.

Honestly, I don’t care a whole lot about video game cover art. Much like books, I’ll read what I’m going to read, I’ll play what I’m going to play —no amount of marketing is really going to influence that. I would’ve preferred Design #3 won out, but upon reflection it isn’t much different than the original cover. At least Design #4 is unique. BioShock deserves unique.

Here you go, ladies and gentleman—your very red, very period-artsy reversible cover for BioShock Infinite:

Chris Holzworth has wanted to report on and critique games all his life. He first cut his teeth writing for enthusiast sites such as RPGFan, then took a break from gaming to study English, creative writing, and linguistics at Rutgers University. Started out as EGM's obligatory east coast correspondent before selling out and moving to the west coast. Chris is particularly keen on examining narrative structure, character development, and writing in video games. Frequently opens mouth, inserts foot, often where twittery things happen: @chrisholzworth. Meet the rest of the crew.

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