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Visual effects company Industrial Light & Magic recently hosted a contest that gives artists a chance to become official concept artists in the Star Wars universe, and as you might expect, there were thousands of entrants who applied. Now the results have been tallied and the winners have been unveiled, and their work is pretty damn spectacular.

Nearly 4,000 people competed, answering the following prompts from the company (via /Film):

“The Moment”: artists were tasked with creating two emotive still images that tell a cinematic story – within the world of Star Wars Episodes IV – VI, using only existing Star Wars worlds, vehicles, creatures and characters to create a new story moment.“The Ride”: artists had to design two new Star Wars vehicles within the aesthetic of Episodes IV – VI, placed within the context of a story and an environment.“The Job”: artists were put through a simulation of...

Even if you haven’t had a chance to play ZombiU, we thought readers might be interested in checking out some of the game’s concept art that imagines what a zombie outbreak in London would look like.This artwork was created by Morgan Yon, who also worked on The Wolfman for Universal, as well as the video game Heavy Rain.

Unfortunately, the game is only available for the WiiU, but here are some more details on the game itself for those who are interested in playing it:

“ZombiU puts players in the middle of London circa 2012, where an outbreak has infected the population, destroying their humanity and turning them into mindless monsters preying on the flesh of the few remaining survivors. This fear-fueled first-person shooter takes all the terror, chaos and tension found in the best of the horror genre and adds original interactive elements, including a unique death...