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‘The Last Of Us’ Could Find Its Way To The PlayStation 4
It sounds like one of the PlayStation 3’s finest titles — and one of my picks for the greatest games of 2013 — may soon find its way to the PlayStation 4. When OPM asked Naughty Dog‘s community strategist Eric Monacelli if there are any plans to port the game to Sony’s new console, he didn’t reveal much, saying “We’ll see what the future brings!” What a tease.
Maybe they’ll give us a “definitive version,” like what Square Enix is doing with Tomb Raider, that fixes some of the technical issues that plagued The Last Of Us. Then they can release it with a tease of the movie adaptation Sony supposedly has in the works.
In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war, but it was a cheerful illustrator from England who helped to define the terrifying war-torn imagery that inspired what we now know as Grimdark (a hybrid genre combining horror with sci-fi/fantasy).
Unfortunately for fans of Warhammer 40,000, Trench Crusade and countless other sources of Grimdark thrills, veteran artist John Blanche passed away this week after struggling with health issues for the past few years.
While the artist retired back in 2023, he leaves us with an enormous legacy of iconic artwork that continues to inspire gamers and storytellers around the world to this very day.
The news is especially gloomy as it was only last year that Daniel Lowman and Napoleon Dynamite himself Jon Heder released The Grim & the Dark: The Search for John Blanche, a documentary following Heder’s exploration of the Grimdark genre culminating in a heartwarming encounter with Blanche in his own home.
Below is one of my favorite pieces by Blanche, his highly influential depiction of Warhammer 40k’s God-Emperor of Mankind on his Golden Throne.
We send our deepest condolences to John Blanche’s family, friends, and fans.
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