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[E3 2014] Vote for Your Favorite Horror Game of E3
E3 is over, we made it. It’s been a wild ride, filled with tons of exciting news, and even a bit of much-needed redemption. For horror fans, this has been an especially good E3, as we’ve seen the reveals of numerous horror games — Dead Island 2, Bloodborne, and Doom 4, among others — as well as additional details and footage on some titles we already knew about.
What I’d like to know is which horror game, if any, stole the show for you this year. You can vote for your favorite below, and feel free to expand on your vote in the comments.
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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