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2K May Be Teasing a ‘BioShock’ Announcement
If a couple tweets from the 2K International Twitter account are anything to go by, we may soon be hearing from BioShock. The teasing started yesterday, with a tweet that paired an image of an in-game ad for Eve’s Garden, an exotic dancing venue in Fort Frolic, with the cryptic message “#Discuss”. Not much to go on there.
The second tweet, which you can see below, was a bit more intriguing as it paired the same image with the message “Oooo, what COULD this mean?!” Not very subtle, but where the first tweet could’ve meant anything, the second sounds a lot more like a nod and a wink for something BioShock related.
Oooo, what COULD this mean?! pic.twitter.com/P93Nl643SU
— 2K United Kingdom (@2KInternational) July 24, 2014
It almost definitely won’t be a Vita game, as Ken Levine shot down that possibility earlier this month. BioShock and BioShock Infinite developer Irrational Games closed its doors in February, leaving the series in the capable hands of 2K.
With 2K at the wheel, the future of the series is entirely up in the air. What they do with it now is anyone’s guess. I’d say the first game is just about due for a remake or “HD remaster”, though I’d much prefer this to be a another standalone entry in the series. How about you?
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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