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The Wait for ‘Dead Island 2’ Just Got a Lot Longer
A couple weeks ago I listed some horror games we could all look forward to getting our hands on this year. That list, it seems, was premature, as Yager’s open-world zombie survival game Dead Island 2 has officially been delayed into 2016.
“We have always set ourselves a big goal for Dead Island 2: to create the sequel that takes Dead Island to the next level,” the developer explained in a tweet on the game’s official Twitter. “We have been looking at the game long and hard, and we have decided we didn’t reach that goal we set out to achieve quite yet.”
So for now, Yager will be solely focused on taking the game “to the next level.”
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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