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‘Resident Evil 0’ Video Shows How Far It’s Come
Capcom has gifted us with another developer diary from the upcoming Resident Evil 0 HD remaster, in which producer Tsukasa Takenaka and director Koji Oda take us on a guided tour of the original game’s prototype so we can better appreciate how much work was required to update the game for current-gen consoles.
When Resident Evil 0 arrives on PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One in January, it will be in the form of a digital release. If it’s a physical copy you want, you’ll need to get the Origins Collection, which also includes the recent remaster of the Resident Evil remake.
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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