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‘Ashen Rift’ Kickstarter Nearly Doubles Its Funding Goal
Despite the myriad quality horror games we have to choose from right now, gamers are clearly itching for more and they’re willing to use their own money to help make it happen. The number of crowdfunding success stories has grown significantly over the last year thanks to websites like Kickstarter and IndieGoGo.
After hitting its initial funding goal last month, the crowdfunding campaign for the post-apocalyptic survival horror game Ashen Rift ended today after raising an impressive $13,230. That was more than enough to reach its first stretch goal, so we’ll have new enemy types — including corrupted humans and wildlife — and improved gore effects to look forward to when the game ships next fall for PC, Mac, Linux and PS4.
To learn more about Ashen Rift, you can find the game on Kickstarter.
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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