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‘Resident Evil 0’ Producer Has More to Say About the Upcoming Remaster
Capcom is Unstoppable, as in that movie about a runaway train that was way better than a movie about a runaway train had any right to be. After a few failed attempts to make a Resident Evil game that didn’t piss everyone off, they’ve gone into overdrive. The 5-games-in-1 approach clearly didn’t work out for Resident Evil 6, so they’ve switched tactics.
Now they’re giving us all the Resident Evils.
It begins in January with the arrival of the Resident Evil 0 remaster and the Origins Collection it comes packaged in, followed by the Umbrella Corps spin-off soon after. Then we have the still far-off Resident Evil 2 remake and the unofficial-but-definitely-coming Resident Evil 7. And two feature-length films, which Capcom supervises.
It all begins with Resident Evil 0, so I’m going to shut up now so the game’s producer Tsukasa Takenaka can tell you all about it.
Resident Evil 0 is slated to hit PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One in January. For a more in-depth look at the game, here’s a series of developer diaries: PART 1, PART 2, PART 3, PART 4.
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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