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‘Dead Island: Retro Revenge’ Trailer is for Cat Lovers
When the Dead Island Definitive Collection releases on May 31, it’ll bring with it remasters of both Dead Island games and a 16-bit styled spin-off called Dead Island: Retro Revenge. The side-scrolling brawler embraces the series’ zany, over-the-top nature by trading the bloody first-person combat with arcade action, complete with combos, power-ups, super weapons and magic attacks. It also follows an eccentric man, named Max, who’s frighteningly intent on saving his cat from a zombie-infested California
For an unspecified amount of time, Retro Revenge will only be available as a part of the Definitive Collection. A standalone digital release is also coming (for $4.99), we just don’t know when yet.
That facial hair is so distracting.
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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