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A New ‘Devil May Cry’ Game…in China?
With Capcom rumoured to be working on Devil May Cry 5, this piece of news comes as a bit of a surprise. Well, given the Chinese market, maybe not.
According to MMO Culture, Yunchang Game, a Chinese game studio and publisher, has obtained the IP rights from Capcom to develop the first mobile game based on Devil May Cry. Devil May Cry: Pinnacle of Combat is a mobile action RPG expected to launch in China in 2018. The game will be using the Unity engine, and will include online modes such as team battles and real-time PVP.
This isn’t the first time that Capcom has loaned out one of its IPs for use in mobile gaming. Korean-based game developer Jenoi was commissioned by Capcom to create a mobile game based on the Mega Man series entitled Rockman GoGo!. Unfortunately, the end result was less than spectacular. However, the amount of revenue generated in Asian countries like China and Korea from mobile gaming is crazy, so it’s no wonder why Capcom would do this.
And yet, for the rest of us, we wait for Dante’s real return…
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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