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Capcom Offering Prize to Whoever Finds Real-life Monsters
With Capcom’s Monster Hunter: World being a big hit, one has to wonder why Capcom is pulling this sort of promotion stunt, but whatever.
According to IGN, to celebrate the release of the game (which has shipped over 5 million units since its launch, making it the fastest-selling entry in the franchise), Capcom is partnering with The Centre of Fortean Zoology founder Jonathan Downes to offer £50,000 ($70,000 USD) “to anyone who can provide conclusive evidence of one of 10 real-life monsters”.
The catch for all of this is that you must provide proof of one of these monsters by June 30th in order to cash in. After receiving the evidence, Downes and his team will analyze it, and any hunter who provides definite proof will be awarded the prize (with multiple winners splitting the pot).
Here’s the list of monsters that Downes and his team are requesting hunters to provide definitive proof of their existence:
- Bigfoot
- The Loch Ness Monster
- Mongolian Death Worm
- Mermaid
- Earth Hound
- The Yeti/Almasty
- Chupacabra
- The Flying Snake of Namibia
- Yowie
- Cornish Owlman
Monster Hunter: World is available for XBox One, PlayStation 4, and PC.
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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