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E3: Resident Evil 5 Release Date, And An Extra Special Surprise
Confirmed at E3 today, by Resident Evil 5 producer Jun Takeuchi, the game with ship March 13th, 2009 for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. Still far away, but not bad considering we have a lot of sweet games coming out a bit before that to keep us happy. Also confirmed, is multiplayer, and online multiplayer. So you and a friend can each sit at home in the dark in front of your huge HDTVs, and scare yourselves to death. Also straight from Game Trailers is a new Resident Evil 5 trailer, that proves this will be the best game ever made. 
Also recently introduced was the new female character, Sheva Alomar. There is no way around it, she sounds like a total badass. She works for the Bio-Terrorism Security Assessment Alliance (BSAA), which is now the same organization Chris Redfield works for. She is an expert at martial arts, firearms, she’s good with a shotgun, she carries a knife, this is my kind of lady.
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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