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Screens From The Moon
Just announced the release date of Moon which was scheduled for release November 18th, will be pushed back to January 13th 2009. Acceptable because the 2 companies working on the game, Mastiff and Renegade Kid recently picked up James McDonough and Adam Patyk, who have worked on such films as Hellboy and Transformers to bring a darker feel to the game.
“With each passing day I see Moon grow into a darker, more heart pounding beast,” said Bill Swartz, from Mastiff. “Gamers are in for an intense experience unlike anything they’ve ever experienced on the DS.”
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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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