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Fort Zombie Opening Trailer
I know I’m not the only one pumped for Fort Zombie. If you haven’t already heard, basically you roam the desolate city of Piety Indiana in search of a building you can build up to protect yourself from upcoming zombie attacks. You recruit citizens of the town who aren’t yet dead, build up your structure, collect supplies etc. The best part? You can get the game this fall through all the major online PC gaming sites for only $9.99.
“We are absolutely amazed at the reception that Fort Zombie has received so far,” said Chris Stewart of Kerberos Productions, the development studio behind Fort Zombie. “What started out as a fun little side project for us, which was designed simply to give gamers and zombie fans a couple of great laughs along with a great gaming experience, has attracted serious attention from fans of the zombie cult phenomenon even before the game’s actually release. We can’t wait until they get a chance to pick up a shotgun and hit the zombie-infested streets of Piety!”
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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