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Zombies!!! Invades Xbox Live Spring 2011
It’s been some time since we last heard anything of the Zombies!!! strategy game’s move to the XBLA. Earlier this year Big Rooster, the developer behind the game, was shut down leaving the game in limbo. Now it seems a new developer, Babaroga, has entered the ring and picked up the game, which has an updated release window of Spring 2011.
If you’re having trouble remembering this game I can’t say I blame you since it was announced way back in 2008. Zombies!!! is a strategy board game that has you trying to escape against an increasingly formidable army of zombies. Sounds like bloody good fun, and it’ll come at a good time because I’m predicting by next Spring we’ll all likely be hungry for some more zombie shenanigans.
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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