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Anarchy Reigns Trailer Looks Like Chainsaw Flailing Fun
Platinum Games, the team that brought us the fantastic, if not a little sexist, spectacle fighter Bayonetta as well as the more recent knee-gliding shooter Vanquish have unveiled their next game. It’s friends call it Lucy but you can call it Anarchy Reigns and it’s exciting because it’s potentially the first of its kind. Anarchy Reigns, known as Max Anarchy outside The States, is a “massively multi-player beat-em-up” that includes a familiar face for anyone who played Platinum Games’ first title, MadWorld.
In the brand spanking new trailer that you can check out past the jump you’ll see MadWorld’s Jack doing what he does best, looking like a badass as he nonchalantly waves a massive chainsaw. Not much is known about the game yet but it’s a safe bet we can expect some fresh news to come out around E3 (June 7-9).
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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