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Get Some Hot Red Faction Action On May 31st
I hope there’s still room on your calendar because this week has been a great week for release dates and it’s getting even better now that we know exactly when to expect Red Faction: Armageddon. Put a big explosion on May 31st people, because that’s when we’ll know if the series’ brave plunge into horror was a great idea or not. This new release date leaves us with only three short months to really let that excitement build up, but I have it on good authority that the wait will be worth it.
Red Faction: Armageddon destroys, then rebuilds the US on May 31st for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC, before assaulting the rest of the world on June 3rd. In case you missed the last two release date announcements, The Third Birthday is confirmed for a April Fool’s release and Dead Space 2’s first DLC entitled Severed will be dismembering store shelves on March 1st.
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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