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Darkness II Teaser Release Trailer Gets Me Feeling All Evil
Fall is normally a wonderful time for video games. The Darkness II is keeping the fall video game madness dream alive, as it will be released on October 4th, for the PC, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360.
The Darkness II takes place 2 years after the original game as Jackie is now head of the Estacado crime family. He hasn’t unleashed the Darkness since avenging Jenny’s death, but an attack on Jackie’s life not only starts a full blown mob war, but unleashes the Darkness and sends Jackie on another trip to hell. Screens past the break.
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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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