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Look Out For ‘Dead Island: Riptide’ Next Week At PAX
Publisher Deep Silver is about to make good on their tease about the inevitable Dead Island sequel as they’ve confirmed Riptide will be officially unveiled at PAX Prime next week. It’s about time. They’ll be publicly showing off the game for the very first time at their booth (#6309, for anyone lucky enough to be attending the event) alongside their other title, Sacred 3. In the meantime, I suggest checking out our Dead Island: Riptide wish list.
PAX Prime kicks off in Seattle, WA on Aug 31st. Anyone here planning on going?
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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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