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All Signs Point To The Next Xbox Being Revealed At E3
Major Nelson, the face of Xbox Live, has started a countdown on his blog. This countdown is ticking away toward the future, as countdowns do, and when it hits zero, it will be E3. What could he possibly be teasing? We won’t know until June, but there’s a pretty good chance it’ll be Microsoft’s follow-up to the Xbox, which has popped up now and again (and again) in various rumors. Rumors should always be taken with a grain of salt, and Microsoft has never not given us a big E3 reveal that’s worth counting down to, but still, this could be it. I’m feeling good about it — are you?
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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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