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Take A Walkthrough In The Incredible Looking ‘Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon’
If you haven’t already heard about Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, then you should take a seat if you aren’t already lounged. You like the 80’s right? Who doesn’t?! 80’s action and sci-fi movies? You like them too I’m sure. Well Blood Dragon is an incredible nod to many of your favorites from the 80’s. Take my WORD for it. Head past the break to check out an awesome walk through of some of the game so you can get yourself jazzed up about it. It comes out April 30th in North America and May 1st in Europe. You can also pre-order the incredible soundtrack HERE on iTunes.
Just read this synopsis. It doesn’t get any better than this.
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon lets players get the girl, kill the bad guys and save the world in a VHS-era vision of the future. As Sergeant Rex Colt, you are part man, part machine, all American. You are a state-of-the art Mark IV cyber-commando on a mission…of vengeance. You’re out to bring down your old commanding officer and his battalion of ruthless killer cyborgs and you’ll stop at nothing to get the job done.
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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