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Russia Gets Invaded In The Retro-Futuristic Indie Horror Game ‘Frozen State’
Frozen State is an indie horror game in development at Moscow-based Snow Arc Studio. It’s still in the early stages of production, but even still, it looks incredibly promising. The developer is taking inspirations from classic games and film, including The Thing, Fallout, Resident Evil, and The Road — all of which look to be translating well to its post-apocalyptic, monster-infested Siberian wasteland.
They’re focus is on crafting an atmospheric survival horror game where the decisions you make affect the world around you. Frozen State is set in a partially destroyed, and very much secret, Soviet city that’s been overrun by intelligent and vicious alien creatures. More after the break!
Some footage from the game (a work in progress). I think it actually looks really good for an alpha.
If Frozen State sounds like a horror game you wouldn’t mind spending some time with, you can help the game get distribution on Steam Greenlight by voting for it, and if you’re feeling extra generous you can donate to its Kickstarter campaign.
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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