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Funding Campaign For ‘Eternal Darkness’ Sequel Relaunches July 25th
Precursor Games’ Shadow of the Eternals, a successor to the critically acclaimed survival horror game Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem, has been plagued with what I’d call some mildly rocky marketing. Between controversies surrounding the developer, its chief creative officer Denis Dyack, and the postponement of the game’s Kickstarter campaign, what should’ve been an instant hit — fans have been clamoring for an Eternal Darkness sequel for ages — hasn’t been able to pick up any steam.
It’s unfortunate, but its developer is working on remedying the issue with a total overhaul of the Kickstarter campaign, which they’ve just announced will be going live (again) on July 25th. Here’s to second chances!
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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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