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Veteran MMO Designer Joins ‘State Of Decay’ Developer
Undead Labs, the developer behind the amazing zombie survival game State of Decay seems to be beefing up their team in preparation for the game’s upcoming sequel. Long before State of Decay was released, the studio expressed plans to use it as a foundation for a more ambitious zombie MMO, code-named Class4, that we now know will be coming exclusively to the Xbox One.
This hugely anticipated sequel now has a veteran of the MMO genre behind it in ArenaNet co-founder Patrick Wyatt. Wyatt has had a hand in games like StarCraft, Diablo, WarCraft, and Guild Wars, so there’s no doubt that he’ll help make Class4 the best game it can be.
If you’d like to know more, you can read Patrick’s thoughts on the move.
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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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