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Open World Horror Game ‘Grave’ Is Coming To Xbox One
Previously a PC exclusive, developer Broken Window Studios has announced they’ve joined the ID@Xbox program — Microsoft’s program to get games from indie developers on Xbox. This means their surreal open world horror survival game Grave will be coming to Xbox One. According to a post on the game’s Kickstarter campaign, the goal is to release all versions at once (Windows, Mac, Linux, Xbox One) in early 2015.
There’s a ton of horror games coming to PC and Sony has gone out of their way to sign on a bevy of horror titles for PS4, so it’s nice to see a promising title like Grave come to Xbox One. I’ve played it, it’s pretty great.
This is great news, but Grave still needs help with funding. If this is a game you’d like to help see a release, you can support it on Kickstarter.
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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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