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Co-op Coming to ‘The Forest’ in Next Update
Because I possess the same amount of patience as that of a child, I decided to ask Michael Mellor, animator and AI programmer at Endnight Games, about the progress they’ve made on adding co-op to their open-world survival horror game The Forest. They confirmed it awhile back, but until now, we had no idea when it’d arrive. According to Mellor, co-op will be implemented in the next patch, assuming “nothing goes horribly wrong in the next few days.”
Making video games is tough, and that’s especially true for indie developers with small teams and limited resources. There’s a chance co-op won’t be ready in time for the next patch, but if it does, I know what David and I are playing next on our YouTube channel.
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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