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‘Resident Evil: Revelations 2’ Shambles Out in February
I suggest you set aside some time after your New Year celebrations to make room for all four episodes of Resident Evil: Revelations 2, which Capcom plans to release starting February 17th. Each of the four episodes that make up the Revelations sequel will arrive drip-feed style each week across PSN, XBLA and PC. Individual episodes will run you $5.99, or they can be purchased all at once for $24.99 digitally/$39.99 at retail.
Episode 1 — Feb 17 (PSN North America), Feb 18 (PSN Europe, XBLA, Steam)
Episode 2 — Feb 24 (PSN North America), Feb 25 (PSN Europe, XBLA, Steam)
Episode 3 — March 3 (PSN North America), March 4 (PSN Europe, XBLA, Steam)
Episode 4 — March 10 (PSN North America), March 11 (PSN Europe, XBLA, Steam)
The retail compilation will be available on March 10 and comes with a playable HUNK for the Raid mode and two additional episodes that will follow Moira Burton and Natalia Korda.
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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