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‘Dead Rising 2’ and ‘Off the Record’ Move to Steamworks Today
If it’s wacky zombie mayhem you want, now is the best time to boot up those neglected copies of Dead Rising 2 and Dead Rising 2: Off the Record that have almost definitely been sitting in your Steam library, gathering dust. Today, both games have finally dropped support for Games for Windows Live, replacing Microsoft’s DoA gaming service with Valve’s Steamworks.
This move comes with some potential issues however, as the transition only works if you purchased the game(s) on Steam. If you bought a digital copy through GfWL, then you’re stuck with it. The activation code in GfWL retail copies can be redeemed on Steam.
Also worth mentioning is the fact that Marketplace DLC won’t carry over to Steamworks. “DLC content purchased directly from Microsoft’s GFWL Marketplace store will not carry over to Steam due to the lack of CD/activation key,” writes Capcom in a post on their Unity blog.
Both games have tools built in to transfer save data and achievements to Steam, so you won’t lose any of those, and now each game has added support for matchmaking, achievements, leaderboards, cloud saves and, eventually, trading cards.
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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