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Now You Can Take Pretty Pictures in ‘The Order: 1886’
The latest addition to the PS4’s growing pantheon of gorgeous games with photo modes is developer Ready at Dawn’s action horror game The Order: 1886.
The Order may very well be one of the most visually impressive games available right now, so a feature that lets players take advantage of that by showing off beautiful screen captures of its stunning Neo-Victorian world makes sense.
The oft-requested feature is available now via a patch that should download automatically the next time you boot up the console.
If you haven’t already, I highly recommend you take a look at Tyler’s review of the game.
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Legendary Grimdark ‘Warhammer 40,000’ Artist John Blanche Has Passed Away at 78
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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