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Overkill’s ‘The Walking Dead’ Has Found a Publisher
Last August, The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman announced a new game based on the popular zombie franchise that would come from Payday developer Overkill. Details are still somewhat scarce, but what we do know about it is it will be “Payday-esque”, and will feature an expansive world, as well as some sort of online multiplayer.
Its similarities to Overkill’s other series won’t end there, as it was just announced that 505 Games, which publishes the Payday games, will be handling the console versions of the game when it arrives sometime next year.
I know, that’s a long wait. Here, enjoy this old trailer.
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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