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‘Doorways’ Final Chapter Announced
Developer Saibot Studios has finally revealed Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh, which will serve as the concluding chapter in the Doorways tetralogy.
This chapter will take place in El Chacal, a remote Argentinian village that Thomas Foster — played by you — decides to visit in order to investigate local rumors that claim its inhabitants are into cannibalism and black magic. In his quest for answers, Foster will need to hunt down the source of these horrific urban legends, an entire family of psychos led by a man named El Asador.
That sounds a bit like Resident Evil 4 meets Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Consider me on board!
Doorways is a flawed series that has a tendency to rely too heavily on overly complex puzzles. If you can power through that frustration, the atmosphere and enemy design makes this series well worth the visit. For an idea of what to expect from these games, feel free to check out my playthrough of the first 20-30 min of the third chapter, Underworld, below.
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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