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Let’s Get These Horror Games Playable On Xbox One
One of the more surprising announcements to escape E3 came from Microsoft’s press briefing, where they announced their plans to finally bring backwards compatibility to the Xbox One. 18 Xbox 360 games are playable now, and that number is expected to climb to about 100 by the end of the year. Choosing the next 80 or so games has been left to us and the alarmingly muscular hands of Lady Democracy, as only the most popular titles — i.e. the ones that accrue the most votes — will be considered for the update.
Sifting through the 360’s vast library of games will not be an easy task. To make things a little easier, I’ve combed through the first couple hundred of them to find every horror game that’s already amassed a minimum of 1,000 votes.
I did skip a handful of horror games, but only if there was a good reason for it. Left 4 Dead, for example, has nearly 13,000 votes, but because most of its content has since migrated to Left 4 Dead 2, it didn’t make the list. I also left out the Silent Hill HD Collection because of its numerous game-breaking technical issues.
[VOTE] Shadows of the Damned
[VOTE] Left 4 Dead 2
[VOTE] Alan Wake
[VOTE] Alan Wake’s American Nightmare
[VOTE] BioShock
[VOTE] Dead Space
[VOTE] Dead Space 2
[VOTE] Dead Space 3
[VOTE] Resident Evil 4
[VOTE] Resident Evil 5
[VOTE] Resident Evil Revelations
[VOTE] Resident Evil Revelations 2
[VOTE] Dead Rising
[VOTE] Dead Rising 2
[VOTE] Doom 3 BFG Edition
[VOTE] Lollipop Chainsaw
[VOTE] Catherine
[VOTE] Condemned: Criminal Origins
[VOTE] Condemned 2: Bloodshot
[VOTE] F.E.A.R.
[VOTE] F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
[VOTE] F.E.A.R. 3
[VOTE] Silent Hill: Homecoming
[VOTE] Silent Hill: Downpour
[VOTE] Splatterhouse
Because everything on this list was chosen because it had enough votes, there’s going to be a lot that’s missing from it. If you have a game you’d like me to add to it, let me know what it is and I’ll update this post so we can try and get it some votes.
So which game(s) did you vote for?
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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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