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‘Among the Sleep’ Gets Physical This Summer
Krillbite’s indie horror game Among the Sleep is coming to retail shelves this summer, courtesy of Netherlands-based publisher SOEDESCO. The physical release has only been confirmed for PC and PS4, with no mention of whether or not the Xbox One will be getting one as well. The Xbox version was delayed last month because of a “technical issue between Unity and Xbox One,” though it’s not clear if that’s why the platform wasn’t included in the announcement.
Among the Sleep is a psychological horror game that released in 2014 following a wildly successful crowdfunding campaign which raised a quarter of a million dollars. In the two years since it’s come to the PlayStation 4, added Oculus Rift support, received free prologue DLC and replaced its dated tech with the Unity 5 engine.
Stay tuned — SOEDESCO promises to have a release date for us “later this spring.”
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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