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Deep Silver is Bringing ‘Killing Floor 2’ to PS4
Deep Silver, aka the Haus of Dead Island, has announced they’ll be handling the PS4 port of Tripwire Interactive’s wildly addictive Zed genocide simulator Killing Floor 2, with a release planned for sometime later this year. The game has been simmering on Steam Early Access for just over a year now, where it’s been gradually adding new content, including the new Revenge of the Zeds versus mode that was added in April.
I’ve spent a fair amount of time with the game and it certainly looks and feels like its Early Access phase should be nearing its end, but to my knowledge, Tripwire has not hinted at when we can expect that to happen. E3 kicks off on June 14, so we might not have to wait much longer for answers to our burning Killing Floor 2 questions.
Until then, I say we all go burn some Zeds. Who’s with me?
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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