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‘Resident Evil 4’ Hits PS4, Xbox One Next Month
I can’t think of very many video games that are so lovely as to deserve a dozen or so re-releases, but Resident Evil 4 is officially one of them. Capcom has done a remarkable job in making sure there’s at least one version of the acclaimed horror game available on every possible platform.
Resident Evil 4 will get the same treatment Capcom gave the re-releases of RE5 and RE6 earlier this year. That means the game will come with all bonus content and DLC, including the Ada Wong side stories and Mercenaries Mode.
Between these three games and the near-universally panned multiplayer-centric spin-off Umbrella Corps, this is the fourth, and likely last, Resident Evil we’ll see in 2016. The acclaimed reboot completely altered the course of the franchise back in 2005, so it’s fitting that it would be the one to usher in the series’ next big course correction, due January 24, 2017.
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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