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‘BioShock: The Collection’ Sure Looks Pretty
Welcome back to Rapture, folks. Now would you kindly watch this new footage? It mostly focuses on the first entry in the acclaimed trilogy that 2K has remastered in next month’s BioShock: The Collection, which features enhanced versions of BioShock, BioShock 2, and BioShock Infinite, though Infinite will likely be comparable to the PC version that’s currently available.
Each game and all previously released single-player DLC have been optimized to run at “up to” 60 fps with support for 1080p HD. The multiplayer mode that was introduced in the second game will not return, but the bundle does come with the commentary featurette Imagining BioShock, starring director Ken Levine and lead artist Shawn Roberston. You might call this a circus of value.
The collection is headed to PC, PS4 and Xbox One on September 13 in North America, September 15 in Australia, and September 16 everywhere else. It’ll cost $60, unless you already own the first two games and/or the Minerva’s Den DLC on Steam, then you can upgrade to the remastered versions free-of-charge.
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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