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Battle Zombies Through the ER in ‘Outbreak: The New Nightmare’
Unless devs are trying something new, it’s getting hard to be excited for games involving zombies. To be fair, being trapped in a hospital with the walking dead does sound like a creepy time. That’s what Dead Drop Studios LLC is hoping for with their game, Outbreak: The New Nightmare.
Recently posted to Steam Early Access, the successor to Outbreak just had a fresh patch released, which adds a host of bug fixes and features. The story for the game has you trapped in Arzt Memorial Hospital after a viral outbreak swept through a town in the central United States. You now face the walking dead and other creatures roaming the halls as you scramble to survive and uncover the source of the outbreak. With four different characters to play as (each with varying abilities), and an arsenal of weapons at your disposal (but limited inventory), you’ll have to think smart to survive.
The game will also have multiplayer support, allowing up to four friends to battle the undead and other monstrosities. This initial Early Access release includes the first campaign scenario, and a wave-based survival Onslaught mission. You can pick up the Early Access release for $7.19 USD. To find out more, you can visit the game’s official Steam page.
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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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