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‘Warcraft III’ Gets a New Test Realm for Future Remaster?
Blizzard has hinted at remastering Warcraft III after they get Starcraft: Remastered out the door, and with Starcraft: Remastered coming out in a couple of days, it now seems that we’re getting yet another hint that Warcraft III may be next.
On Blizzard’s official forums, it was announced that the first official Public Test Realm (PTR) for Warcraft III is now live. The PTR includes balance changes for start locations and the difficulty of creep camps, as well as adjustments to item diversity. Several other improvements, including new textures for map clarity have been added as well. More fixes/improvements, such as matchmaking and latency issues, will be added at a later date.
Of course, this is all just speculation at this point, since Blizzard has been mum on what their plans are for the franchise. The same can also be said for Diablo II, for which fans have also been speculating that it’s also getting a remaster. In the meantime, we have the new Necromancer class to dabble with in Diablo III.
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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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