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‘Darkest Dungeon’ Descends onto the Nintendo Switch January 18th
After teasing fans back in October, Red Hook Studios have announced that their hit dungeon crawler Darkest Dungeon will hit the Switch (sorry) January 18 for $25. You can also get the expansions, The Crimson Court for $10 and The Shieldbreaker for $4. More accurately, it’ll be on the eShop once the date arrives.
For those who want to play the game on the go, Red Hook heard you, and is adding touchscreen controls to this version for people who play in handheld mode. The developer is also planning to launch The Color of Madness expansion on Switch, but it hasn’t determined a release date for that piece of DLC as of yet.
Nintendo Switch release date announced!
January 18thhttps://t.co/sRIayOrKCR pic.twitter.com/f1YJLHL92K
— Darkest Dungeon (@DarkestDungeon) January 10, 2018
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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