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Stay in the Light with ‘Those Who Remain’
Those of you who enjoyed Camel 101’s deep-space VR horror game Syndrome will be pleased to hear that the developer is back at it with Those Who Remain. Set for release later this year on PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PC, and Xbox One, the game puts you in the shoes of one Edward Turner. Turner is a troubled man, but is in more trouble now after arriving in the small US town of Dormont. It seems the town has been cursed and is shrouded in darkness. Upping the ante are the creatures that roam in the darkness, killing anyone who happens to stray from the areas that have light.
Pegging itself as a psychological thriller, Those Who Remain also has a puzzle component to it. There are also portals that appear throughout the town, allowing Turner to be transported to another place, “similar yet different, apparently unreal but very real”. And to make things interesting, and actions taken in one place have an effect in the other.
No word yet on if this will have a VR option, but for those who enjoyed last year’s Outlast 2, this should definitely interest you.
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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