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Grab ‘Dead Space’ for Free this Month!
Visceral Games may be gone, but their work still remains. Of course, they were the folks behind everyone’s “The Thing in space” 3rd-person survival horror epic, Dead Space, which this month is the game that’s been selected for Origin’s “On The House” promotion. In other words: You can get Dead Space for absolutely free on PC.
Of course, you’ll have to sign up with EA’s Origin service (and install the Origin program), but a chance to relive the horror that is Dead Space before EA decided to “change” things for absolutely free? It’s worth it. Will EA revisit the series down the road? Will there be a spiritual successor? I know I’m not the only one who hopes so.
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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