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‘Night Trap’ Headed to the Switch This Summer! Seriously.
Oh what a difference 26 years makes. Upon its release, Night Trap was the subject of much controversy. As most older gamers know, Night Trap caught the ire of the United States Senate when the game hit store shelve in 1992, and the Senate summoned both Nintendo and Sega of America reps to a committee hearing to discuss violence in videogames. At the hearing, executive vice president of Nintendo of America Howard Lincoln quipped that the game would never appear on a Nintendo console.
Well this summer, Night Trap in indeed heading to a Nintendo console (the Nintendo Switch, to be exact), courtesy of the folks at Limited Run Games, who had put out a limited quantity of the game for the PlayStation 4 and XBox One last year. Night Trap will be available both in physical and digital form, with the former being given a similar run as the earlier consoles. No word yet on just how many physical copies will be available.
“Never say never”, indeed.
Never say never!
Night Trap: 25th Anniversary Edition is coming to the Nintendo Switch this Summer both digitally and physically!https://t.co/j1ZxEqvV8L pic.twitter.com/ZbsXKWvkn1
— Limited Run Games (@LimitedRunGames) April 20, 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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