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‘Bloodborne’, ‘DOOM’ Receive Sony’s “PlayStation Hits” Banner, Price Drop
Introducing a greatest hits line is usually a sign that a console is nearing “that point” of a life cycle. Still, it also gives you a chance to grab some surefire hits for a bargain price. That’s exactly what Sony is doing with its first batch of PlayStation Hits. Announced on PlayStation Blog, the initial 15 titles will retail for 19.99USD/CAD/GBP each, and will sport red cases like the PlayStation 3’s Greatest Hits line. The titles will get their price drop beginning on June 28 in the US and Canada, with more being added in the future. Europe will get their batch July 18th, with 20 titles being given the drop.
Unfortunately, in Canada, all but one of the titles announced for the US will be available. DOOM will be the odd one out.
For genre fans, the first batch includes DOOM, Bloodborne and The Last of Us Remastered in North America (save for the Canadian exception), while Europe gets Mortal Kombat X with a discount.
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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