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Frogwares Unveils New Gameplay Footage For Switch Version of ‘The Sinking City’
A game that’s “deliciously rich in story and world-building“, Frogwares’ The Sinking City is coming to the Nintendo Switch. And while we still don’t have a release date yet, Frogwares has released new gameplay footage from the Switch port.
On top of that, the Switch version of The Sinking City will feature gameplay tweaks that are based on player feedback from the console and PC releases. The Switch version will also allow players to navigate menus with the touchscreen, and will include a gyroscopic aiming option.
“We did our best to optimize the game and ensure it runs at a stable 30 frames throughout,” says Producer Serge Chervonnyi. “We also improved combat a bit to have more weight and feel. Weapons now have new gunshot sounds, improved recoil and new visual effects. We also did our best to improve the game from people’s feedback. So things like crowd behavior and pedestrian AI has been tweaked along with all around additional levels of polishing and bug fixing.”
No word on the release date, but that should be forthcoming in the next few weeks. The Sinking City is available now on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
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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