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Kane Hodder is Back in the Studio for New ‘Friday the 13th: The Game’ Kills
As we just learned this morning via an announcement trailer, Gun Media and Illfonic are bringing Friday the 13th: The Game to Playstation 4 and Xbox One on Friday, October 13th. Of course, the digital release has been available for a couple months now.
One of the coolest things about the game is that the developers are continually making it better, fixing various gameplay issues and adding new content like the recent NES Jason skin – the aforementioned physical release will include brand new “bloody Jason” skins for every single playable Jason.
What else is coming soon? In an in-depth, must-read interview with Games Industry this week, Gun Media’s Wes Keltner noted that “players can expect new maps, characters, Easter eggs and other great updates in the near future.“
Additionally, Kane Hodder is currently doing the motion capture work for brand new kills!
Various tweets from the developers today confirmed the forthcoming additions.
We’re at @houseofmoves doin mocap for future @Friday13thGame updates! We have masks on set to help @kanehodder1 get into the swing of things pic.twitter.com/PhGPrqpnwa
— Randy Greenback (@Randygbk) August 2, 2017
Speaking of getting into the swing of things… @kanehodder1 is flinging stuntman @RyanStaats around for more @Friday13thGame kills… pic.twitter.com/KMJiUtJIEL
— Randy Greenback (@Randygbk) August 2, 2017
Getting ready for @Friday13thGame motion capture with @kanehodder1, @KiraleeHayashi, @Randygbk and Ryan Staats! pic.twitter.com/B7KzSN2dO5
— Big Boss Hobbs (@Rontao13) August 2, 2017
Check out a video from last year that shows how the game’s kills are brought to life.
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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