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[TGS 2018] Latest ‘Days Gone’ Trailer Shows Off The (Infected) Wildlife
Yeah, the waiting game for Bend Studios’ Days Gone sucks. February 22, 2019 seems a long way off, and the latest trailer at this year’s Tokyo Game Show doesn’t make things any easier. Instead of focusing on zombie humans this time around, this trailer instead focuses on the various zombie animals, which are just as terrifying (if not moreso).
Of course, you’ll still have to deal with uninfected humans, who will hunt you for resources or kill you if you so much as sneeze at them the wrong way. But, there’s just something about packs of infected wolves, bears or even birds hunting you in a remote forest that is both awesome and terrifying.
On that note, the quiet and serene way the trailer starts off really shows just how beautiful the game looks when you’re not fighting for your life. Makes you almost want to be there. Almost.
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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