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Fortnite’s Halloween Event Returns + More in Latest Dev Update
To the surprise of no one, Fortnite is bringing back their Halloween event. After hinting at the event through a series of cryptic tweets (including the reveal of this cool Arachnid Gear), Epic announced the event in their state of development address for this month.
As in last year’s event, you’ll be headed to Hexsylvania to tackle the Vlad Moon Rising questline. Even if you’ve played the event last year, there will be a few “changes”, according to the devs. Expect Halloween-themes costumes and cosmetics. The event hasn’t begun yet as of this writing, but should be live relatively soon.
In addition to the Halloween event announcement, Epic also took the opportunity to bring fans up to speed on the Save the World mode, which is the player-versus-environment mode that’s distinct from the Battle Royale mode we know and love (well, some do). It’s also the one you have to pay to play. Epic will be holding off switching to the free-to-play model for Save the World, due to “a broad set of features, reworks, and backend system scaling we believe are needed to go free-to-play”.
Elsewhere, fans can expect front-end UI improvements, and an updated Hero System. Both of these are still in development, and are expected to be rolled out “in the next few months”.
Find out what's been going on with Save the World in our latest video.
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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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