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[XO18] ‘State of Decay 2’ Receiving Free DLC Update November 16
At XO18, Microsoft and Undead Labs announced that State of Decay 2 fans will be getting a much-welcome DLC update for the game on November 16.
The new update (let’s call it the “Zed Hunter” update) introduces a bunch of new weapons to the game, including a crossbow that allows for more stealthy takedowns of enemies. And for those who obsess over these sorts of things, those missed shots will stick to the environment, allowing you to retrieve them if they don’t break.
Along with the crossbow are three new melee weapons in the form of swords, as well as six new consumables that grant you abilities in exchange for blood plague accumulation, such as the power to see in the dark.
And that’s apparently not all you’ll be getting out of State of Decay 2 in the coming months. Design director Richard Foge also revealed at the event that another free update will be coming early next year, where players will face “new challenges and new ways of surviving”. As well, players will also be returning to Trumbull Valley from the first game, but Foge is keeping details quiet for now.
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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