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Face The Hordes in New Gameplay Video For ‘Conan Unconquered’
A few months back, it was revealed that Funcom was working on a new real-time strategy game based in Robert E. Howard’s Conan universe entitled Conan Unconquered. Today, Funcom and developer Petroglyph have released a new gameplay video from the recent Alpha build of the game, which is now slated for a Q2 2019 release on Steam.
In the video, viewers get taken behind the scenes at Petroglyph’s studio in Las Vegas, with several of the veterans on the team offering insight into the game and its development.
The game will also be making an appearance at this year’s GDC, where those in attendance will get the first opportunity to try the fast-paced strategy game.
As you’ll see from the trailer, Conan Unconquered has you facing successive waves of enemies in ever-increasing numbers and difficulty. To withstand the hordes, players must build a stronghold and put up walls and other defensive measures to avoid utter destruction.
While the game can be played entirely in single-player, two players can also play together online to build a shared stronghold while fending off the enemy hordes allowing for a unique, cooperative multiplayer experience.
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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