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Early ‘Days Gone’ Reviews Are Out, DLC Announced For June

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While Days Gone is officially out tomorrow (April 26th) for PlayStation 4, for those still on the fence about whether to pick the game up, early reviews for the title suggest that you might try before you buy.

While early reviews from outlets like IGN, Gamespot and The Verge praise the game for its visuals, Days Gone also unfortunately devolves into repetition within the same lush world. The story is also cause for concern, referred to as “meandering” and lacking interesting situations. Worse still is that the game’s protagonist, Deacon St. John, lacks proper development.

Of course, these are all just opinions, but it doesn’t exactly give a glowing overall look of the game, which is really unfortunate.

In addition to the early reviews, Bend Studio have announced via PlayStation Blog that the game will be receiving free DLC this June, which not only brings a new difficulty mode to the game, but also weekly challenges.

The DLC brings Survival difficulty mode into the game that “tests players by daring them to beat the story with increased difficulty settings, no player perks like Fast Travel or survival vision, and an immersive HUD that removes maps and indicators from the gameplay screen.” The difficulty is meant to further immerse the players into the game, as well as crank up the tension just a little more.

As for those weekly challenges, beginning in June, a new Bike, Horde, or Combat challenge will be introduced that take key gameplay features of Days Gone, and “twists them in unique ways” for players to earn additional items and rewards. More on these challenges will be revealed in the future.

Days Gone is out April 26th.

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Legendary Grimdark ‘Warhammer 40,000’ Artist John Blanche Has Passed Away at 78

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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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