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New ‘Conan Unconquered’ Trailer Dives Further Into Co-op Mode
With only a few more days to go until launch, Petroglyph and Funcom have released a new trailer for Conan Unconquered, focusing on the co-op aspect of the game. Spliced with the trailer are interviews with the guys at Petroglyph who know a thing and then some about RTS games (hint: They worked on Command & Conquer).
The team had their work cut out for them, as unlike C&C, Conan Unconquered focuses heavily on co-op. “We’re trying to make it as cooperative an experience as possible,” explains Executive Producer Ted Morris.
In co-op mode, each player will have their own hero and army, but they will share resources and most of the buildings. “Where the challenge comes in, is in trying to coordinate the fight with more challenging mobs,” says Senior Game Designer Patrick Pannullo. “It is not simply going to be about double the number of enemies. Instead, the increased difficulty will mainly be about what kind of mobs you face and where the attacks will come from.”
Conan Unconquered releases on May 29th.
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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