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The PS5 Will Be Getting a Successor to PSVR
PlayStation’s Jim Ryan has revealed that the PS5 will get a successor to PSVR in the future that will be a very different setup to the company’s original attempt at joining the Virtual Reality circus.
In an announcement on the PS Blog, and during an interview with GQ, Ryan stated this will be a whole new VR format, with just the one cord planned to connect it to the console (among the biggest bugbears with PSVR was the plethora of wires you could easily trip over).
There’s nothing concrete on specs and design otherwise, just the assurance Sony has learned from its first attempt at VR. It will, however, utilize the nifty tricks of the PS5’s DualSense controller.
Ryan confirmed the new hardware would not be releasing this year, but assured players that we’ll see more on it at some point in the near future.
PSVR did a modest job of bringing the VR gaming experience to the masses. Horror games have thrived on the hardware, with an exclusive VR version of Resident Evil 7 chief among them. It would be great if a sleeker, more immersive, and affordable PSVR brought the medium to an even wider audience, and especially if it truly kicked virtual reality horror into a new gear.
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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