So, the 2017 edition of The Game Awards was last night, and amongst the announcement of a World War Z game and the revealing trailer for Hideo Kojima’s Death Standing, there was an award show. Resident Evil VII won “Best VR Game”, but what about the rest of the genre fare?
In terms of horror, the night belonged to Ninja Theory’s Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, which snagged three of the five awards for which it was nominated: “Best Audio Design”, “Best Performance” and “Games for Impact”. It lost out “Best Narrative” to another genre cohort in Giant Sparrow’s What Remains of Edith Finch, and “Best Independent Game” to StudioMDHR’s Cuphead. Meanwhile, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus grabbed “Best Action Game”, and for the fan’s choice awards, the trailer for Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us Part II grabbed the “Most Anticipated Game”.
As for reveals, The Astronauts showed off their follow-up to The Vanishing of Ethan Carter with their fantasy FPS, Witchfire, and 10 Chambers Collective gave us more than a plain teaser for GTFO. Then there was that trailer from FromSoftware that may or may not be for Bloodborne 2, but it sure looked cool. Sadly, we didn’t get anything from Capcom regarding those rumours about Devil May Cry 5, but who knows what we’ll be getting at the PlayStation Experience, or if they’re pushing it to E3 2018.
