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‘Hellblade’ a Big Winner at The Game Awards

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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.

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One of Clive Barker’s Final Convention Appearances Will Be at New Jersey’s Monster Mania in August

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We told you earlier this month that horror legend Clive Barker is leaving the convention scene behind to focus entirely on his writing, with various upcoming projects in the works.

A series of final appearances from Barker will begin at Days of the Dead Chicago this month, and we’ve learned Barker will also be coming to Monster Mania in New Jersey.

Clive Barker will be signing at Monster Mania 59 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, which runs from August 2 – August 4, 2024. Stay tuned for more info from the convention.

Barker’s official statement earlier this month explained, “… it’s time to focus entirely on writing. I’m not stopping public events because I’ve lost delight in meeting you all over the years. I’m as passionate as ever about sharing my imagination with readers and moviegoers around the world. In the very room where I’m writing these words, I have the manuscripts for a very large number of projects (Thirty-one of them), some very close to completion, others still telling themselves. There are some wild projects in this collection of works, whether close to finished or done. There are also stories that you all knew I would be finishing.”

“Abarat IV and V are amongst the books at my feet,” he continued. “So is the Third and final book of The Art and the sequel to The Thief of Always. There are also return visits to characters and mythologies you may have thought I would never return to.

“I hope I am still able to surprise you in the decades ahead.”

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