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‘Hellblade’, ‘Wolfenstein II’ Lead Genre Games with 21st DICE Awards Nominations

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2018 is upon us, but that doesn’t mean all the awards for video games haven’t been dolled out yet. The nominees for the 21st DICE Awards have been revealed, and horror games are once again given notice.

Formerly known as the Interactive Achievement Awards (IAAs), the DICE Awards are awards that recognize the year’s best videogames, computer games, online entertainment, outstanding individuals, and groundbreaking development teams “that have propelled the advancement of the entertainment software industry”.

Apart from the big hits last year with Horizon Zero Dawn (which leads with ten nominations) and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (six nominations), horror fans have Ninja Theory’s psychological horror game Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (five nominations), Bethesda’s Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (three nominations), Giant Sparrow’s What Remains of Edith Finch (two nominations), Tarsier Studios’ Little Nightmares (one nomination), and Epic Games’ Fortnite (one nomination).

The winners will be revealed on February 22 at the 2018 DICE Awards ceremony in Las Vegas. To see the categories and nominees, head here.

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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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