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‘Resident Evil 2’ Wins E3’s Coveted Best of Show Award
Come on, we all knew this was going to be obvious.
The Game Critics Awards have handed out their selections for the best of E3 2018, and to no one’s surprise, Capcom’s Resident Evil 2 remake has won the coveted “Best of Show” Award. The Game Critics Awards are chosen by “51 global media and influencer outlets” that attend E3. With the win, Resident Evil 2 also becomes the first third-party Japanese game to win in 20 years (according to Capcom PR).
Another big winner was Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us Part II, which won “Special Commendation for Sound” and “Special Commendation for Graphics”. And if you saw the E3 trailer, it’s easy to see why. Also, Fortnite continues its dominance of the battle royale genre (though admittedly it’s become less focused on the Save the World zombie mashing mode) with its win for “Best Ongoing Game”.
Needless to say, expectations are through the roof for Capcom to deliver on RE2. But honestly, with the amount of time they’ve put into the game, it’ll be a slam dunk. We’ll find out next year for sure.
Head to the Game Critics Awards official site see the rest of the winners.
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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