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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.
We have learned the sad news this week that prolific horror author Ray Garton, who wrote nearly 70 books over the course of his career, has passed away after a battle with lung cancer.
Ray Garton was 61 years old.
Stephen King tweets, “I’m hearing that Ray Garton, horror novelist and friend, died yesterday. This is sad news, and a loss to those who enjoyed his amusing, often surreal, posts on Twitter.”
Ray Garton’s novels include Seductions, Darklings, Live Girls, Night Life, and Crucifax in the 1980s, followed in later decades by output including A Dark Place: The Story of a True Haunting, Trade Secrets, The New Neighbor, Lot Lizards, Dark Channel, Shackled, The Girl in the Basement, The Loveliest Dead, Ravenous, Bestial, and most recently, Trailer Park Noir.
Garton also wrote young adult novels under the name Joseph Locke, including the novelizations for A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Master and The Dream Child. He also wrote the novelizations for Tobe Hooper’s Invaders from Mars and Warlock, as well as several books for the Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Buffy the Vampire Slayer franchises.
Other young adult horror novels you may remember the name Joseph Locke from include Petrified, Kiss of Death, Game Over, 1-900-Killer, Vengeance, and Kill the Teacher’s Pet.
You can browse Ray Garton’s full bibliography over on his official website.
He wrote on his website when it launched, “Since I was eight years old, all I’ve wanted to be was a writer, and since 1984, I have been fortunate enough to spend my life writing full time. I’ve written over 60 books—novels and novellas in the horror and suspense genres, collections of short stories, movie novelizations, and TV tie-ins—with more in the works.”
“My readers have made it possible for me to indulge my love of writing and I get a tremendous amount of joy out of communicating with them,” Garton added at the time.
Ray Garton is survived by his longtime wife, Dawn.
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