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‘Resident Evil 4’ Remake Cleans up Horror Game Awards During Fear Fest 2023
After the first day of big reveals, Feardemic’s Fear Fest 2023 concluded last night with the Horror Game Awards. Spread across 13 categories (and one lifetime achievement award), the big winner last night was Capcom’s Resident Evil 4 remake.
The acclaimed remake of the 2005 classic nabbed all five of its nominated categories, including Horror Game of The Year. Meanwhile, Capcom’s other Resident Evil title, Resident Evil Village, snagged the award for Best VR/AR Horror.
The title closest to equaling RE4‘s total wins was rose-engine’s Alien-esque Survival Horror title Signalis, which snagged the awards for Best Narrative of the Year and Best Indie Horror of the Year.
Meanwhile, the Horror Game Awards’ Lifetime Achievement Award went to Mikael Hedberg, lead writer for the upcoming Alone in the Dark remake, as well as Amnesia: Rebirth and SOMA.
Here’s a complete rundown of the winners:
Best Game Design of the Year
Resident Evil 4 Remake
Best Score/ Soundtrack of the Year
Resident Evil 4 Remake
Best Audio Design of the Year
Dead Space Remake
Best Horror Trailer of the Year
Silent Hill 2 Remake
Best Performance of the Year
Nick Apostolides (Resident Evil 4 Remake)
Best VR/AR Horror of the Year
Resident Evil Village
Best Horror Multiplayer of the Year
The Outlast Trials
Best Horror Content Creator of the Year
The Sphere Hunter
Best Narrative of the Year
Signalis
Best Indie Horror of the Year
Signalis
Best Art Direction of the Year
Scorn
Best Character of the Year
Leon Kennedy (Resident Evil 4 Remake)
Horror Game of The Year
Resident Evil 4 Remake
Lifetime Achievement Award
Mikael Hedberg (Alone in the Dark, Amnesia: Rebirth, SOMA) – Lead Writer
Remember back in 2022 when developer Survios had announced that they were teaming up with 20th Century Games to develop a new Alien title? Well seeing as it’s Alien Day, Survios has announced their brand-new VR title, Alien: Rogue Incursion. Coming “Holiday 2024” to the PlayStation VR2, SteamVR, and Quest 3, Rogue Incursion will feature an original story that “fully surrounds players within the terrors of the Alien universe”.
Details on the game are light at the moment, but the official site describes the upcoming title as being “designed by Alien fans for Alien fans”, with Survios aiming to craft a “technically advanced, and frightfully immersive Alien virtual reality game.”
Seeing as Alien: Isolation never got official VR support when it was released, this is obviously a welcome announcement. In the meantime, if you’re keen to experience an Alien game in VR, you can always check out the fan-made mod for Alien: Isolation by Nibre_, which allows both the Steam and Epic Games Store version of Alien: Isolation to be played using the Oculus.
And speaking of Alien: Isolation, as you might expect, it’s got a hefty 80% discount going on at the moment on Steam until May 1. So if you still haven’t grabbed it after all these years, this is as good a time as any.
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