Voting is now open for the first ever Horror Game Awards. Fans can vote now in more than a dozen categories including Best Horror Trailer, Best Indie Performance, Best Character of the Year, and Horror Game of the Year. Part of Feardemic's Fear Fest, the show will stream exclusively on on IGN's YouTube and Twitch channels September 7. Winners will take home a coveted Golden Bat trophy.
Nominees for the inaugural edition include Amnesia: The Bunker, Bramble: The Mountain King, Dead Space Remake, Dredge, IMMORTALITY, FAITH: The Unholy Trinity, Resident Evil 4 Remake, SIGNALIS, System Shock, The Callisto Protocol, and more. Voting runs now through August 3.
The Horror Game Awards mark the culmination of a two-day event that kicks off with Black Summer 2023, a "three-hour showcase of 2023 and 2024's most anticipated horror games with world premiere trailers, developer interviews, special guest appearances, and content creator reactions."
Full nominees include:
Horror Game of The Year - Amnesia: The Bunker, Bramble: The Mountain King, Dead Space Remake, Dredge, IMMORTALITY, FAITH: The Unholy Trinity, Resident Evil 4 Remake, SIGNALIS, System Shock, The Callisto Protocol
Best Character of the Year - Elster (SIGNALIS), Olle (Bramble: The Mountain King), Leon Kennedy (Resident Evil 4 Remake), Jacob Lee (The Callisto Protocol), Isaac Clarke (Dead Space Remake)
Best Narrative of the Year - Burnhouse Lane, Decarnation, IMMORTALITY, SCP: Secret Files, SIGNALIS
Best Game Design - Amnesia: The Bunker, DREDGE, FAITH:The Unholy Trinity, Resident Evil 4 Remake, SIGNALIS
Best Art Direction - Bramble: The Mountain King, DREDGE, Layers of Fear, Saturnalia, Scorn
Best Score/Soundtrack - Amnesia: The Bunker, Bramble: The Mountain King, Resident Evil
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