The Horror Game Awards returns this December

The Horror Game Awards are taking place live for its third consecutive year. Five new categories have been added as announced on Wednesday, including Best Indie Developer, Best Horror Streamer, and a Lifetime Achievement Award.

There are 16 categories for The Horror Game Awards 2024

On December 14 at 20:00 GMT, the Horror Game Awards will be streamed live on YouTube to help us appreciate “the most terrifying gaming experiences in the past 12 months,” says the press release. However, the trophy probably isn’t something that Geoff Keighley would approve for his show, The Game Awards. It will be a claw that has bloody embellishments on it instead of a traditional statue. It’s quite fitting.

Image via EA

The 16 categories for this year’s Horror Game Awards include:

• Most Accessible Horror
• Best Horror Developer
• Best Soundtrack
• Best Narrative
• Best Performance
• Best Horror Multiplayer
• Best Survival Horror
• Best Indie Horror
• Most Anticipated Award
• Horror Game of the Year
• Player’s Choice Award
• Best Horror VR
• Best Indie Developer
• Best Horror Streamer
• Technical Achievement Award
• Lifetime Achievement Award

For the year 2024, it seems likely that Crow Country, Alone in the Dark, and Still Wakes the Deep might be in the running. There’s also the upcoming Silent Hill 2 remake.

Nevertheless, no nominees have been announced yet, but we do know who some of the presenters will be. The Horror Game Awards has confirmed the current voice of Leon Kennedy, Nick Apostolides, will be a presenter during the show. Additionally, Dead Space creator Glen Schofield, original Clock Tower director Hifumi Kōno, Signalis co-composer Cicada Sirens, and more will be presenting during the show.

Content creators and horror streamers, including AnEternalEnigma, Ash Millman, LaynaLazar, SuperHorrorBro, 8-BitRyan, and Gh0stArcade will be giving out awards too.

An impressive panel of judges

The new Technical Achievement Award and Lifetime Achievement Award will be decided upon by a talented group of horror game legends, including:

• Rob McLachlan – Founder of Lost Forest Games and Lead Level Designer of Silent Hill: Origins and Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
• David Jaffe – Director of multiple Twisted Metal and God of War titles
• Sam Barlow – Director and Writer of Her Story, Telling Lies, and Immortality
• Will Byles – Director and Writer of Until Dawn and The Quarry
• Thomas Grip – Co-founder of and Developer at Frictional Games
• Scott Miller – Founder of Apogee Software, later 3D Realms
• Usagi Tanaka – Art Director of Silent Hill 3 and creator of the iconic Robbie the Rabbit character
• Chris Pruett – Director of Games at Meta
• Henry Hoare – Designer of Night at the Gates of Hell and Bloodwash, Head of Operations at publisher DreadXP
• Stephen Kick – Director of System Shock (2024), Studio Head at Night Dive
• Leisha Riddel – Associate Art Director of Dead by Daylight
• Mara Cerreti – Lighting Artist for Sledgehammer Games, previously Supermassive Games
• Jen Tonon – Product Director at Eyes Out, previously Producer at Bethesda
• Corpsetine – Production Coordinator at Gearbox Entertainment
• Kelly Yeo – Artist at Blizzard Entertainment
• Marielle Fox – Lead Environment Artist at Red Hook Studios
• Agustin Cordes – Founder of Senscape, Cinematic Director of Silent Hill: Ascension
• Atiya Nova – Solo Developer, User Research Analyst at Ubisoft
• Tara Bunker – Digital Media Manager at Supermassive Games
• Alistair Hope – Director of Alien Isolation
• Maezza Romero – Community Developer and Manager at Romero Games

The Horror Game Awards 2024 will haunt your screens on December 14.

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