Concern Fest Returns This September With First Ever Horror Video games Awards

Concern Fest is returning this September to showcase a ton of upcoming horror video games and premiere the primary ever Horror Sport Awards.

Feardemic’s two-day occasion will start on September 6 and be obtainable to look at reside completely on IGN’s YouTube and Twitch channels beginning at 11am Pacific / 2pm Japanese / 7pm UK.

The protection kicks off with Black Summer time 2023: a spooky three-hour showcase of 2023 and 2024’s most anticipated horror video games with world premiere trailers, developer interviews, particular visitor appearances, and content material creator reactions.

— Feardemic (horror video games writer) (@feardemic) May 15, 2023

The Horror Sport Awards will happen on September 7 on the similar time and can have fun the very best horror video games of the final yr and the builders who made them. The occasion will probably be broadcast reside from essentially the most haunted theatre in Krakow, with a number of the most well-known names in horror awarding golden bat trophies to the winners.

“We created this occasion in 2022 as a tribute to our horror group, and it turned out to be an enormous success,” stated CEO of Feardemic Scott Millard.

“This yr we needed to make this occasion even higher and extra useful for the horror followers, so we determined to have two nights of horror: one to whet our appetites for the video games coming quickly and one to have fun the video games of the previous yr. And naturally, IGN was the pure associate for Concern Fest and we’re so excited to be working with them on this mission.”

Voting for the Horror Sport Awards will open later this yr, with the gaming group ready to decide on between nominees throughout 15 completely different classes.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer and performing UK information editor. He’ll discuss The Witcher all day.