Video game horror will be celebrated at Sunshine City Scare, a new breed of horror convention. The event is May 13-14 at the Coliseum and surrounding area in downtown St. Petersburg.
The new con is the first in Florida to feature video game horror as a main focus. Sunshine City Scare includes voice actors who portray major characters in the most popular games, a horror gaming area, and a tournament with $200 in cash prizes.
The horror con features video game voice actors who portray major characters in popular games and movies based on the games such as Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Dangonropa, and BioShock.
horrorific characters you'll meet
gaming area and tourney with cash prizes
There will be a gaming area with horror video games to play for free. And the gaming tournament will offer $200 in cash prizes. Game announcements and tournament info coming soon. Also, the gaming area is in the balcony of the Coliseum, which overlooks the vendor hall — making it a great place to game!
Video gaming, including the tourney, is hosted by Gamer’s on the Edge.
subgenre explored by florida comic cons
Florida Comic Cons, a news site that covers conventions and fan topics, explored the subgenre in a post called ‘Video Game Horror 101: Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Dangonropa, BioShock.’
sponsors
Sunshine City Scare 2023 is sponsored by Florida Comic Cons, a news site that covers comic, anime, sci-fi, horror, and pop culture conventions; and Florida Cosplay Digital Magazine, a free monthly magazine that spotlights cosplay throughout the state from features and interviews to photos from recent conventions; and Anime St. Pete, which is on Sept. 30-Oct. 1 at the historic Coliseum in beautiful St. Petersburg.