The E3 2016’s Game Critics Awards verdict is now in, with members of 40 different media outlets coming together to decide the best of the best from the LA expo.
Battlefield 1 led the way with the majority of nominations, but it was The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild that – ahem – took everybody’s breath away.
The new open world Zelda title for Wii U and NX managed to sweep up three awards: Best of Show, Best Console Game, and Best Action/Adventure Game.
Civilization VI was the only other game to win more than one award, being named Best PC Game and Best Strategy Game.
Breaking it down in terms of publishers, Sony and Nintendo were the winners with three awards each – Sony’s wins came through Horizon: Zero Dawn, PlayStation VR, and God of War 4.
Check out the full list of winners below, along with the nominees (or pathetic losers) from each category.
Best of Show – The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Nominated: Battlefield 1, Dishonored 2, Horizon: Zero Dawn, Sea of Thieves, Titanfall 2
Best Original Game – Horizon: Zero Dawn
Nominated: Abzu, Detroit: Become Human, Sea of Thieves, We Happy Few
Best Console Game – The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Nominated: Battlefield 1, Dishonored 2, Horizon: Zero Dawn, The Last Guardian
Best VR Game – Batman: Arkham VR
Nominated: Star Trek: Bridge Crew, Resident Evil 7, The Unspoken, Wilson’s Heart
Best PC Game – Civilization VI
Nominated: Battlefield 1, Dishonored 2, Gwent: The Witcher Card Game, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III
Best Hardware/Peripheral – PlayStation VR
Nominated: Xbox One S, Oculus Touch
Best Action Game – Battlefield 1
Nominated: Gears of War 4, Lawbreakers, Titanfall 2
Best Action/Adventure Game – The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Nominated: Dishonored 2, Mafia III, The Last Guardian
Best RPG – Final Fantasy 15
Nominated: Deus Ex: Human Revolution, South Park: The Fractured But Whole, Tyrrany, Persona 5
Best Racing Game – Forza Horizon 3
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Nominated: F1 2016, Gran Turismo Sport
Best Sports Game – Steep
Nominated: FIFA 17, Madden NFL 17, Pro Evolution Soccer 2017
Best Strategy Game – Civilization VI
Nominated: Gwent: The Witcher Card Game, Halo Wars 2 , Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III
Best Family Game – Skyanders: Imaginators
Nominated: LEGO Star Wars The Force Awakens, LEGO Dimensions
Best Online Multiplayer – Titanfall 2
Nominated – Absolver, Battlefield 1, Lawbreakers, Sea of Thieves, Titanfall 2
Best Independent Game – Inside
Nominated: Absolver, Abzu, Cuphead, We Happy Few
Special Commendation for Graphics – God of War 4
Whether you think these choices are right on the money, or horrendously misjudged decisions, surely we can all agree that the next few years are gonna be great for gaming.
Ewan Moore is a journalist at UNILAD Gaming who still quite hasn’t gotten out of his mid 00’s emo phase. After graduating from the University of Portsmouth in 2015 with a BA in Journalism & Media Studies (thanks for asking), he went on to do some freelance words for various places, including Kotaku, Den of Geek, and TheSixthAxis, before landing a full time gig at UNILAD in 2016.