Oh E3 2016, you are a seemingly distant memory now. HOWEVER, you’re still very much in our thoughts, no people more so than the judges at the Game Critics Awards, who have just announced their full list of winners from E3 2016, and why beat about the bush? Let’s get this underway!
Best of Show
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
(Nintendo/Nintendo for Wii-U/NX)
Best Original Game
Horizon Zero Dawn
(Guerrilla Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment for PlayStation 4)
Best Console Game
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
(Nintendo/Nintendo for Wii-U/NX)
Best VR Game
Batman: Arkham VR
(Rocksteady/Warner Bros. Interactive Ent for PlayStation 4)
Best PC Game
Civilization VI
(Firaxis/2K)
Best Hardware/Peripheral
PlayStation VR
(Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Best Action Game
Battlefield 1
(DICE/EA for PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
Best Action/Adventure Game
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
(Nintendo/Nintendo for Wii-U/NX)
Best Role Playing Game
Final Fantasy XV
(Square-Enix for PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
Best Racing Game
Forza Horizon 3
(Playground Games/Turn 10/Microsoft Studios for PC, Xbox One)
Best Fighting Game
Injustice 2
(NetherRealm/WBIE for PS4, Xbox One)
Best Sports Game
Steep
(Ubisoft Annecy/Ubisoft for PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
Best Family Game
Skylanders: Imaginators
(Toys for Bob/Activision for PC, PS3/PS4, Xbox 360/Xbox One, Wii-U)
Best Online Multiplayer
Titanfall 2
(Respawn/EA for PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
Best Independent Game
Inside
(Playdead for PC, Xbox One)
Special Commendation for Graphics
God of War
(Sony Santa Monica/Sony Interactive Entertainment for PlayStation 4)
Clearly the big winners here picking up 3 awards including Best Console Game, Best Action/Adventure Game and Best of Show, was The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Previous Best of Show winners include Fallout 4 (2015), The Last of Us, (2012), Half-Life 2 (2003) and the first Best of Show winner – Freelancer (1999).
It may have come as no real surprise however, with Battlefield 1, picking up Best Action Game, or Civilzation VI being named Best PC Game.
Horizon Zero Dawn, God of War, Batman: Arkham VR and PlayStation VR were big winners for Sony and PlayStation 4, picking up Best Original Game, Special Commendation for Graphics, Best VR Game and Best Hardware/Peripheral respectively.
But that’s enough from me! What do you think? Do you have any alternatives to the winners picked by a panel from 38 different sources? Check out this link to see the nominees – do you agree with the winners? Tell us now in the Comments below or in the RGM Forums!
