best of e3 2018 awards

Sony Takes Home Six Wins at E3’s Best of E3 2018 Awards

At every single E3 since 1998, a group of games journalists gathers to vote on the best games of that year’s showcase. The Game Critics Awards, an annual awards ceremony held immediately following the extravagance of the Electronic Entertainment Expo, spits out approximately a few winners amongst hundreds (or maybe thousands) of games shown that year, with each of the winners typically being backed by a AAA publisher.

At this year’s Game Critics Awards, 51 outlets voted , with Sony Interactive Entertainment taking the top spot with six overall wins. And, it may come as no surprise to some, the PlayStation 4 itself outshone the other platforms, with the system taking home 17 wins when compared to Xbox One’s 12 wins, PC’s 10 wins, and the Switch’s four wins (it’s worth noting that a portion of the system wins include awards from 2017: PS4 had five, Xbox One had six, and PC and Switch both had one).

Many of the awards were multiplatform, celebrating the third-party developers that showed off amazing games like Anthem and Cyberpunk 2077.

Don’t miss our own Best of E3 awards, where we picked highlighted ten things we saw at E3 this year.

Below is the list of Game Critics Awards winners. Note that all nominees must have been playable by the judges in order to qualify for the awards.


Best of Show

Resident Evil 2

(Capcom for PC, PS4, Xbox One)

Best Original Game

Dreams

(Media Molecule/SIE for PlayStation 4)

Best Console

Marvel’s Spider-Man

(Insomniac Games/SIE for PlayStation 4)

Best VR/AR Game

Tetris Effect

(Resonair/Enhance Inc for PSVR)

Best PC Game

Anthem

(BioWare/EA for PC, PS4, Xbox One)

Best Hardware/Peripheral

Xbox Adaptive Controller

(Microsoft)

Best Action Game

Anthem

(BioWare/EA for PC, PS4, Xbox One)

Best Action/Adventure

Marvel’s Spider-Man

(Insomniac Games/SIE for PlayStation 4)

Best RPG

Kingdom Hearts III

(Square Enix for PS4, Xbox One)

Best Fighting Game

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

(Bandai Namco Studios/Sorta Ltd./Nintendo for Switch)

Best Racing Game

Forza Horizon 4

(Playground Games/Turn 10/Microsoft Studios for PC, Xbox One)

Best Sports Game

FIFA 19

(EA Vancouver/EA for PS4, Xbox One)

Best Strategy Game

Total War: Three Kingdoms

(Creative Assembly/Sega for PC)

Best Family/Social Game

Overcooked 2

(Ghost Town Games/Team 17 for PS4, Switch, Xbox One)

Best Online Multiplayer

Battlefield V

(EA DICE/EA for PC, PS4, Xbox One)

Best Independent Game

Ori and the Will of Wisps

(Moon Studios/Microsoft for PC, Xbox One)

Best Ongoing Game

Fortnite

(Epic for iOS, Mac, PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One)


Special Commendations for Graphics

Cyberpunk 2077

(CD PROJEKT RED for PC, PS4, Xbox One)

The Last of Us Part II

(Naughty Dog/SIE for PlayStation 4)

Ghost of Tsushima

(Sucker Punch/SIE for PlayStation 4)

Special Commendation for Sound

The Last of Us Part II

(Naughty Dog/SIE for PlayStation 4)

Special Commendation for Innovation

Cyberpunk 2077

(CD PROJEKT RED for PC, PS4, Xbox One)

What do you think of this year’s Game Critics Awards winners? Note that the Special Commendations were added by the judges for games that were not playable (therefore ineligible for awards).

[Source: Game Critics Awards]

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