Game Critics Awards: Best of E3 nominees

26 June 2014

The 2014 Game Critics Awards: Best of E3 nominees have been announced, comprising of 47 titles that were on display at this year’s expo. The winners will be announced on 1 July 2014.

Here are the nominees, based on submissions from 29 judges. Note: The Division; Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain; and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt were not made available for the judges to play, and were not considered for an award.

Best of Show

  • Alien: Isolation
  • Batman: Arkham Knight
  • Evolve
  • Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
  • No Man’s Sky
  • Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege

Best Original Game

  • Destiny
  • Evolve
  • No Man’s Sky
  • Splatoon
  • Sunset Overdrive

Best Console Game

  • Alien: Isolation
  • Batman: Arkham Knight
  • Destiny
  • Evolve
  • Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

Best Handheld Game

  • Murasaki Baby
  • Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth
  • Super Smash Bros.
  • Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call

Best PC Game

  • Civilization: Beyond Earth
  • Dragon Age: Inquisition
  • Evolve
  • Far Cry 4
  • Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege

Best Hardware

  • Alienware Alpha
  • Oculus Rift
  • PlayStation TV
  • Project Morpheus

Best Action Game

  • Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
  • Destiny
  • Evolve
  • Far Cry 4
  • Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege

Best Action/Adventure Game

  • Alien: Isolation
  • Assassin’s Creed Unity
  • Batman: Arkham Knight
  • Sunset Overdrive
  • The Order: 1886

Best RPG

  • Bloodborne
  • Dragon Age: Inquisition
  • Fable Legends
  • Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
  • Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth

Best Fighting Game

  • Guilty Gear Xrd
  • Killer Instinct Season 2
  • Mortal Kombat X
  • Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
  • Super Smash Bros.

Best Racing Game

  • Driveclub
  • Forza Horizon 2
  • The Crew

Best Sports Game

  • FIFA 15
  • NHL 15
  • Madden NFL 15

Best Strategy Game

  • Civilization: Beyond Earth
  • Grey Goo

Best Social/Casual

  • Disney Infinity 2.0: Marvel Super Heroes
  • Fantasia: Music Evolved
  • LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham
  • Mario Maker
  • Yoshi’s Woolly World

Best Online Multiplayer

  • Battlefield: Hardline
  • Destiny
  • Evolve
  • Splatoon
  • Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege

Best Indie

  • Axiom Verge
  • CounterSpy
  • Below
  • No Man’s Sky
  • Ori and the Blind Forest

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  1. Wurnman
    27.06.2014 at 11:09

    Farcry 4, looks like a gay version of Vaas. Same mannerism, same madness, same same same. I don’t think it will be different just boring for me. Ill give it a skip.

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