Gamescom 2013: best games, hardware winners

Gamescom 2013 is all done and dusted, but there was more than enough to take away from the industry’s biggest gaming convention, including what the journalists found to be the best of the best.

Out of 170 submissions for the “Oscars of the game industry,” the international jury of experts chose the winners of the Gamescom awards 2013 for various categories.

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The awards and winners are as follows:

Best Console Game Sony Playstation:
Destiny (Activision Blizzard)

Best Console Game Nintendo WII:
Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo)

Best Console Game Microsoft Xbox:
Titanfall (Electronic Arts)

Titanfall

Best Next Generation Console Game:
Titanfall (Electronic Arts)

Best Action Game:
Destiny (Activision Blizzard)

Best Role Playing Game:
The Elder Scrolls Online (ZeniMax)

Elder Scrolls Online

Best Racing Game:
Forza Motorsport 5 (Microsoft)

Best Sports Game:
FIFA 14 (Electronic Arts)

Best Simulation Game:
WarThunder (Gaijin Entertainment)

FIFA 14

Best Family Game:
Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo Europe)

Best Hardware incl. Peripheral:
PlayStation 4 (Sony Computer Entertainment)

Best Mobile Game:
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (Nintendo)

Battlefield 4

Best Online Multiplayer Game:
Destiny (Activision Blizzard)

Best PC Game:
Battlefield 4 (Electronic Arts)

Best Social/Casual/Online Game:
The Elder Scrolls Online (ZeniMax)

Source: Gamescom

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