Following last week’s nominations, The 2014 Game Critics Awards: Best of E3 winners have been announced.
47 titles were selected by 29 judges, split into categories, and then voted for by the same judges.
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 thus not considered for an award.
Here are this year’s winners, by category:
- Best of Show – Evolve
- Best Original Game – No Man’s Sky
- Best Console Game – Evolve
- Best Handheld/Mobile Game – Super Smash Bros.
- Best PC Game – Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege
- Best Hardware/Peripheral – Oculus Rift
- Best Action Game – Evolve
- Best Action/Adventure Game – Batman: Arkham Knight
- Best Role Playing Game – Dragon Age: Inquisition
- Best Fighting Game – Super Smash Bros.
- Best Racing Game – The Crew
- Best Sports Game – NHL 15
- Best Strategy Game – Civilization: Beyond Earth
- Best Social/Casual/Family Game – Mario Maker
- Best Online Multiplayer – Evolve
- Best Independent Game – No Man’s Sky
- Special Commendation for Innovation – No Man’s Sky
This year’s judges were:
- ArsTechnica
- Associated Press
- Destructoid
- Digital Trends
- EGM
- Electric Playground
- Entertainment Weekly
- The Escapist
- Fortune
- Game Informer
- GamesRadar
- GameSpot
- Gannett ContentOne
- GiantBomb
- Hollywood Reporter
- IGN
- Joystiq
- Kotaku
- L.A. Times
- Machinima
- PC Gamer
- Polygon
- Spike TV
- Sun Media
- USA Today
- US Gamer
- VentureBeat
- Wired
- Yahoo!
Do these games deserve to be at the top? Let us know in the comments and forum.
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Evolve….I think ppl will either like it or dont. Meaning, either it will get a mediocre score or 90%+.
I hope its going to be great, both L4D games were awesome. Still play them, most excelent time waster. Gameplay looks very exciting!