The “media and influencer outlets” represented by the Game Critics Awards have selected this year’s Best of E3 winners. Capcom crawled away with “Best of Show” thanks to the Resident Evil 2 remake.
Meanwhile, Media Molecule’s Dreams won “Best Original Game,” while fellow Sony stablemate Marvel’s Spider-Man won “Best Console Game” and “Best Action/Adventure Game.” The Game Critics Awards honored a rather diverse slate of games this year, giving “Best PC Game” to BioWare’s Anthem, “Best AR/VR Game” to Tetris Effect, and “Best RPG” to Kingdom Hearts III.
Unsurprisingly, the massively-popular Super Smash Bros. Ultimate took home “Best Fighting Game.”
Among non-playable games, a “Special Commendation for Graphics” was awarded to CD Projekt Red’s Cyberpunk 2077, Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us Part II, and Sucker Punch’s Ghost of Tsushima. The Last of Us Part II also received a “Special Commendation for Sound” and Cyberpunk 2077 also collected a “Special Commendation for Innovation.”
The full list of winners can be found after the break.
Best of Show
- Anthem (BioWare/EA)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games/SIE)
- WINNER: Resident Evil 2 (Capcom)
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (FromSoftware/Activision)
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Bandai Namco Studios/Sora/Nintendo)
Best Original Game
- Anthem (BioWare/EA)
- Days Gone (SIE Bend Studio/SIE)
- WINNER: Dreams (Media Molecule/SIE)
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (FromSoftware/Activision)
- Skull & Bones (Ubisoft Singapore/Ubisoft)
Best Console Game
- Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec/Ubisoft)
- Dreams (Media Molecule/SIE)
- WINNER: Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games/SIE)
- Resident Evil 2 (Capcom)
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (FromSoftware/Activision)
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Bandai Namco Studios/Sora/Nintendo)
Best PC Game
- WINNER: Anthem (BioWare/EA)
- Battlefield V (EA DICE/EA)
- Metro: Exodus (4A Games/Deep Silver)
- Rage 2 (Avalanche/id/Bethesda)
- Total War: Three Kingdoms (Creative Assembly/Sega)
Best AR/VR Game
- Astro Bot: Rescue Mission (SIE Japan Studio/SIE)
- Deracine (FromSoftware/SIE Japan Studio/SIE)
- Echo Combat (Ready at Dawn/Oculus Studios)
- WINNER: Tetris Effect (Resonair/Enhance Inc)
- Trover Saves the Universe (Squanch Games)
Best Action Game
- WINNER: Anthem (BioWare/EA)
- Battlefield V (EA DICE/EA)
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Treyarch/Activision)
- Metro: Exodus (4A Games/Deep Silver)
- Rage 2 (Avalanche/id/Bethesda)
Best Action/Adventure Game
- Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec/Ubisoft)
- WINNER: Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games/SIE)
- Resident Evil 2 (Capcom)
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (FromSoftware/Activision)
- Shadow of the Tomb Raider (Eidos Montreal/Square Enix)
- Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 (Massive Entetainment/Ubisoft)
Best RPG
- Divinity: Original Sin II (Larian Studios/Bandai Namco)
- Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age (Square Enix)
- WINNER: Kingdom Hearts III (Square Enix)
- Octopath Traveler (Square Enix/Acquire/Nintendo)
- Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Eevee! (Game Freak/Nintendo)
Best Fighting Game
- Dead or Alive 6 (Team Ninja/Koei Tecmo)
- Jump Force (Spike Chunsoft/Bandai Namco)
- Soul Calibur VI (Bandi Namco)
- WINNER: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Bandai Namco Studios/Sora/Nintendo)
Best Racing Game
- F1 2018 (Codemasters)
- WINNER: Forza Horizon 4 (Playground Games/Turn 10/Microsoft Studios)
- Team Sonic Racing (Sumo Digital/Sega)
- The Crew 2 (Ivory Tower/Ubisoft)
- Trials Rising (Red Lynx/Ubisoft)
Best Sports Game
- WINNER: FIFA 19 (EA Vancouver/EA)
- Mario Tennis Aces (Camelot Software Planning/Nintendo)
- Pro Evolution Soccer 2019 (PES Productions/Konami)
Best Strategy Game
- Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden (The Bearded Ladies/Funcom)
- WINNER: Total War: Three Kingdoms (Creative Assembly/Sega)
- Two Point Hospital (Two Point Studios/Sega)
- Wargroove (Chuckle Fish)
Best Family/Social Game
- Dreams (Media Molecule/SIE)
- Lego DC Super-Villains (Traveler’s Tales/WBIE)
- Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Eevee! (Game Freak/Nintendo)
- WINNER: Overcooked 2 (Ghost Town Games/Team 17)
- Mario Tennis Aces (Camelot Software Planning/Nintendo)
Best Online Multiplayer
- Anthem (BioWare/EA)
- WINNER: Battlefield V (EA DICE/EA)
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Treyarch/Activision)
- Destiny 2: Forsaken (Bungie/Activision)
- Skull & Bones (Ubisoft Singapore/Ubisoft)
- Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 (Massive Entertainment/Ubisoft)
Best Independent Game
- WINNER: Ori and the Will of Wisps (Moon Studios/Microsoft)
- Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital/Annapurna Interactive)
- Overcooked 2 (Ghost Town Games/Team 17)
- Sable (Shedworks/Raw Fury)
- Tunic (Andrew Shouldice/Finji)
Best Ongoing Game
- Destiny 2: Forsaken (Bungie/Activision)
- For Honor (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)
- WINNER: Fortnite (Epic)
- PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG Corp)
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)
Best Hardware/Peripheral
- NeoGeo Mini (SNK)
- Poke Ball Plus (Nintendo)
- Starlink: Battle for Atlas (Ubisoft Toronto/Ubisoft)
- Vantage Controller for PS4 (SCUF Gaming)
- WINNER: Xbox Adaptive Controller (Microsoft)
Special Commendation for Graphics
- WINNER: Cyberpunk 2077 (CD Projekt Red)
- WINNER: The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog/SIE)
- WINNER: Ghost of Tsushima (Sucker Punch/SIE)
Special Commendation for Sound
- WINNER: The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog/SIE)
Special Commendation for Innovation
- WINNER: Cyberpunk 2077 (CD Projekt Red)
