Best of E3 2016 Winners Selected by Game Critics Awards

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e3Every year, the Game Critics Awards, a collection of editors from more than 40 major publications that cover the video game industry, get together to choose the best games at the E3 Expo.

While all of these titles are still in development, you should keep them in mind when you add games to your collection this Fall and into 2017.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild was named “Best of Show,” and the full list of winners and nominees can be found below.

Best of Show

  • Battlefield 1
  • Dishonored 2
  • Horizon: Zero Dawn
  • Sea of Thieves
  • WINNER: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
  • Titanfall 2

Best Original Game

  • Abzu
  • Detroit: Become Human
  • WINNER: Horizon: Zero Dawn
  • Sea of Thieves
  • We Happy Few

Best Console Game

  • Battlefield 1
  • Dishonored 2
  • Horizon: Zero Dawn
  • The Last Guardian
  • WINNER: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Best PC Game

  • Battlefield 1
  • WINNER: Civilization VI
  • Dishonored 2
  • Gwent: The Witcher Card Game
  • Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III

Best VR Game

  • WINNER: Batman: Arkham VR
  • Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
  • Star Trek: Bridge Crew
  • The Unspoken
  • Wilson’s Heart

Best Hardware

  • Oculus Touch
  • WINNER: PlayStation VR
  • Xbox One S

Best Action Game

  • WINNER: Battlefield 1
  • Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
  • Gears of War 4
  • LawBreakers
  • Titanfall 2

Best Action/Adventure Game

  • Dishonored 2
  • Horizon: Zero Dawn
  • Mafia III
  • The Last Guardian
  • WINNER: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Best RPG

  • Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
  • WINNER: Final Fantasy XV
  • South Park: The Fractured But Whole
  • Tyrrany
  • Persona 5

Best Fighting Game

  • Absolver
  • WINNER: Injustice 2
  • Tekken 7
  • The King of Fighters XIV

Best Racing Game

  • WINNER: Forza Horizon 3
  • F1 2016
  • Gran Turismo Sport

Best Sports Game

  • FIFA 17
  • Madden NFL 17
  • Pro Evolution Soccer 2017
  • WINNER: Steep

Best Strategy Game

  • WINNER: Civilization VI
  • Gwent: The Witcher Card Game
  • Halo Wars 2
  • Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III

Best Family Game

  • Lego Dimensions
  • Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens
  • WINNER: Skylanders: Imaginators

Best Online Multiplayer

  • Absolver
  • Battlefield 1
  • LawBreakers
  • Sea of Thieves
  • WINNER: Titanfall 2

Best Independent Game

  • Absolver
  • Abzu
  • Cuphead
  • WINNER: Inside
  • We Happy Few

Special Commendation for Graphics

  • WINNER: God of War