Best of E3 2015 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 2016.

Fallout 4 was named “Best of Show,” and the full list of winners and nominees can be found below.

Best of Show

  • WINNER: Fallout 4
  • Horizon: Zero Dawn
  • Oculus Touch
  • Star Wars: Battlefront
  • Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End

Best Original Game

  • Abzu
  • Cuphead
  • WINNER: Horizon: Zero Dawn
  • The Last Guardian
  • Unravel

Best Console Game

  • Fallout 4
  • Horizon: Zero Dawn
  • Star Wars: Battlefront
  • Super Mario Maker
  • WINNER: Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End

Best Handheld Game

  • Fallout Shelter
  • Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
  • Persona 4: Dancing All Night
  • WINNER: The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes

Best PC Game

  • Doom
  • WINNER: Fallout 4
  • Just Cause 3
  • Star Wars: Battlefront
  • Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege

Best Hardware

  • Microsoft HoloLens
  • Oculus Rift
  • WINNER: Oculus Touch
  • Project Morpheus
  • Xbox Elite Wireless Controller

Best Action Game

  • Doom
  • Halo 5: Guardians
  • Just Cause 3
  • WINNER: Star Wars: Battlefront
  • Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege

Best Action/Adventure Game

  • Horizon: Zero Dawn
  • Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
  • Rise of the Tomb Raider
  • The Last Guardian
  • WINNER: Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End

Best RPG

  • Dark Souls III
  • WINNER: Fallout 4
  • Fire Emblem Fates
  • Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
  • Sword Coast Legends

Best Racing Game

  • Forza Motorsport 6
  • WINNER: Need For Speed
  • Trackmania Turbo

Best Sports Game

  • WINNER: FIFA 16
  • NHL 16
  • Madden NFL 16
  • Pro Evolution Soccer 2016
  • Rory McIlroy PGA Tour

Best Family/Social Game

  • Disney Infinity: Star Wars
  • Guitar Hero Live
  • Lego Dimensions
  • Rock Band 4
  • WINNER: Super Mario Maker

Best Online Multiplayer

  • Call of Duty: Black Ops III
  • Halo 5: Guardians
  • WINNER: Star Wars: Battlefront
  • Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege
  • Tom Clancy’s The Division

Best Independent Game

  • Abzu
  • Below
  • Cuphead
  • WINNER: No Man’s Sky
  • Wattam

Special Commendation For Graphics

  • WINNER: Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End