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Here are the winners of the 2017 Game Critics Awards

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Earlier this week, we told you of the nominees for the Game Critics Awards, the closest thing we have to an official best of E3. Judged by 38 international and US publications, the awards are handed out every year to the very best things that were playable at E3. The big winner this year? Mario! Super Mario Odyssey is the game of show and best console game, while Mario+ Rabbids Kingdom Battle netted both Best Original Game and best strategy. Mario’s win aligns quite nicely with our own best of show. Again!

Nothing else was particularly surprising. Here are the winners (in bold) sitting amongst the nominees.

Best of Show

  • – Assassin’s Creed: Origins (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)
  • – Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo)
  • – Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle (Ubisoft Paris/Ubisoft Milan/Ubisoft)
  • – Middle-earth: Shadow of War (Monolith/Warner Bros Interactive Ent.)
  • – Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (Machine Games/Bethesda)

Best Original Game

  • – Detroit: Become Human (Quantic Dream/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
  • – Dragon Ball FighterZ (Arc System Works/Bandai Namco Entertainment)
  • – Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle (Ubisoft Paris/Ubisoft Milan/Ubisoft)
  • – Sea of Thieves (Rare/Microsoft)
  • – Skull & Bones (Ubisoft Singapore/Ubisoft)

Best Console Game

  • – Assassin’s Creed: Origins (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)
  • – Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo)
  • – Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle (Ubisoft Paris/Ubisoft Milan/Ubisoft)
  • – Middle-earth: Shadow of War (Monolith/Warner Bros Interactive Ent.)
  • – Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (Machine Games/Bethesda)

Best PC Game

  • – Destiny 2 (Bungie/Activision)
  • – Middle-earth: Shadow of War (Monolith/Warner Bros. Interactive Ent)
  • – Mount & Blade II: Bannerlords (TaleWorlds Entertainment)
  • – Total War: Warhammer II (Creative Assembly/Sega)
  • – Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (Machine Games/Bethesda)

Best VR Game

  • – Doom VFR (id Software/Bethesda)
  • – Fallout 4 VR (Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda)
  • – Lone Echo (Ready at Dawn/Oculus Studio)
  • – Moss (Polyarc)
  • – Transference (SpectreVision/Ubisoft)

Best Mobile/Handheld

  • – Durango (What Studio/Nexon)
  • – Metroid: Samus Returns (MercurySteam/Nintendo)
  • – Hidden Agenda (Supermassive Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
  • – King’s Knight: Wrath of the Dark Dragon (Square Enix)
  • – Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux (Atlus)

Best Hardware

  • – Astro A10 Gaming Headset (Astro)
  • – DisplayLink XR (DisplayLink)
  • – Razer Thresher Ultimate (Razer)
  • – Logitech PowerPlay Mat (Logitech)
  • – Xbox One X (Microsoft)

Best Action Game

  • – Call of Duty: WWII (Sledgehammer Games/Activision)
  • – Destiny 2 (Bungie/Activision)
  • – Far Cry 5 (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)
  • – Star Wars Battlefront II (EA DICE/Motive/Criterion/Electronic Arts)
  • – Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (Machine Games/Bethesda)

Best Action/Adventure Game

  • – Assassin’s Creed: Origins (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)
  • – Detroit: Become Human (Quantic Dream/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
  • – Days Gone (SIE Bend Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
  • – Middle-earth: Shadow of War (Monolith/Warner Bros. Interactive Ent).
  • – Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo)

Best RPG

  • – Battle Chasers: Nightwar (Airship Syndicate/THQ Nordic)
  • – Kingdom Come: Deliverance (Warhorse Studios/Deep Silver)
  • – Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlords (TaleWorlds Entertainment)
  • – Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom (Level 5/Bandai Namco Entertainment)
  • – South Park: The Fractured But Whole (Ubisoft SF/South Park Digital Studios/Ubisoft)
  • – Vampyr (Dotnod Entertainment/Focus Home Interactive)

Best Fighting Game

  • – ARMS (Nintendo)
  • – Dragon Ball FighterZ (Arc System Works/Bandai Namco Entertainment)
  • – Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite (Capcom)
  • – Pokken Tournament DX (Bandai Namco Studios/The Pokemon Co.)

Best Racing Game

  • – Forza Motorsport 7 (Turn 10 Studios/Microsoft Studios)
  • – Gran Turismo Sport (Polyphony Digital/Sony Interactive Ent)
  • – Need for Speed Payback (Ghost Games/Electronic Arts)
  • – Project CARS 2 (Slightly Mad Studios/Bandai Namco Entertainment)
  • – The Crew 2 (Ivory Tower/Ubisoft Reflections/Ubisoft)

Best Sports Game

  • – FIFA 18 (EA Canada/Electronic Arts)
  • – Madden NFL 18 (EA Tiburon/Electronic Arts)
  • – Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 (PES Productions/Konami)

Best Strategy Game

  • – Battletech (Harebrained Schemes/Paradox Interactive)
  • – Frostpunk (11 bit Studios)
  • – Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle (Ubisoft)
  • – Total War: Arena (Creative Assembly/Sega/Wargaming)
  • – Total War: Warhammer II (Creative Assembly/Sega)

Best Family/Social Game

  • – DropMix (Harmonix/Hasbro)
  • – Just Dance 2018 (Ubisoft)
  • – LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 (TT Games/Warner Bros Interactive Ent.)
  • – Hidden Agenda (Supermassive Games/Sony Interactive Ent.)
  • – That’s You (Wish Studios/Sony Interactive Ent.)

Best Online Multiplayer

  • – Call of Duty: WWII (Sledgehammer Games/Activision)
  • – Destiny 2 (Bungie/Activision)
  • – Star Wars Battlefront II (EA DICE/Motive/Criterion/Electronic Arts)
  • – Sea of Thieves (Rare/Microsoft)
  • – Skull & Bones (Ubisoft Singapore/Ubisoft)

Best Independent Game

  • – Ashen (Aurora 44/Annapurna Interactive)
  • – Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (Inti Creates/505 Games)
  • – Donut County (Ben Esposito/Annapurna Interactive)
  • – Laser League (Roll7/505 Games)
  • – The Artful Escape of Francis Vendetti (Beethoven & Dinosaur/Annapurna Interactive)

What do you think? Worthwhile winners?

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Last Updated: June 28, 2017

6 Comments

  1. Kromas Ryder

    June 28, 2017 at 15:25

    Very happy to see Beyond Good and Evil 2 won every category!.

    Reply

  2. Pieter Kruger

    June 28, 2017 at 16:21

    Welcome back Nintendo.

    Reply

  3. Gustav Minnie

    June 29, 2017 at 00:37

    I actually went and got myself … I mean my son a WiiU on OLX (R1200 – mint condition) for his birthday after seeing the Mario Odyssey footage. 3 games Mario WiiU, Donkey Kong and Mario 3d World (preplayed bins). Happy AF. I will invest in the Switch soon.

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  4. Magoo

    June 29, 2017 at 07:50

    Now I think that is some funny shit. But the people have spoken, I’ll take my leave.

    Reply

  5. TwoLiterSoda

    June 29, 2017 at 18:18

    Wow great list and I agree with every game with the exception of best indie which I think Ashen is top dog.

    Reply

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