Final Fantasy VII Remake and Luigi’s Mansion 3 won big at the E3 2019 Game Critic Awards

E3 2019 may not have too many games to show off this year but…Actually wait that’s pretty much it. There’s no half-ass joke here folks. I’ve half-assed the half-assery. I’ve basically gone whole-ass. Anyway, As is the usual every year, the Game Critics Awards pop up and declare their best of show nominees, with a list of winners following shortly afterwards.

A collective of professional outlets, iiiinfloooooooencers and other jerks that won’t let us in their elite club just because we refuse to use deodorant of any kind, the group had dozens of games to look at and vote for this year. Much like the far superior Critical Hit E3 Awards which takes things a step further and sends a hollowed out two litre Coca Cola bottle turned upside down and filled with Chappies so that it looks like an actual award, the votes this year were all based on one key rule when it came to playable kudos:

That each game had to offer at least five minutes of thumbs-on action, which resulted in certain games losing out in categories where they’d have been a shoo-in to win. Here’s the full list below with the winners in bold. If you’ll excuse me, I have a Las Vegas bookie wanting to rearrange my kneecap after I placed a large bet for Cyberpunk 2077 to win the “Most likely to release in 2019” award.

Best of Show

• Final Fantasy 7 Remake
• Borderlands 3
• Doom Eternal
• Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
• The Outer Worlds
• Watch Dogs: Legion

Best Original Game

• The Outer Worlds
• 12 Minutes
• Bleeding Edge
• Control
• John Wick Hex

Best Console Game

• Final Fantasy 7 Remake
• Luigi’s Mansion 3
• The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
• Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
• Watch Dogs: Legion

Best PC Game

• Doom Eternal
• Borderlands 3
• Control
• The Outer Worlds
• Wolfenstein: Youngblood

Best VR/AR Game

• Phantom: Covert Ops
• Asgard’s Wrath
• Lone Echo II
• Minecraft Earth
• Sniper Elite VR

Best Hardware/Peripheral

• Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2
• Sega Genesis Mini
• Smach Z

Best Action Game

• Doom Eternal
• Borderlands 3
• Call of Duty Modern Warfare
• Gears 5
• Wolfenstein: Youngblood

Best Action/Adventure

• Watch Dogs: Legion
• Control
• Luigi’s Mansion 3
• Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
• The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening

Best RPG

• Final Fantasy 7 Remake
• Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot
• Monster Hunter: World Iceborne
• Pokemon Sword and Shield
• The Outer Worlds

Best Racing Game

• Crash Team Racing
• F1 2019
• Forza Horizon 4: LEGO Speed Champions
• GRID

Best Sports Game

• eFootball Pro Evolution Soccer 2020
• Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
• Madden NFL 20
• Roller Champions

Best Strategy Game

• John Wick Hex
• Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition
• Desperados 3
• Fire Emblem: Three Houses
• Phoenix Point

Best Family/Social Game

• Luigi’s Mansion 3
• Fall Guys
• Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
• Minecraft Dungeons
• Pokemon Sword and Shield

Best Online Multiplayer

• Call of Duty Modern Warfare
• Bleeding Edge
• Gears 5
• Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint
• Wolfenstein: Youngblood

Best Independent Game

• 12 Minutes
• Carrion
• Fall Guys
• John Wick Hex
• Sayonara Wild Hearts

Best Ongoing Game

• Destiny 2
• Final Fantasy 14
• Fortnite
• Monster Hunter: World
• Tom Clancy’s The Division 2

Special Commendations for Graphics

• Cyberpunk 2077

So, anyone on this list who you think wuz robbed? Sound off below.

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Last Updated: June 28, 2019