Resident Evil 2 has won the E3 Game Critics awards

Well that was surprising. This year’s E3 may have been a show of zero surprises, but that doesn’t mean that the games on offer weren’t solid. With Anthem, Spider-Man and a new Ori game on the horizon, the selection this year for the best games of E3 were definitely more rounded out than Solid Snake’s butt in Super Smash Bros.

Out of all the games that were eligible for the top honour, it was a game that was already twenty years old that came out swinging and emerged victorious. Granted, Resident Evil 2’s upcoming remake is a massive retweaking of the original with all the bells and whistles, but you get what I’m saying. Sweeping the biggest award possible from those jerks who won’t let us into their No Critical Hits allowed club, Resident Evil 2 had to contend with several other big games along the way.

Here’s the list then, of who also earned some award show love from the critics:

Best of Show

• Resident Evil 2 (Capcom for PC, PS4, Xbox One)

Best Original Game

• Dreams (Media Molecule/SIE for PlayStation 4)

Best Console Game

• Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games/SIE for PlayStation 4)

Best VR/AR Game

• Tetris Effect (Resonair/Enhance Inc for PSVR)

Best PC Game

• Anthem (BioWare/EA)

Best Hardware/Peripheral

• Xbox Adaptive Controller (Microsoft)

Best Action Game

• Anthem (BioWare/EA for PC, PS4, Xbox One)

Best Action/Adventure

• Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games/SIE for PlayStation 4)

Best RPG

• Kingdom Hearts III (Square Enix for PS4, Xbox One)

Best Fighting Game

• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Bandai Namco Studios/Sorta Ltd./Nintendo for Switch)

Best Racing Game

• Forza Horizon 4 (Playground Games/Turn 10/Microsoft Studios for PC, Xbox One)

Best Sports Game

• FIFA 19 (EA Vancouver/EA for PS4, Xbox One)

Best Strategy Game

• Total War: Three Kingdoms (Creative Assembly/Sega for PC)

Best Family/Social Game

• Overcooked 2 (Ghost Town Games/Team 17 for PS4, Switch, Xbox One)

Best Online Multiplayer

• Battlefield V (EA DICE/EA for PC, PS4, Xbox One)

Best Independent Game

• Ori and the Will of Wisps (Moon Studios/Microsoft for PC, Xbox One)

Best Ongoing Game

• Fortnite (Epic for iOS, Mac, PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One)

Special Commendation for Graphics (all E3 games eligible)

• Cyberpunk 2077 (CD PROJEKT RED for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
• The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog/SIE for PlayStation 4)
• Ghost of Tsushima (Sucker Punch/SIE for PlayStation 4)

Special Commendation for Sound (all E3 games eligible)

• The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog/SIE for PlayStation 4)

Special Commendation for Innovation (all E3 games eligible)

• Cyberpunk 2077 (CD PROJEKT RED for PC, PS4, Xbox One)

Agree? Disagree over the fact that Ori And The Will Of The Wisps didn’t win the top spot? You’re damn right it’s a travesty. Damn right, son.

Last Updated: July 3, 2018