Bethesda Softworks came out on top of the prestigious Game Critics Awards for the best games of the recent game industry trade show, the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). Bethesda’s Fallout 4 won the “best of show” award, and Bethesda tied in the number of awards won with Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, coming in 2016 from Sony. Both games won four awards each.
Here’s the winners below. I participating in the voting with a few dozen other game journalists, and my votes for the finalists are at the bottom. As you can see, major blockbusters are the big winners of the show. That’s no surprise.
Best of Show
- Fallout 4
Best Original Game
- Horizon: Zero Dawn
Best Console Game
- Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
Best Handheld Game
- The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes
Best PC Game
- Fallout 4
Best Hardware/Peripheral
- Oculus Touch
Best Action Game
- Star Wars: Battlefront
Best Action/Adventure Game
- Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
Best RPG
- Fallout 4
Best Racing Game
- Need for Speed
Best Sports Game
- FIFA 16
Best Family/Social Game
- Super Mario Maker
Best Online Multiplayer
- Star Wars: Battlefront
Best Independent Game
- No Man’s Sky
Special Commendation for Graphics
- Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
Here’s my own votes below.
Best of Show
- Oculus Touch (Oculus VR)
Best Original Game
- Abzu (Giant Squid/505 Games)
Best Console Game
- Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog/SCE)
Best Handheld Game
- Fallout Shelter (Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda)
Best PC Game
- Doom (id Software/Bethesda)
Best Hardware
- No vote
Best Action Game
- Doom (id Software/Bethesda)
Best Action/Adventure Game
- No vote
Best RPG
- Fallout 4 (Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda)
Best Racing Game
- Need for Speed (Ghost Games/EA)
Best Sports Game
- FIFA 16 (EA Canada/EA)
Best Family/Social Game
- Lego Dimensions (TT Games/WBIE)
Best Online Multiplayer
- Call of Duty: Black Ops III (TreyArch/Activision)
Best Independent Game
- Abzu (Giant Squid/505)