The Game Critics Awards are curated and decided by a group of 40 video game outlets from all over the world. In case you missed it, we reported on all of the nominations for the “Best of E3.” Only games that had playable demos on the floor were eligible for nomination, so not only did these games have to look amazing, they actually had to play amazing as well.
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The winners were announced this morning, and it looks like Mario is still on top; Super Mario Odyssey won Best of Show, Best Console Game, and Best Action / Adventure Game, while Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle won Best Original Game and Best Strategy Game. If you think it’s hard to find a Nintendo Switch now, just wait for the holiday season.
Here is the full list of award winners:
Best of Show
Super Mario Odyssey
(Nintendo for Nintendo Switch)
Best Original Game
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
(Ubisoft Paris/Ubisoft Milan/Ubisoft for Nintendo Switch)
Best Console Game
Super Mario Odyssey
(Nintendo for Nintendo Switch)
Best VR Game
Lone Echo
(Ready at Dawn/Oculus Studios for PC)
Best PC Game
Destiny 2
(Bungie/Activision)
Best Handheld Game
Metroid: Samus Returns
(MercurySteam/Nintendo for Nintendo 3DS)
Best Hardware/Peripheral
Xbox One X
(Microsoft)
Best Action Game
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
(Machine Games/Bethesda for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
Best Action/Adventure Game
Super Mario Odyssey
(Nintendo for Nintendo Switch)
Best Role Playing Game
Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom
(Level 5/Bandai Namco Entertainment for PC, PS4)
Best Racing Game
Forza Motorsport 7
(Turn 10/Microsoft Studios for PC, Xbox One)
Best Fighting Game
Dragon Ball FighterZ
(Arc System Works/Bandai Namco Entertainment for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
Best Sports Game
FIFA 18
(EA Canada/EA for PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One)
Best Strategy Game
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
(Ubisoft Paris/Ubisoft Milan/Ubisoft for Nintendo Switch)
Best Family Game
Hidden Agenda
(Supermassive Games/Sony Interactive Ent for PS4)
Best Online Multiplayer
Star Wars Battlefront II
(EA DICE/Motive/Criterion/Electronic Arts for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
Best Independent Game
The Artful Escape
(Beethoven & Dinosaur/Annapurna Interactive for PC, Xbox One)
Between Odyssey and Kingdom Battle, Mario took home five awards split between Nintendo and Ubisoft. It’s not all about Nintendo, though. All of our nominees point to a golden season of gaming that is already upon us. We already have too many fantastic games in our backlogs just waiting to be played, and we have so many more on the way. It’s a great time to be alive, and a great time to play.
