This year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo was jam-packed with gaming goodness. And yet somehow a select handful of judges were able to vote on this year’s favorite, with a surprise title managing to win it all with Best of Show.
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Based on the awards given out, Capcom’s remake of Resident Evil 2 took home the coveted award. This is actually a bigger deal than you might think since this marks the first time in history that a Capcom game had managed to win such an award. You can see more details in the tweet below, provided by a member of Capcom’s PR team, Stephanie Palermo.
Resident Evil 2 is the only non-first party Japanese game to win the E3 Best of Show award in 20 years. Yes, 20 years. We are honored! https://t.co/hKJSxI3xKE
— Stephanie P @ NY (@tigresaa) July 2, 2018
The game really stunned us during its presentation so it’s definitely an award well earned. Congrats, team.
Other games also cleaned house at the show this year. Dreams, Media Molecule’s forthcoming game-creation project, took home Best Original Game; while Marvel’s Spider-Man won best overall console game.
In fact, Spidey cleaned house on a number of awards this year, as noted by Insomniac Games’ own James Stevenson below.
The count I have internally is that #SpiderManPS4 won 37 E3 Awards on 47 nominations this year.
The team @insomniacgames crushed it.
— James Stevenson (@JamesStevenson) July 2, 2018
You can find all the award winners below. Congrats to all the teams that took home honors!
Best of Show
Resident Evil 2
(Capcom for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
Best Original Game
Dreams
(Media Molecule/SIE for PlayStation 4)
Best Console
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 for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
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)
There were some special commendations as well, which are as follows:
Special Commendations for Graphics
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
The Last of Us Part II
(Naughty Dog/SIE for PlayStation 4)
Special Commendation for Innovation
Cyberpunk 2077
(CD PROJEKT RED for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
Here’s to looking forward to next year’s show and potential winners!
