The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has been awarded E3 2016’s Best of Show by the coveted Game Critics Awards.
The upcoming Wii U/Nintendo NX adventure also walked away with two further awards, including Best Console Game and Best Action/Adventure Game, with Best Original Game going to Horizon: Zero Dawn and Best VR Game going to Batman: Arkham VR.
Previous titles to win Best of Show include Evolve, Titanfall and Fallout 4.
Zelda was the only game to win more than one award, however, with Forza Horizon 3 picking up the award for Best Racing Game, Battlefield 1 winning Best Action Game, and Final Fantasy XV being awarded Best Role Playing Game. Injustice 2, Steep, Civilization VI, Titanfall 2, Skylanders: Imaginators, Inside, and PlayStation VR all won awards too, with a Special Commendation for Graphics going to God of War.
- Best of Show: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- Best Original Game: Horizon Zero Dawn
- Best Console Game: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- Best VR Game: Batman: Arkham VR
- Best PC Game: Civilization VI
- Best Hardware/Peripheral: PlayStation VR
- Best Action Game: Battlefield 1
- Best Action/Adventure Game: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- Best Role Playing Game: Final Fantasy XV
- Best Racing Game: Forza Horizon 3
- Best Fighting Game: Injustice 2
- Best Sports Game: Steep
- Best Family Game: Skylanders: Imaginators
- Best Online Multiplayer: Titanfall 2
- Best Independent Game: Inside
- Special Commendation for Graphics: God of War
This year’s Game Critics Awards consisted of judges from 40 media outlets, although some games – including Death Stranding, God of War, Destiny: Rise of Iron, Prey, Spider-Man and Mass Effect: Andromeda – were excluded from being nominated for any main awards due to them being unplayable.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is due to release simultaneously on Wii U and Nintendo NX in 2017.
Source: gamecriticsawards.com
