Fortnite has taken the world by storm and it’s no wonder they have been nominated in the E3 Game Critics Awards: Best of E3. In order to be eligible for consideration for the awards: Best of E3, a game must be on display at E3 2018 in Los Angeles, June 12-14, 2018. Games shown in private meeting rooms are eligible along with those shown publicly on the show floor.
Fortnite has been nominated for the Best Ongoing Game and will up against Destiny 2, For Honor, Playerunknown’s Battlegounds (PUBG) and Tome Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege. Winners for the E3 Game Critics Awards: Best of E3 will be announced on Monday July 2nd 2018.
The full nominees for the awards can be found below:
Best of Show
Anthem (BioWare/EA for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games/SIE for PlayStation 4)
Resident Evil 2 (Capcom for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (FromSoftware/Activision for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Bandai Namco Studios/Sorta Ltd./Nintendo for Switch)
Best Original Game
Anthem (BioWare/EA for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
Days Gone (SIE Bend Studio/SIE for PlayStation 4)
Dreams (Media Molecule/SIE for PlayStation 4)
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (FromSoftware/Activision for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
Skull & Bones (Ubisoft Singapore/Ubisoft for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
Best Console Game
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec/Ubisoft for PS4, Xbox One)
Dreams (Media Molecule/SIE for PlayStation 4)
Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games/SIE for PlayStation 4)
Resident Evil 2 (Capcom for PS4, Xbox One)
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (FromSoftware/Activision for PS4, Xbox One)
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Bandai Namco Studios/Sorta Ltd./Nintendo for Switch)
Best VR/AR Game
Astro Bot: Rescue Mission (SIE Japan Studio/SIE for PSVR)
Déraciné (FromSoftware/SIE Japan Studio/SIE for PSVR)
Echo Combat (Ready at Dawn/Oculus Studios for PC)
Tetris Effect (Resonair/Enhance Inc for PSVR)
Trover Saves the Universe (Squanch Games for PlayStation 4/PSVR)
Best PC Game
Anthem (BioWare/EA)
Battlefield V (EA DICE/EA)
Metro: Exodus (4A Games/Deep Silver)
Rage 2 (Avalanche/id/Bethesda)
Total War: Three Kingdoms (Creative Assembly/Sega)
Best Hardware/Peripheral
NEO GEO Mini (SNK)
Poké Ball Plus (Nintendo for Switch)
Starlink: Battle for Atlas (Ubisoft Toronto/Ubisoft for PS4, Switch, Xbox One)
Vantage Controller for PS4 (SCUF Gaming)
Xbox Adaptive Controller (Microsoft)
Best Action Game
Anthem (BioWare/EA for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
Battlefield V (EA DICE/EA for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Treyarch/Activision for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
Metro: Exodus (4A Games/Deep Silver for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
Rage 2 (Avalanche/id/Bethesda for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
Best Action/Adventure
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec/Ubisoft for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games/SIE for PlayStation 4)
Resident Evil 2 (Capcom for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (FromSoftware/Activision for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
Shadow of the Tomb Raider (Eidos Montreal/Square Enix for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 (Massive Entetainment/Ubisoft for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
Best RPG
Divinity: Original Sin II (Larian Studios/Bandai Namco for PS4, Xbox One)
Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age (Square Enix for PC, PS4, Switch)
Kingdom Hearts III (Square Enix for PS4, Xbox One)
Octopath Traveler (Square Enix/Acquire/Nintendo for Switch)
Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Eevee! (Game Freak/Nintendo for Switch)
Best Fighting Game
Dead or Alive 6 (Team Ninja/Koei Tecmo for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
Jump Force (Spike Chunsoft/Bandai Namco for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
SOUL CALIBUR VI (Bandi Namco for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Bandai Namco Studios/Sorta Ltd./Nintendo for Switch)
Best Racing Game
F1 2018 (Codemasters for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
Forza Horizon 4 (Playground Games/Turn 10/Microsoft Studios for PC, Xbox One)
Team Sonic Racing (Sumo Digital/Sega for PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One)
The Crew 2 (Ivory Tower/Ubisoft for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
Trials Rising (Red Lynx/Ubisoft for PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One)
Best Sports Game
FIFA 19 (EA Vancouver/EA for PS4, Xbox One)
Mario Tennis Aces (Camelot Software Planning/Nintendo for Switch)
Pro Evolution Soccer 2019 (PES Productions/Konami for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
Best Strategy Game
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden (The Bearded Ladies/Funcom for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
Total War: Three Kingdoms (Creative Assembly/Sega for PC)
Two Point Hospital (Two Point Studios/Sega for PC)
Wargroove (Chuckle Fish for PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One)
Best Family/Social Game
Dreams (Media Molecule/SIE for PlayStation 4)
LEGO DC Super-Villains (Traveler’s Tales/WBIE for PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One)
Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Eevee! (Game Freak/Nintendo for Switch)
Overcooked 2 (Ghost Town Games/Team 17 for PS4, Switch, Xbox One)
Mario Tennis Aces (Camelot Software Planning/Nintendo for Switch)
Best Online Mulitplayer
Anthem (BioWare/EA for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
Battlefield V (EA DICE/EA for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Treyarch/Activision for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
Destiny 2: Forsaken (Bungie/Activision for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
Skull & Bones (Ubisoft Singapore/Ubisoft for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 (Massive Entertainment/Ubisoft for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
Best Independent Game
Ori and the Will of Wisps (Moon Studios/Microsoft for PC, Xbox One)
Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital/Annapurna Interactive for PC, Xbox One)
Overcooked 2 (Ghost Town Games/Team 17 for PS4, Switch, Xbox One)
Sable (Shedworks/Raw Fury for PC)
Tunic (Andrew Shouldice/Finji for PC, Xbox One)
Best Ongoing Game
Destiny 2: Forsaken (Bungie/Activision for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
For Honor (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
Fortnite (Epic for iOS, Mac, PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One)
PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS (PUBG Corp for iOS, PC, Xbox One)
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
Special Commendation for Graphics
3 Award Winners, To Be Announced Monday, July 2
Special Commendation for Sound
1 Award Winner To Be Announced Monday, July 2
Special Commendation for Innovation
1 Award Winner, To Be Announced Monday, July 2
Note on Game Eligibility
To be eligible for nomination, games must be “hands-on playable” to voting publications for at least 5 minutes of gameplay during E3 2018.
Due to this rule, the following games were disqualified: Battletoads (Xbox); Beyond Good and Evil 2 (Ubisoft); Control (505 Games); Crackdown 3 (Microsoft); Cyberpunk 2077 (CD Projekt Red); Daemon x Machina (Nintendo); Death Stranding (PlayStation); Devil May Cry 5 (Capcom); DOOM Eternal (Bethesda); Dying Light 2 (Techland); Fallout 76 (Bethesda); Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Nintendo); Gears 5 (Xbox); Gears POP! (Xbox); Gears Tactics (Xbox); Ghost of Tsushima (PlayStation); Halo Infinite (Xbox); Just Cause 4 (Square Enix); Madden NFL 19 (EA); NBA Live 19 (EA); Nioh 2 (PlayStation); Super Mario Party (Nintendo); Stormland (Insomniac Games); The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit (Square Enix); The Last of Us Part II (PlayStation); Wolfenstein: Youngblood (Bethesda).
The above non-playable titles remain eligible for Special Commendations.
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