Fallout 4 Gets E3 2015 Best of Show Award; Full List of Winners Revealed
Bethesda's upcoming title also takes home awards for Best PC Game and Best Role-Playing Game.
Bethesda's Fallout 4 has taken the top honor at the E3 2015 Game Critics Awards. After tallying votes from 38 media outlets, the upcoming post-apocalyptic role-playing game was named overall Best of Show.
Naughty Dog's Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, DICE's Star Wars Battlefront, Guerrilla Games' Horizon: Zero Dawn, and the Oculus Touch controllers were also nominated for the award.
Fallout 4 took home a total of three awards, also garnering Best PC Game, Best Role-Playing Game, and, as mentioned earlier, Best of Show. Uncharted 4 also won three awards: Best Console Game, Best Action/Adventure Game, and the Special Commendation for Graphics.
Looking at nominations by publisher, Sony performed best with five, followed by Electronic Arts with four, and Bethesda with three.
See below for the full rundown of E3 2015 Game Critics Awards winners, which are bolded. GameSpot was part of the voting process.
One thing to note is that Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, XCOM 2, and Ghost Recon: Wildlands were not made playable to judges so they were not in the running.
Best of Show
- Fallout 4
- Horizon: Zero Dawn
- Oculus Touch
- Star Wars Battlefront
- Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
Best Original Game
- Abzu
- Cuphead
- Horizon: Zero Dawn
- The Last Guardian
- Unravel
Best Console Game
- Fallout 4
- Horizon: Zero Dawn
- Star Wars Battlefront
- Super Mario Maker
- Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
Best Handheld Game
- Fallout Shelter
- Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
- Persona 4: Dancing All Night
- The Legend of Zelda: TriForce Heroes
Best PC Game
- Doom
- Fallout 4
- Just Cause 3
- Star Wars Battlefront
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
Best Hardware
- Microsoft HoloLens
- Oculus Rift
- Oculus Touch
- Project Morpheus
- Xbox Elite Wireless Controller
Best Action Game
- Doom
- Halo 5: Guardians
- Just Cause 3
- Star Wars Battlefront
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
Best Action/Adventure Game
- Horizon Zero Dawn
- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
- Rise of the Tomb Raider
- The Last Guardian
- Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
Best RPG
- Dark Souls 3
- Fallout 4
- Fire Emblem: Fates
- Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
- Sword Coast Legends
Best Racing Game
Best Sports Game
Best Family/Social Game
- Disney Infinity 3.0
- Guitar Hero Live
- Lego Dimensions
- Rock Band 4
- Super Mario Maker
Best Online Multiplayer
- Call of Duty: Black Ops III
- Halo 5: Guardians
- Star Wars Battlefront
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
- Tom Clancy's The Division
Best Indie
- Abzu
- Cuphead
- No Man's Sky
- Wattam
Special Commendations for Graphics
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
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