Am Ende einer E3 werden die interessantesten Spiele der Messe mit den sogenannten Game Critics Awards ausgezeichnet. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild darf in drei Kategorien auf eine Auszeichnung hoffen.

Unter anderem wurde der kommende Nintendo-Titel in der Königsdisziplin "Game of the Show" vorgeschlagen. Darin muss sich der Zelda-Ableger gegen Titel, wie Battlefield 1 oder Horizon Zero Dawn, durchsetzen. Weiterhin wurde das Abenteuer in den Kategorien "bestes Konsolenspiel" und "bestes Action-Adventure" nominiert.

Abräumer der Awards, die am 5. Juli bekannt gegeben werden, könnte Battlefield 1 werden, das in fünf Kategorien vorgeschlagen wurde. Die komplette Übersicht gibt es hier:

Best of Show
- Battlefield 1 (DICE/EA)
- Dishonored 2 (Arkane/Bethesda)
- Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla/Sony Interactive Ent.)
- Sea of Thieves (Rare/Microsoft Studios)
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo)
- Titanfall 2 (Respawn/EA)

Best Original Game
- Abzu (Giant Squid/505 Games)
- Detroit: Become Human (Quantic Dream/Sony Interactive Ent.)
- Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla/Sony Interactive Ent.)
- Sea of Thieves (Rare/Microsoft Studios)
- We Happy Few (Compulsion Games)

Best Console Game
- Battlefield 1 (DICE/EA)
- Dishonored 2 (Arkane/Bethesda)
- Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla/Sony Interactive Ent.)
- The Last Guardian (genDESIGN/Sony Interactive Ent.)
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo)

Best PC Game
- Battlefield 1 (DICE/EA)
- Civilization VI (Firaxis/2K)
- Dishonored 2 (Arkane/Bethesda)
- GWENT: The Witcher Card Game (CD Projekt Red)
- Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III (Relic/Sega)

Best VR Game
- Batman: Arkham VR (Rocksteady/WBIE)
- Resident Evil VII (Capcom)
- Star Trek: Bridge Crew (Red Storm/Ubisoft)
- The Unspoken (Insomniac/Oculus Studio)
- Wilson's Heart (Twisted Pixel/Oculus Studio)

Best Hardware
- Oculus Touch (Oculus VR)
- PlayStation VR (Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Xbox One S (Microsoft)

Best Action Game
- Battlefield One (DICE/EA)
- Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare (Infinity Ward/Activision)
- Gears of War 4 (The Coalition/Microsoft Studios)
- Lawbreakers (Boss Key/Nexon)
- Titanfall 2 (Respawn/EA)

Best Action/Adventure Game
- Dishonored 2 (Arkane/Bethesda)
- Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla/Sony Interactive Ent)
- Mafia III (Hangar 13/2K)
- The Last Guardian (GenDesign/Sony Interactive Ent.)
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo)

Best RPG
- Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (Eidos Montreal/Square Enix)
- Final Fantasy XV (Square Enix)
- South Park: The Fractured But Whole (Ubisoft SF/Ubisoft)
- Tyrrany (Obsidian/Paradox)
- Persona 5 (Atlus)

Best Fighting Game
- Absolver (Sloclap/Devolver)
- Injustice 2 (NetherRealm/WBIE)
- Tekken 7 (Bandai Namco)
- The King of Fighters XIV (SNK/Atlus)

Best Racing Game
- Forza Horizon 3 (Playground Games/Microsoft Studios)
- F1 2016 (Codemasters)
- Gran Turismo Sport (Polyphony Digital/Sony Interactive Ent.)

Best Sports Game
- FIFA 17 (EA Canada/EA)
- Madden NFL 17 (Tiburon/EA)
- Pro Evolution Soccer 2017 (Konami)
- Steep (Ubisoft Annecy/Ubisoft)

Best Strategy Game
- Civilization VI (Firaxis/2K)
- GWENT: The Witcher Card Game (CD Projekt Red)
- Halo Wars 2 (Creative Assembly/343/Microsoft Studios)
- Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III (Relic/Sega)

Best Family Game
- LEGO Dimensions (TT Games/WBIE)
- LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens (TT Games/WBIE)
- Skylanders: Imaginators (Toys for Bob/Activision)

Best Online Multiplayer
- Absolver (Sloclap/Devolver)
- Battlefield 1 (DICE/EA)
- Lawbreakers (Boss Key/Nexon)
- Sea of Thieves (RARE/Microsoft Studios)
- Titanfall 2 (Respawn/EA)

Best Independent Game
- Absolver (Sloclap/Devoler)
- Abzu (Giant Squid/505)
- Cuphead (Studio MDHR)
- Inside (Playdead)
- We Happy Few (Compulsion Games)

Quelle: Game Critic Awards