The Legend of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild wins E3 Game Critics Best Of Show Award

The results are in, The Legend of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild  has been voted ‘Best Of Show’ at this year’s E3 Game Critics Awards.

According the worlds gaming press, Breath of the Wild was the best game they saw at this year’s E3 as well s the best console game overall and best action/adventure game. It was the only Nintendo game that won an award (obviously) and the only game to win in more than one category.

Guess the old ‘quality over quantity’ argument could be used right bout now.

Awards

Best of Show
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
(Nintendo/Nintendo for Wii-U/NX)

Best Original Game
Horizon Zero Dawn
(Guerrilla Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment for PlayStation 4)

Best Console Game
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
(Nintendo/Nintendo for Wii-U/NX)

Best VR Game
Batman: Arkham VR
(Rocksteady/Warner Bros. Interactive Ent for PlayStation 4)

Best PC Game
Civilization VI
(Firaxis/2K)

Best Hardware/Peripheral
PlayStation VR
(Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Best Action Game
Battlefield 1
(DICE/EA for PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)

Best Action/Adventure Game
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
(Nintendo/Nintendo for Wii-U/NX)

Best Role Playing Game
Final Fantasy XV
(Square-Enix for PlayStation 4, Xbox One)

Best Racing Game
Forza Horizon 3
(Playground Games/Turn 10/Microsoft Studios for PC, Xbox One)

Best Sports Game
Steep
(Ubisoft Annecy/Ubisoft for PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)

Best Family Game
Skylanders: Imaginators
(Toys for Bob/Activision for PC, PS3/PS4, Xbox 360/Xbox One, Wii U)

Best Online Multiplayer
Titanfall 2
(Respawn/EA for PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)

Best Independent Game
Inside
(Playdead for PC, Xbox One)

Special Commendation for Graphics
God of War
(Sony Santa Monica/Sony Interactive Entertainment for PlayStation 4)

Judges

The Voting Publications are as follows for 2016, comprised of major global media outlets that cover the video game business:

NORTH AMERICA:

• ArsTechnica
• Destructoid
• EGM
• Electric Playground
• Entertainment Weekly
• Fortune
• Game Informer
• GamesRadar
• GameSpot
• Gannett News Service
• Giant Bomb
• IGN
• L.A. Times
• Mashable
• Nerdist
• PC Gamer
• Playboy
• Polygon
• Spike TV
• Sun Media
• TIME Magazine
• USA Today
• US Gamer
• The Verge
• VentureBeat
• Wenner Media
• WIRED
• Yahoo!

INTERNATIONAL:

• Vice (UK)
• EDGE (UK)
• EuroGamer
• Link Digital Spirit/Jeux Video Magazine (France)
• Meristation (Spain)
• SpieleTipps (Germany)
• Famitsu (Japan)
• UOL Jogos (Brazil)
• Level Up (Mexico)
• AusGamers (Australia)