Resident Evil 2 Remake Named Best of Show by 2018 E3 Game Critics Awards

We here at Wccftech recently posted our E3 2018 Awards, but if you’d like another slightly broader take, there are the E3 Game Critics Awards. The awards are organized by Geoff Keighley and are decided by a few dozen judges from the gaming press (sadly, Wccftech wasn’t included!) The nominees for the Game Critics Awards were posted last week, and now the winners have been announced, some of which are a bit surprising. Resident Evil 2 Remake took home best of show, while Dreams snagged best original game. With two wins apiece, Anthem and Spider-Man were the only games to take home multiple awards.

Here’s the full list of 2018 E3 Game Critics Awards winners:

Best of Show

• Resident Evil 2 Remake (Capcom for PC, PS4, Xbox One)

Best Original Game

• Dreams (Media Molecule/SIE for PlayStation 4)

Best Console

• Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games/SIE for PlayStation 4)

Best VR/AR Game

• Tetris Effect (Resonair/Enhance Inc for PSVR)

Best PC Game

• Anthem (BioWare/EA for PC, PS4, Xbox One)

Best Hardware/Peripheral

• Xbox Adaptive Controller (Microsoft)

Best Action Game

• Anthem (BioWare/EA for PC, PS4, Xbox One)

Best Action/Adventure

• Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games/SIE for PlayStation 4)

Best RPG

• Kingdom Hearts III (Square Enix for PS4, Xbox One)

Best Fighting Game

• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Bandai Namco Studios/Sorta Ltd./Nintendo for Switch)

Best Racing Game

• Forza Horizon 4 (Playground Games/Turn 10/Microsoft Studios for PC, Xbox One)

Best Sports Game

• FIFA 19 (EA Vancouver/EA for PS4, Xbox One)

Best Strategy Game

• Total War: Three Kingdoms (Creative Assembly/Sega for PC)

Best Family/Social Game

• Overcooked 2 (Ghost Town Games/Team 17 for PS4, Switch, Xbox One)

Best Online Multiplayer

• Battlefield V (EA DICE/EA for PC, PS4, Xbox One)

Best Independent Game

• Ori and the Will of Wisps (Moon Studios/Microsoft for PC, Xbox One)

Best Ongoing Game

• Fortnite (Epic for iOS, Mac, PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One)

Only games that were playable at E3 were eligible for the Game Critics Awards, but they did hand out some “special commendations” for games that were shown via hands-off demos…

Special Commendations for Graphics

• Cyberpunk 2077 (CD PROJEKT RED for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
• The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog/SIE for PlayStation 4)
• Ghost of Tsushima (Sucker Punch/SIE for PlayStation 4)

Special Commendation for Sound

• The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog/SIE for PlayStation 4)

Special Commendation for Innovation

• Cyberpunk 2077 (CD PROJEKT RED for PC, PS4, Xbox One)

Wccftech got to see and play a number of the winners – check out our impressions of Resident Evil 2 Remake, Spider-Man, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Battlefield V, Ghost of Tsushima, and Cyberpunk 2077.

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