Hats off to Super Mario Odyssey…
Nintendo’s upcoming platformer took home five Gamescom Awards this year, including 2017’s “Best of Gamescom” title, as well as “Best Nintendo Switch Game,” “Best Action Game,” “Best Family Game,” and the fan-voted “Most Wanted Consumer Award.”
The only other game to capture multiple Gamescom Awards was Destiny 2, which won “Best Social/Online Game” and “Best Multiplayer Game.”
The international jury spread out the remainder of the Gamescom Awards and chose to honor Assassin’s Creed: Origins (“Best PS4 Game”), Middle-Earth: Shadow of War (“Best Xbox One Game”), Kingdom Come: Deliverance (“Best PC Game”), and Metroid: Samus Returns (“Best Mobile Game”) in the platform categories. Another wide variety of titles (including Project CARS 2, Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom, Pro Evolution Soccer 2018, and others) were big winners in the genre categories.
The complete list of nominees and winners for the 2017 Gamescom Awards can be found after the break.
Best of Gamescom
- WINNER: Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo)
Best PS4 Game
- WINNER: Assassin’s Creed: Origins (Ubisoft)
- Destiny 2 (Activision Blizzard)
- Monster Hunter: World (Capcom)
- Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom (Bandai Namco)
- Uncharted: The Lost Legacy (Sony)
Best Xbox One Game
- Ark: Survival Evolved (Koch Media)
- Assassin’s Creed: Origins (Ubisoft)
- Crackdown 3 (Microsoft)
- Forza Motorsport 7 (Microsoft)
- WINNER: Middle-Earth: Shadow of War (WB Games)
Best Nintendo Switch Game
- FIFA 18 (Electronic Arts)
- Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle (Ubisoft)
- WINNER: Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo)
Best PC Game
- Assassin’s Creed: Origins (Ubisoft)
- Destiny 2 (Activision Blizzard)
- ELEX (THQ Nordic)
- WINNER: Kingdom Come: Deliverance (Koch Media)
- Total War: Warhammer II (Koch Media)
Best Mobile Game
- Danger Mouse: The Danger Games (9th Impact)
- WINNER: Metroid: Samus Returns (Nintendo)
Best Role Playing Game
- Assassin’s Creed: Origins (Ubisoft)
- Detroit: Become Human (Sony)
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance (Koch Media)
- WINNER: Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom (Bandai Namco)
- South Park: The Fractured But Whole (Ubisoft)
Best Racing Game
- WINNER: Forza Motorsport 7 (Microsoft)
- Need For Speed Payback (Electronic Arts)
- Project CARS 2 (Bandai Namco)
Best Action Game
- Call of Duty: WWII (Activision Blizzard)
- Destiny 2 (Activision Blizzard)
- Middle-Earth: Shadow of War (WB Games)
- Star Wars: Battlefront II (Electronic Arts)
- WINNER: Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo)
Best Simulation Game
- Ace Combat 7 (Bandai Namco)
- F1 2017 (Koch Media)
- Farming Simulator: Nintendo Switch (Astragon)
- Life is Strange: Before the Storm (Square Enix)
- WINNER: Project CARS 2 (Bandai Namco)
Best Sports Game
- FIFA 18 (Electronic Arts)
- WINNER: Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 (Konami)
- Wreckfest (THQ Nordic)
Best Family Game
- Anki Overdrive: Fast & Furious Edition (Anki)
- Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 (WB Games)
- Life is Strange: Before the Storm (Square Enix)
- Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom (Bandai Namco)
- WINNER: Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo)
Best Strategy Game
- Age of Empires: Definitive Edition (Microsoft)
- Ancestors (1C Publishing)
- WINNER: Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle (Ubisoft)
- Total War: Warhammer II (Koch Media)
- Tropico 6 (Kalypso Media)
Best Puzzle / Skill Game
- WINNER: God’s Trigger (Techland)
Best Social / Online Game
- WINNER: Destiny 2 (Activision Blizzard)
- Hidden Agenda (Sony)
- Monster Hunter: World (Capcom)
Best Casual Game
- WINNER: Hidden Agenda (Sony)
- Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle (Ubisoft)
- Super Lucky’s Tale (Microsoft)
Best Multiplayer Game
- Ark: Survival Evolved (Koch Media)
- Call of Duty: WWII (Activision Blizzard)
- WINNER: Destiny 2 (Activision Blizzard)
- Monster Hunter: World (Capcom)
- Star Wars: Battlefront II (Electronic Arts)
Best Virtual Reality Game
- Ace Combat 7 (Bandai Namco)
- WINNER: Fallout 4 VR (Bethesda)
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR (Bethesda)
Best Add-On / DLC
- WINNER: Battlefield 1: In the Name of the Tsar (Electronic Arts)
- Final Fantasy XV: Comrades (Square Enix)
- Halo Wars 2: Awakening the Nightmare (Microsoft)
Best Hardware
- Anki Overdrive: Fast & Furious Edition (Anki)
- WINNER: Xbox One X (Microsoft)
Indie Award
- AER: Memories of Old (Daedalic Entertainment)
- Deep Sky Derelicts (1C Publishing)
- WINNER: Double Kick Heroes (Headbang Club)
- Keyboard Sports (Triband)
- Past Cure (Phantom 8 Studio)
Most Wanted Consumer Award (Audience Voted)
- WINNER: Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo)
