Final Fantasy VII is more than 20 years old, but Square Enix’s radically reimagined Final Fantasy VII Remake received top marks at E3 2019 from the Game Critics Awards’s judging panel. The game, which will launch next Spring, took home the coveted “Best of Show” award, and it was also honored as “Best RPG” and “Best Console Game.”
The judging panel spread the rest of the awards around, and Bethesda’s Doom Eternal was the only other game to collect multiple wins (“Best PC Game” and “Best Action Game”). The wide range of other winners included Obsidian’s The Outer Worlds (“Best Original Game”), Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs Legion (“Best Action/Adventure Game”), Nintendo Luigi’s Mansion 3 (“Best Family/Social Game”), among others.
While Sony and Microsoft kept fairly quiet about the PS5 and Xbox Scarlett, Microsoft still managed to lock down “Best Hardware/Peripheral” with the Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2. And CD Projekt Red took home yet another “Special Commendation for Graphics” thanks to Cyberpunk 2077.
The full list of winners from the Game Critics Awards’s Best of E3 2019 Awards can be found after the break.
Best of Show
- Borderlands 3 (Gearbox / 2K Games)
- Doom Eternal (id Software / Bethesda)
- WINNER: Final Fantasy VII Remake (Square Enix / Square Enix)
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Respawn / EA)
- The Outer Worlds (Obsidian / Private Division)
- Watch Dogs Legion (Ubisoft Toronto / Ubisoft)
Best Original Game
- 12 Minutes (Luis Antonio / Annapurna)
- Bleeding Edge (Ninja Theory / Xbox Game Studios)
- Control (Remedy / 505 Games)
- John Wick Hex (Bithell Games / Good Shepherd)
- WINNER: The Outer Worlds (Obsidian / Private Division)
Best Console Game
- WINNER: Final Fantasy VII Remake (Square Enix / Square Enix)
- Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Next Level Games / Nintendo)
- The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (Grezzo / Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Respawn / EA)
- Watch Dogs Legion (Ubisoft Toronto / Ubisoft)
Best PC Game
- Borderlands 3 (Gearbox / 2K Games)
- Control (Remedy / 505 Games)
- WINNER: Doom Eternal (id Software / Bethesda)
- The Outer Worlds (Obsidian / Private Division)
- Wolfenstein: Youngblood (MachineGames / Arkane / Bethesda)
Best AR/VR Game
- Asgard’s Wrath (Sanzaru / Oculus Studios
- Lone Echo II (Ready at Dawn / Oculus Studios
- Minecraft Earth (Mojang / Xbox Game Studios)
- WINNER: Phantom: Covert Ops (nDreams / Oculus Studios)
- Sniper Elite VR (Just Add Water / Rebellion)
Best Action Game
- Borderlands 3 (Gearbox / 2K Games)
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward / Activision)
- WINNER: Doom Eternal (id Software / Bethesda)
- Gears 5 (The Coalition / Xbox Game Studios)
- Wolfenstein: Youngblood (MachineGames / Arkane / Bethesda)
Best Action/Adventure Game
- Control (Remedy / 505 Games)
- Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Next Level Games / Nintendo)
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Respawn / EA)
- The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (Grezzo / Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
- WINNER: Watch Dogs Legion (Ubisoft Toronto / Ubisoft)
Best RPG
- Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot (CyberConnect2 / Bandai Namco)
- WINNER: Final Fantasy VII Remake (Square Enix / Square Enix)
- Monster Hunter: World – Iceborne (Capcom)
- Pokemon Sword and Shield (Game Freak / The Pokemon Company)
- The Outer Worlds (Obsidian / Private Division)
Best Racing Game
- WINNER: Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled (Beenox / Activision)
- F1 2019 (Codemasters)
- Forza Horizon 4: Lego Speed Champions (Playground Games / Xbox Game Studios)
- GRID (Codemasters)
Best Sports Game
- WINNER: Pro Evolution Soccer 2020 (Konami)
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 (Sega)
- Madden NFL 20 (EA Tiburon / EA)
- Roller Champions (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)
Best Strategy Game
- Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition (Wicked Witch / Forgotten Empires / Tantalus / Xbox Game Studios)
- Desperados III (Mimimi Games / THQ Nordic)
- Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Intelligent Systems / Koei Tecmo / Nintendo)
- WINNER: John Wick Hex (Bithell Games / Good Shepherd)
- Phoenix Point (Snapshot Games)
Best Family/Social Game
- Fall Guys (Mediatonic / Devolver Digital)
- WINNER: Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Next Level Games / Nintendo)
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 (Sega)
- Minecraft Dungeons (Mojang / Xbox Game Studios)
- Pokemon Sword and Shield (Game Freak / The Pokemon Company)
Best Online Multiplayer
- Bleeding Edge (Ninja Theory / Xbox Game Studios)
- WINNER: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward / Activision)
- Gears 5 (The Coalition / Xbox Game Studios)
- Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint (Ubisoft Paris / Ubisoft)
- Wolfenstein: Youngblood (MachineGames / Arkane / Bethesda)
Best Independent Game
- WINNER: 12 Minutes (Luis Antonio / Annapurna)
- Carrion (Phobia Game Studio / Devolver Digital)
- Fall Guys (Mediatonic / Devolver Digital)
- John Wick Hex (Bithell Games / Good Shepherd)
- Sayonara Wild Hearts (Simogo / Annapurna)
Best Ongoing Game
- WINNER: Destiny 2 (Bungie)
- Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
- Fortnite (Epic Games)
- Monster Hunter: World (Capcom)
- Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 (Massive Entertainment / Ubisoft)
Best Hardware/Peripheral
- Sega Genesis Mini (Sega)
- Smach Z (Smach)
- WINNER: Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2 (Microsoft)
Special Commendation for Graphics
WINNER: Cyberpunk 2077 (CD Projekt Red)
