It’s probably the most hyped game Nintendo has been involved with for quite some time, but it looks like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has the muscle to match the talk – it’s just won the coveted ‘Best of Gamescom’ award at this year’s show, beating a lot of great competition.
In the other main categories, For Honor claimed Best PS4 Game and Sea of Thieves received the award for Best Xbox One Game at this year’s show. Breath of the Wild also took away the Best Wii U Game, no doubt not the last award it will be receiving before and after it launches.
The winners in full:
Best Add-on/DLC: Destiny: Rise of Iron (Activision Blizzard)
Best Preview/Vision: Horizon: Zero Dawn (Sony)
Best Booth: Mafia III (2K)
Best PlayStation 4 Game: For Honor (Ubisoft)
Best Xbox One Game: Sea of Thieves (Microsoft)
Best Wii U Game: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo)
Best PC Game: For Honor (Ubisoft)
Best Mobile Game: Mario Party Star Rush (Nintendo)
Best Role-Playing Game: Final Fantasy XV (Square Enix)
Best Racing Game: Forza Horizon 3 (Microsoft)
Best Action Game: Battlefield 1 (Electronic Arts)
Best Simulation Game: NBA 2K17 (2K)
Best Sports Game: Steep (Ubisoft)
Best Family Game: Skylanders Imaginators (Activision)
Best Strategy Game: Sid Meier’s Civilization VI (2K)
Best Puzzle/Skill Game: Dragon Quest Builders (Square Enix)
Best Social/Online Game: Gwent: The Witcher Card Game (CD Projekt Red)
Best Casual Game: Battlezone (Rebellion)
Best Multiplayer Game: Sea of Thieves (Microsoft)
Best Virtual Reality Game: Wilson’s Heart (Twisted Pixel)
Best Hardware: PlayStation VR (Sony)
Indie award: Little Nightmares (Bandai Namco)
Consumer award: Battlefield 1 (Electronic Arts)
Best of Gamescom: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo)
Quite a wide selection of different categories there. Let’s wait and see how well these games do once they’re out and ready for comments sections around the internet to criticise every last thing about them.
I joke. Love you, commenters.
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