Gamespot: Star Wars: Battlefront, Fallout 4 Lead E3 2015 Awards Nominees

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The nominees have been announced for the E3 2015 Game Critics Awards, with DICE's shooter Star Wars: Battlefront leading the way with five total nominations, including one for overall Best of Show.

Battlefront, due November 17 across console and PC, was also nominated for Best Console Game, Best PC Game, Best Action Game, and Best Online Multiplayer.



Bethesda's post-apocalyptic RPG Fallout 4 and Killzone developer Guerrilla Games' new IP Horizon: Zero Dawn followed with four nominations each.

Looking at nominations by publisher, Electronic Arts and Sony led the way with 11 nods each, followed by Bethesda (seven), and Microsoft and Nintendo with six each.

See below for the full rundown of nominees for the E3 2015 Game Critics Awards. These were decided by a panel of 38 publications, including GameSpot. Winners will be announced on Tuesday, July 7.

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, XCOM 2, and Ghost Recon: Wildlands were not made playable to judges so they were not in the running.

Best of Show

Best Original Game

Best Console Game

  • Fallout 4
  • Horizon Zero Dawn
  • Star Wars: Battlefront
  • Super Mario Maker
  • Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
Best Handheld Game

Best PC Game

Best Hardware

  • Microsoft HoloLens
  • Oculus Rift
  • Oculus Touch
  • Project Morpheus
  • Xbox Elite Wireless Controller
Best Action Game

  • Doom
  • Halo 5: Guardians
  • Just Cause 3
  • Star Wars: Battlefront
  • Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
Best Action/Adventure Game

Best RPG

Best Racing Game

Best Sports Game

Best Family/Social Game

Best Online Multiplayer

Best Indie


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Sony and the PS4 dominated according to these guys.

How do you get that? I see leading the list of games nominated to be multiplat titles. 2nd and 3rd is very close between Sony exclusives and X1 exclusives.
 
I mean, Battlefront was at the Sony presser and it has a lot of nominations, but Sony's keynote isn't what these nominations are for.
 
Also, awards for unfinished games is beyond stupid. Let's just clear that up right now. Too bad nobody cares for the real awards, after the games have been out.
 
How do you get that? I see leading the list of games nominated to be multiplat titles. 2nd and 3rd is very close between Sony exclusives and X1 exclusives.

Look at the nominations for Best of Show, Best Original Game, and Best Console Game. Those are the most important categories.