Another E3 has gone by, and with it comes the Game Ctitics Awards Best of E3 nominations. This year, Titanfall cleaned house with a total of six nominations in categories like Best Original Game, Best Console Game, and Best In Show. Watch_Dogs was close behind, with a total of five nominations, competing against Titanfall in Best In Show, Best Console Game, Best Online Multiplayer, and Best Original Game. Bungie’s new project Destiny was also nominated in five categories, competing with Titanfall in many of them. Of publishers at the convention, EA won the most nominations with 16 across all of its games, including new entries in the Battlefield, Need For Speed and three sports franchises, as well as Titanfall.
This is a new record for most nominations – the previous record holder was The Last of Us with five nominations last year, and it won all five. Curiously missing from the nominations this year were any of Square Enix’s efforts in the RPG category, which included new entries in the Final Fantasy franchise as well as the new Kingdom Hearts. Also notably absent from the nominee list was Sony’s PS4 racing game Drive Club, though Sony’s other racing franchise Gran Turismo 6 made a showing in its stead.
The winners will be revealed tomorrow on Tuesday, July 2. It may seem that many games such as Ryse: Fall of Rome and Thief were passed over, but only games that were playable on the E3 show floor were able to be nominated. Titanfall has the most nominations, but the true winner will be revealed on July Second.
Source: Polygon
