Here are the Game Critics Awards' Best of E3 nominees

Every year post-E3, The Game Critics Awards are held to celebrate and to crown the best games of E3 in their respective categories as well as the best of the best, "Best of Show". At Gamereactor, we were honoured to take part in the voting process and you can find our personal favourites in our annual "Gamereactor's Game of the Show: E3" article that's being published tomorrow.

This year, for the Game Critics Awards, The Outer Worlds is in the nominations-lead with four nominations followed by Borderlands 3, Control, Doom Eternal, Final Fantasy VII: Remake, John Wick Hex, Luigi's Mansion 3, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Watch Dogs: Legion and Wolfenstein: Youngblood with three nominations.

The most nominated publisher is Microsoft with nine nominations, followed closely by Nintendo with eight and Bethesda with six.

PC leads the platform nominations race with a whopping 54, followed by Xbox with 45 and PlayStation 4 with 43.

Check out the full list of nominees below and let us know what you think.

BEST OF SHOW

Borderlands 3
Doom Eternal
Final Fantasy VII: Remake
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
The Outer Worlds
Watch Dogs: Legion

BEST ORIGINAL GAME

12 Minutes
Bleeding Edge
Control
John Wick Hex
The Outer Worlds

BEST CONSOLE GAME

Final Fantasy VII Remake
Luigi's Mansion 3
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Watch Dogs: Legion

BEST PC GAME

Borderlands 3
Control
Doom Eternal
The Outer Worlds
Wolfenstein: Youngblood

BEST VR/AR GAME

Asgard's Wrath
Lone Echo II
Minecraft Earth
Phantom: Covert Ops
Sniper Elite VR

BEST HARDWARE/PERIPHERAL

Sega Genesis Mini
Smach Z
Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2

BEST ACTION GAME

Borderlands 3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Doom Eternal
Gears 5
Wolfenstein: Youngblood

BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE GAME

Control
Luigi's Mansion 3
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
Watch Dogs: Legion

BEST ROLE PLAYING GAME

Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot
Final Fantasy VII Remake
Monster Hunter: World Iceborne
Pokémon Sword/Shield
The Outer Worlds

BEST RACING GAME

Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled
F1 2019
Forza Horizon 4: LEGO Speed Champions
GRID

BEST SPORTS GAME

EFootball Pro Evolution Soccer 2020
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
Madden NFL 20
Roller Champions

BEST STRATEGY GAME

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
Desperados III
Fire Emblem: Three Houses
John Wick Hex
Phoenix Point

BEST FAMILY/SOCIAL GAME

Fall Guys
Luigi's Mansion 3
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
Minecraft Dungeons
Pokémon Sword and Shield

BEST ONLINE MULTIPLAYER

Bleeding Edge
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Gears 5
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint
Wolfenstein: Youngblood

BEST INDEPENDENT GAME

12 Minutes
Carrion
Fall Guys
John Wick Hex
Sayonara Wild Hearts

BEST ONGOING GAME

Destiny 2
Final Fantasy XIV
Fortnite
Monster Hunter: World
Tom Clancy's The Division 2