Game Critics Awards E3 2017 nominees selected

The smoke has settled after the intensive week that was E3 2017 in Los Angeles, California. The Game Critics Award, arguably the most coveted of awards handed out after the show, has announced the games nominated for awards this year. Gamereactor are among the 40 or so media outlets voting for this year's awards, and only games that judges were allowed to play at the show are eligible for the main categories. This means that games with impressive showcases like Spider-Man and God of War were not eligible as judges were not allowed to play any part of their demos.

Here are the nominees:

Best of Show
• Assassin's Creed: Origins (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)
• Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo)
• Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle (Ubisoft Paris/Ubisoft Milan/Ubisoft)
• Middle-earth: Shadow of War (Monolith/Warner Bros Interactive Ent.)
• Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (Machine Games/Bethesda)

Best Original Game
• Detroit: Become Human (Quantic Dream/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Dragon Ball FighterZ (Arc System Works/Bandai Namco Entertainment)
• Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle (Ubisoft Paris/Ubisoft Milan/Ubisoft)
• Sea of Thieves (Rare/Microsoft)
• Skull & Bones (Ubisoft Singapore/Ubisoft)

Best Console Game
• Assassin's Creed: Origins (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)
• Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo)
• Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle (Ubisoft Paris/Ubisoft Milan/Ubisoft)
• Middle-earth: Shadow of War (Monolith/Warner Bros Interactive Ent.)
• Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (Machine Games/Bethesda)

Best PC Game
• Destiny 2 (Bungie/Activision)
• Middle-earth: Shadow of War (Monolith/Warner Bros. Interactive Ent)
• Mount & Blade II: Bannerlords (TaleWorlds Entertainment)
• Total War: Warhammer II (Creative Assembly/Sega)
• Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (Machine Games/Bethesda)

Best VR Game
• Doom VFR (id Software/Bethesda)
• Fallout 4 VR (Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda)
• Lone Echo (Ready at Dawn/Oculus Studio)
• Moss (Polyarc)
• Transference (SpectreVision/Ubisoft)

Best Mobile/Handheld
• Durango (What Studio/Nexon)
• Metroid: Samus Returns (MercurySteam/Nintendo)
• Hidden Agenda (Supermassive Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• King's Knight: Wrath of the Dark Dragon (Square Enix)
• Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux (Atlus)

Best Hardware
• Astro A10 Gaming Headset (Astro)
• DisplayLink XR (DisplayLink)
• Razer Thresher Ultimate (Razer)
• Logitech PowerPlay Mat (Logitech)
• Xbox One X (Microsoft)

Best Action Game
• Call of Duty: WWII (Sledgehammer Games/Activision)
• Destiny 2 (Bungie/Activision)
• Far Cry 5 (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)
• Star Wars Battlefront II (EA DICE/Motive/Criterion/Electronic Arts)
• Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (Machine Games/Bethesda)

Best Action/Adventure Game
• Assassin's Creed: Origins (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)
• Detroit: Become Human (Quantic Dream/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Days Gone (SIE Bend Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Middle-earth: Shadow of War (Monolith/Warner Bros. Interactive Ent).
• Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo)

Best RPG
• Battle Chasers: Nightwar (Airship Syndicate/THQ Nordic)
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance (Warhorse Studios/Deep Silver)
• Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlords (TaleWorlds Entertainment)
• Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom (Level 5/Bandai Namco Entertainment)
• South Park: The Fractured But Whole (Ubisoft SF/South Park Digital Studios/Ubisoft)
• Vampyr (Dotnod Entertainment/Focus Home Interactive)

Best Fighting Game
• ARMS (Nintendo)
• Dragon Ball FighterZ (Arc System Works/Bandai Namco Entertainment)
• Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite (Capcom)
• Pokken Tournament DX (Bandai Namco Studios/The Pokemon Co.)

Best Racing Game
• Forza Motorsport 7 (Turn 10 Studios/Microsoft)
• Gran Turismo Sport (Polyphony Digital/Sony Interactive Ent)
• Need for Speed Payback (Ghost Games/Electronic Arts)
• Project CARS 2 (Slighty Mad Studios/Bandai Namco Entertainment)
• The Crew 2 (Ivory Tower/Ubisoft Reflections/Ubisoft)

Best Sports Game
• FIFA 18 (EA Canada/Electronic Arts)
• Madden NFL 18 (EA Tiburon/Electronic Arts)
• Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 (PES Productions/Konami)

Best Strategy Game
• Battletech (Harebrained Schemes/Paradox Interactive)
• Frostpunk (11 bit Studios)
• Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle (Ubisoft)
• Total War: Arena (Creative Assembly/Sega/Wargaming)
• Total War: Warhammer II (Creative Assembly/Sega)

Best Family/Social Game
• DropMix (Harmonix/Hasbro)
• Just Dance 2018 (Ubisoft)
• LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 (TT Games/Warner Bros Interactive Ent.)
• Hidden Agenda (Supermassive Games/Sony Interactive Ent.)
• That's You (Wish Studios/Sony Interactive Ent.)

Best Online Multiplayer
• Call of Duty: WWII (Sledgehammer Games/Activision)
• Destiny 2 (Bungie/Activision)
• Star Wars Battlefront II (EA DICE/Motive/Criterion/Electronic Arts)
• Sea of Thieves (Rare/Microsoft)
• Skull & Bones (Ubisoft Singapore/Ubisoft)

Best Independent Game
• Ashen (Aurora 44/Annapurna Interactive)
• Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (Inti Creates/505 Games)
• Donut County (Ben Esposito/Annapurna Interactive)
• Laser League (Roll7/505 Games)
• The Artful Escape of Francis Vendetti (Beethoven & Dinosaur/Annapurna Interactive)

The winners will be announced on Wednesday this week. For more on the Game Critics Awards: Best of E3 2017, check out the the official website.