Every year at the E3, the Game Critics Awards are presented. These are awards determined by a jury of representatives from the gaming press. This year, some promising online games and MMOs such as Anthem, Fortnite, and Battlefield V were included.
What are the Game Critics Awards? These awards have been given since 1998 at the E3 for outstanding games. The jury consists of representatives from the gaming press.
In addition to numerous US media such as Forbes, Entertainment Weekly, IGN, PC Gamer, and Polygon, international media are also involved. Germany was represented by our partners GameStar and GamePro from the Webedia group.
Here are the Game Critics Awards 2018 for MMOs and Online Games!
Among this year’s winners of the Game Critics Awards are some promising online games:
- Anthem: BioWare’s upcoming MMO shooter managed to win two awards. There was an award for “Best Action Game” and “Best PC Game”
- FIFA 2019: The upcoming FIFA was crowned “Best Sports Game” at E3 2018.
- Battlefield V: Another EA title snagged an award. The new Battlefield was awarded “Best Online Multiplayer”.
- Fortnite: The immensely popular Fortnite unsurprisingly received the award for “Best Ongoing Game”.
- Cyberpunk 2077: The new project from the Witcher developers received two special awards: “Special Commendation for Graphics” and “Special Commendation for Innovation”
The remaining winners of E3 2018
In addition to the online games mentioned above, there were other games that received awards:
- Best of Show: Resident Evil 2
- Best Original Game: Dreams
- Best Console Game: Marvel’s Spider-Man
- Best VR/AR Game: Tetris Effect
- Best Hardware/Peripheral: Xbox Adaptive Controller
- Best Action/Adventure: Marvel’s Spider-Man
- Best RPG: Kingdom Hearts III
- Best Fighting Game: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
- Best Racing Game: Forza Horizon 4
- Best Strategy Game: Total War: Three Kingdoms
- Best Family/Social Game: Overcooked 2
- Best Independent Game: Ori and the Will of Wisps
- Special Commendation for Graphics: The Last of Us Part II and Ghost of Tsushima
- Special Commendation for Sound: The Last of Us Part II
What do you think of these awards? Would you have chosen the same titles or do you have other favorites?
