După ce aţi avut deja ocazia să aflaţi care au fost cele mai bune jocuri de la E3 2018 în opinia redacţiei Go4games (partea întâi, partea a doua), a venit vremea să vedem care sunt nominalizările pentru E3 Game Critics Awards, premii acordate de un grup al celor mai importante publicaţii de gaming internaţionale, din care nu lipsesc ArsTechnica, Easy Allies, Game Informer, GameSpot, IGN, PC Gamer sau Eurogamer. Momentan, avem parte doar de titlurile nominalizate, câştigătorii urmând să fie anuntaţi săptămâna viitoare.
Înainte de prezentarea acestor nominalizări, trebuie făcută următoarea precizare: au fost selectate doar titlurile pe care membrii juriului le-au putut testa personal la E3 2018, jocuri precum Cyberpunk 2077, The Last of Us Part II, Beyond Good and Evil 2, Devil May Cry 5 sau Death Stranding nefiind astfel luate în considerare.
Iată nominalizările pentru premiile E3 2018 Game Critics Awards:
Best of Show
• Anthem (BioWare/EA)
• Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games/SIE)
• Resident Evil 2 (Capcom)
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (FromSoftware/Activision)
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Bandai Namco Studios/Sorta Ltd./Nintendo)
Best Original Game
• Anthem (BioWare/EA)
• Days Gone (SIE Bend Studio/SIE)
• Dreams (Media Molecule/SIE)
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (FromSoftware/Activision)
• Skull & Bones (Ubisoft Singapore/Ubisoft)
Best Console Game
• Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec/Ubisoft)
• Dreams (Media Molecule/SIE)
• Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games/SIE)
• Resident Evil 2 (Capcom)
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (FromSoftware/Activision)
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Bandai Namco Studios/Sorta Ltd./Nintendo)
Best VR/AR Game
• Astro Bot: Rescue Mission (SIE Japan Studio/SIE)
• Déraciné (FromSoftware/SIE Japan Studio/SIE)
• Echo Combat (Ready at Dawn/Oculus Studios)
• Tetris Effect (Resonair/Enhance Inc)
• Trover Saves the Universe (Squanch Games)
Best PC Game
• Anthem (BioWare/EA)
• Battlefield V (EA DICE/EA)
• Metro: Exodus (4A Games/Deep Silver)
• Rage 2 (Avalanche/id/Bethesda)
• Total War: Three Kingdoms (Creative Assembly/Sega)
Best Hardware/Peripheral
• NEO GEO Mini (SNK)
• Poké Ball Plus (Nintendo)
• Starlink: Battle for Atlas (Ubisoft Toronto/Ubisoft)
• Vantage Controller pentru PS4 (SCUF Gaming)
• Xbox Adaptive Controller (Microsoft)
Best Action Game
• Anthem (BioWare/EA)
• Battlefield V (EA DICE/EA)
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Treyarch/Activision)
• Metro: Exodus (4A Games/Deep Silver)
• Rage 2 (Avalanche/id/Bethesda)
Best Action/Adventure
• Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec/Ubisoft)
• Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games/SIE)
• Resident Evil 2 (Capcom)
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (FromSoftware/Activision)
• Shadow of the Tomb Raider (Eidos Montreal/Square Enix)
• Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 (Massive Entetainment/Ubisoft)
Best RPG
• Divinity: Original Sin II (Larian Studios/Bandai Namco)
• Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age (Square Enix)
• Kingdom Hearts III (Square Enix)
• Octopath Traveler (Square Enix/Acquire/Nintendo)
• Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Eevee! (Game Freak/Nintendo)
Best Fighting Game
• Dead or Alive 6 (Team Ninja/Koei Tecmo)
• Jump Force (Spike Chunsoft/Bandai Namco)
• SOUL CALIBUR VI (Bandi Namco)
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Bandai Namco Studios/Sorta Ltd./Nintendo)
Best Racing Game
• F1 2018 (Codemasters)
• Forza Horizon 4 (Playground Games/Turn 10/Microsoft Studios)
• Team Sonic Racing (Sumo Digital/Sega)
• The Crew 2 (Ivory Tower/Ubisoft)
• Trials Rising (Red Lynx/Ubisoft)
Best Sports Game
• FIFA 19 (EA Vancouver/EA)
• Mario Tennis Aces (Camelot Software Planning/Nintendo)
• Pro Evolution Soccer 2019 (PES Productions/Konami)
Best Strategy Game
• Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden (The Bearded Ladies/Funcom)
• Total War: Three Kingdoms (Creative Assembly/Sega)
• Two Point Hospital (Two Point Studios/Sega)
• Wargroove (Chuckle Fish)
Best Family/Social Game
• Dreams (Media Molecule/SIE)
• LEGO DC Super-Villains (Traveler’s Tales/WBIE)
• Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Eevee! (Game Freak/Nintendo)
• Overcooked 2 (Ghost Town Games/Team 17)
• Mario Tennis Aces (Camelot Software Planning/Nintendo)
Best Online Multiplayer
• Anthem (BioWare/EA)
• Battlefield V (EA DICE/EA)
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Treyarch/Activision)
• Destiny 2: Forsaken (Bungie/Activision)
• Skull & Bones (Ubisoft Singapore/Ubisoft)
• Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 (Massive Entertainment/Ubisoft)
Best Independent Game
• Ori and the Will of Wisps (Moon Studios/Microsoft)
• Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital/Annapurna Interactive)
• Overcooked 2 (Ghost Town Games/Team 17)
• Sable (Shedworks/Raw Fury)
• Tunic (Andrew Shouldice/Finji)
Best Ongoing Game
• Destiny 2: Forsaken (Bungie/Activision)
• For Honor (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)
• Fortnite (Epic)
• PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS (PUBG Corp)
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)