Star Wars Battlefront leads E3 Game Critics Awards nominations

Star Wars Battlefront has been nominated for five separate E3 2015 Game Critics Awards, the highest amount received by any game on display at last month’s show.

The sci-fi shooter scooped nominations for Best Console Game, Best PC Game, Best Action Game, Best Online Multiplayer and the prestigious Best of Show. Last year’s Best of Show award went to Evolve.

Fallout 4 and Horizon: Zero Dawn, meanwhile, were nominated for four awards, with Rainbow Six: Siege and Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End nominated for three.

The stats mean that EA and Sony walk away with the most nominations, with Bethesda finishing in third, and Microsoft and Nintendo in fourth. Indie game No Man’s Sky, however, is actually listed as being published by Sony, possibly inaccurately. Remove it and Sony finishes in second, one place behind EA.

You can take a look at each of the nominations below, with the winners set to be announced next Tuesday, July 7.

Best of Show

• Fallout 4 (Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda)
• Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games/SCE)
• Oculus Touch (Oculus VR)
• Star Wars Battlefront (DICE/EA)
• Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog/SCE)

Best Original Game

• Abzu (Giant Squid/505 Games)
• Cuphead (Studio MDHR)
• Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games/SCE)
• The Last Guardian (GenDesign/SCE Japan/SCE)
• Unravel (Coldwood Interactive/EA)

Best Console Game

• Fallout 4 (Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda)
• Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games/SCE)
• Star Wars Battlefront (DICE/EA)
• Super Mario Maker (Nintendo)
• Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog/SCE)

Best Handheld Game

• Fallout Shelter (Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda)
• Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam (AlphaDream/Nintendo)
• Persona 4 Dancing All Night (Atlus)
• The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes (Nintendo)

Best PC Game

• DOOM (id Software/Bethesda)
• Fallout 4 (Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda)
• Just Cause 3 (Avalanche Studios/Square-Enix)
• Star Wars Battlefront (DICE/EA)
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)

Best Hardware

• Microsoft HoloLens (Microsoft)
• Oculus Rift (Oculus VR)
• Oculus Touch (Oculus VR)
• Project Morpheus (Sony Computer Entertainment)
• Xbox Elite Wireless Controller (Microsoft)

Best Action Game

• DOOM (id Software/Bethesda)
• Halo 5: Guardians (343/Microsoft Studios)
• Just Cause 3 (Avalanche Studios/Square-Enix)
• Star Wars Battlefront (DICE/EA)
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)

Best Action/Adventure Game

• Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games/SCE)
• Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Kojima Productions/Konami)
• Rise of the Tomb Raider (Crystal Dynamics/Microsoft Studios)
• The Last Guardian (GenDesign/SCE Japan/SCE)
• Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog/SCE)

Best RPG

• Dark Souls 3 (From Software/Bandai-Namco Games)
• Fallout 4 (Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda)
• Fire Emblem Fates (Intelligent Systems/Nintendo)
• Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam (AlphaDream/Nintendo)
• Sword Coast Legends (n-Space/Digital Extremes/Wizards of the Coast)

Best Racing Game

• Forza Motorsport 6 (Turn 10/Microsoft Studios)
• Need for Speed (Ghost Games/EA)
• Trackmania Turbo (Nadeo/Ubisoft)

Best Sports Game

• FIFA 16 (EA Canada/EA)
• NHL 16 (EA Canada/EA)
• Madden NFL 16 (Tiburon/EA)
• Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 (Konami)
• Rory McIlroy PGA Tour (EA Tiburon/EA)

Best Family/Social Game

• Disney Infinity 3.0 (Avalanche Software/Disney Interactive)
• Guitar Hero Live (FreeStyleGames/Activision)
• LEGO Dimensions (TT Games/WBIE)
• Rock Band 4 (Harmonix)
• Super Mario Maker (Nintendo)

Best Online Multiplayer

• Call of Duty: Black Ops III (TreyArch/Activision)
• Halo 5: Guardians (343/Microsoft Studios)
• Star Wars Battlefront (DICE/EA)
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)
• Tom Clancy’s The Division (Massive/Ubisoft)

Best Indie

• Abzu (Giant Squid/505)
• Below (Capy Games) 
• Cuphead (Studio MDHR)
• No Man’s Sky (Hello Games/SCE)
• Wattam (Funomena)

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Source: gamecriticsawards.com