Super Mario Odyssey looked absolutely fantastic at its E3 showing earlier this year- it looked so great that it won the Best of Show awards from many outlets, GamingBolt included. It looks like the official Game Critics Awards agree, too, since they awarded the game the Best of Show honors, in addition to two other wins, for a total of three awards across all categories.
This was actually the highest number of awards won by any one game- but the second place position is also held by Mario, albeit by the surprisingly great looking Mario+Rabbids: Kingdom Battle. You can check out the full list of victors below.
Super Mario Odyssey launches exclusively on the Nintendo Switch on October 27. What was your own personal Game of the Show? Make sure to let us know in the comments section below
Best of Show
Super Mario Odyssey
(Nintendo for Nintendo Switch)
Best Original Game
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
(Ubisoft Paris/Ubisoft Milan/Ubisoft for Nintendo Switch)
Best Console Game
Super Mario Odyssey
(Nintendo for Nintendo Switch)
Best VR Game
Lone Echo
(Ready at Dawn/Oculus Studios for PC)
Best PC Game
Destiny 2
(Bungie/Activision)
Best Handheld Game
Metroid: Samus Returns
(MercurySteam/Nintendo for Nintendo 3DS)
Best Hardware/Peripheral
Xbox One X
(Microsoft)
Best Action Game
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
(Machine Games/Bethesda for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
Best Action/Adventure Game
Super Mario Odyssey
(Nintendo for Nintendo Switch)
Best Role Playing Game
Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom
(Level 5/Bandai Namco Entertainment for PC, PS4)
Best Racing Game
Forza Motorsport 7
(Turn 10/Microsoft Studios for PC, Xbox One)
Best Fighting Game
Dragon Ball FighterZ
(Arc System Works/Bandai Namco Entertainment for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
Best Sports Game
FIFA 18
(EA Canada/EA for PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One)
Best Strategy Game
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
(Ubisoft Paris/Ubisoft Milan/Ubisoft for Nintendo Switch)
Best Family Game
Hidden Agenda
(Supermassive Games/Sony Interactive Ent for PS4)
Best Online Multiplayer
Star Wars Battlefront II
(EA DICE/Motive/Criterion/Electronic Arts for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
Best Independent Game
The Artful Escape
(Beethoven & Dinosaur/Annapurna Interactive for PC, Xbox One)
Winner Breakdown By # of Wins
Three Wins:
Super Mario Odyssey
Two Wins:
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
One Win:
Destiny 2
Dragon Ball FighterZ
FIFA 18
Forza Motorsport 7
Hidden Agenda
Lone Echo
Metroid: Samus Returns
Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom
Star Wars Battlefront II
The Artful Escape
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Xbox One X
Publisher Breakdown
Four Wins:
Nintendo
Two Wins:
Bandai Namco Entertainment
Electronic Arts
Microsoft
Ubisoft
One Win:
Annapurna Interactive
Bethesda Softworks
Oculus Studios
Sony Interactive Entertainment
Platform Breakdown By # Of Wins
(Notes: Multiplatform games/hardware are counted in all appropriate platform tallies. Information based on announced platforms for each winner as of 6/28/2017).
PlayStation 4: 6 (-4 from 2016, -6 from 2015)
PC: 9 (+1 from 2016, Same as 2015)
Xbox One: 6 (-2 from 2016, -1 from 2015)
Switch: 5 (New)