The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Wins Best of Gamescom Award

Nintendo's newest game continues to garner accolades.

Posted By | On 22nd, Aug. 2016

legend of zelda breath of the wild

The extremely positive reception to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild continues. After walking away with top honors at E3 (including winning our own Best of Show award!), Zelda also swept the Gamescom awards, walking away with the Best of Show award (in addition to the best Wii U game award)- that’s another feather in the cap for Nintendo’s upcoming game ahead of its release next year.

Elsewhere, EA and DICE’s Battlefield 1 managed to score well with the best game award by popular choice, as well as the best action game award, while PlayStation VR took home the honors of being the best hardware on display at the show.

All in all, it seems to have been a good show with an impressive display of games- the coming year or so will be really amazing for fans of games all around, no matter their platform of choice, that’s for sure.

You can read the full list of winners below:

A. category group: gamescom global awards

gamescom award for Best Add-on/DLC
Destiny: Rise of Iron (Activision Blizzard)

gamescom award for Best Preview/Vision
• Horizon – Zero Dawn (Sony)

gamescom award for Best Booth
Mafia III (2K)

B. category group: Platform

Best Console Game Sony Playstation 4
For Honor (Ubisoft)

Best Console Game Microsoft Xbox One
Sea of Thieves (Microsoft)

Best Console Game Nintendo Wii U
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo)

Best PC Game
For Honor (Ubisoft)

Best Mobile Game
Mario Party Star Rush (Nintendo)

C. category group: Genre

Best Role Playing Game
Final Fantasy XV (Square Enix)

Best Racing Game
Forza Horizon 3 (Microsoft)

Best Action Game
Battlefield 1 (Electronic Arts)

Best Simulation Game
NBA 2K17 (2K)

Best Sports Game
Steep (Ubisoft)

Best Family Game
Skylanders Imaginators (Activision)

Best Strategy Game
Sid Meier’s Civilization VI (2K)

Best Puzzle / Skill Game
Dragon Quest Builders (Square Enix)

Best Social / Online Game
GWENT: The Witcher Card Game (CD Projekt Red)

Best Casual Game
Battlezone (Rebellion)

Best Multiplayer Game
Sea of Thieves (Microsoft)

Best Virtual Reality Game
Wilson’s Heart (Twisted Pixel)

Best Hardware
• PlayStation VR (Sony)

D. category group: Indie award

gamescom Indie award
Little Nightmares (Bandai Namco)

E. category group: Consumer award
Battlefield 1 (Electronic Arts)

F. category group: Best of gamescom
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo)


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