Zelda: Breath of the Wild, PSVR, For Honor take top gamescom 2016 awards

The European gaming industry has spoken… and here are the winners of the gamescom awards for 2016.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild took home top honors as the “Best of gamescom award” for this year, the PlayStation VR nabbed the “Best Hardware” award, Battlefield 1 picked up the “Most Wanted Consumer Award”, and “For Honor” grabbed both the “Best PlayStation 4 game” and “best PC game”. There’s a lot more than that though, with a couple dozen winners split over 6 categories.

Read on for all the details.

gamescom award 2016: THESE ARE THE WINNERS!

• “The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild” wins the “Best of gamescom award” 2016
• “PlayStation VR” wins the “Best Hardware” category
• “For Honor” convinced in two categories
• The new gamescom award categories for the “Best Extension”, “Best Preview/Vision” and “Best Stand Concept” went to “Destiny: Rise of Iron”, “Horizon – Zero Dawn” and “Mafia III”
• “Battlefield 1” claimed the public prize, the “Most Wanted Consumer Award”

The winners of the gamescom award 2016 have been announced: The award ceremony took place on the social media stage on Friday, 19 August 2016. This year’s international expert jury had selected the 73 nominated products and games from over 200 entries to the most coveted prize of the European gaming industry. Now the winners in all categories have been announced.

The winners of the gamescom awards 2016 have been announced: “The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild” by Nintendo claimed the coveted “Best of gamescom award” this year. “For Honor” by Ubisoft convinced the jury in two categories, claiming the award as the best PlayStation 4 game and best PC game. “Sea of Thieves” by Microsoft was distinguished as the best game for the Xbox One, winner on the Wii U was “The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild” by Nintendo, who also walked off with the award for the best mobile game with “Mario Party Star Rush”. In line with the gamescom “Virtual Reality” trend, “PlayStation VR” convinced the jury as the best new hardware, “Wilson’s Heart” by Twisted Pixel won the award as the best virtual reality game. The categories “Best Stand Concept”, “Best Extension” and “Best Preview/Vision” celebrated their premieres this year. Here, 2K’s stand for “Mafia III”, Activision Blizzard with “Destiny: Rise of Iron” and Sony with “Horizon – Zero Dawn” picked up the trophies. “Battlefield 1”, which won the Most Wanted Consumer Award this year was the public’s favourite.

All of the winners of gamescom awards 2016 at a glance:

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 WiiU
? 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)