The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild wins Best Game at Gamescom 2016

Among the nominated titles at the world’s largest gaming event, Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild wins Best Game at Gamescom Awards 2016.

Along with Nintendo’s win on the upcoming Zelda title, the rest of the winners selected by an international jury in the various categories were finally announced, including the PlayStation VR for Best Hardware, Skylanders Imaginators for Best Family Game, and Ubisoft’s For Honor for Best Console PS4 Game.

Perhaps the win for Zelda was expected by some gamers. During the last day of E3 2016, fans caused a stampede on their way to play the demo of Breath of the Wild, which won Best Game at the expo in Los Angeles.

After more than 200 entries and 73 nominations, Gamescom released the list of all the winners at the Gamescom Awards 2016:

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)

[Source]: Gamescom: Gamescom Award (2016 Archive).