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Evolve Wins Best of Gamescom 2014 Award, Other Winners Announced

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2K Games’ 4-versus-1 first-person monster hunting game Evolve won the Best of Gamescom 2014 Award, Gamescom organizers have announced. It’s also the only game at the show to win in multiple categories. In addition to winning the Best of Gamescom Award, the expert jury named it the Best Console Game Microsoft Xbox, Best Action Game, Best PC Game, and Best Online Multiplayer Game.

Sony and Nintendo are the only other companies to win in multiple categories. Nintendo won the Most Wanted Consumer Award (getting the most votes from consumers online and Gamescom attendees) with Super Smash Bros., Best Console Game Nintendo Wii with its paint-based shooter Splatoon, and Best Mobile Game with Super Smash Bros. for 3DS. Sony won both the Best Family Game and the Best Social, Casual, or Online Game awards with LittleBigPlanet 3.

A total of 140 submissions were entered for this year’s Gamescom awards, 54 of which made it to the group of nominees.

Here’s the full list of winners and nominees:

Best of Gamescom Award:

  • Winner — Evolve (Take-Two Interactive/2K)

Most Wanted Consumer Award

Best Console Game Sony PlayStation:

Best Console Game Microsoft Xbox:

Best Console Game Nintendo Wii:

Best Role Playing Game:

Best Action Game:

  • Winner — Evolve (Take-Two Interactive/2K)
  • The Order: 1886 (Sony)
  • Far Cry 4 (Ubisoft)
  • Ori and the Blind Forest (Microsoft)
  • Super Smash Bros. For Wii U (Nintendo)

Best Simulation Game:

Best Sports Game:

Best Family Game:

  • Winner — LittleBigPlanet 3 (Sony)
  • Skylanders Trap Team (Activision Blizzard)
  • Silence (Daedalic Entertainment)
  • LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)
  • Yoshi’s Woolly World (Nintendo)

Best PC Game:

  • Winner — Evolve (Take-Two Interactive/2K)
  • Heroes of the Storm (Blizzard Entertainment)
  • The Evil Within (Bethesda Softworks/ZeniMax)
  • Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel (Take-Two Interactive/2K)
  • Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)

Best Mobile Game

Best Social / Casual / Online Game:

Best Online Multiplayer Game:

  • Winner — Evolve (Take-Two Interactive/2K)
  • Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Activision Blizzard)
  • Heroes of the Storm (Blizzard Entertainment)
  • FIFA 15 (Electronic Arts)
  • Forza Horizon 2 (Microsoft)

Best Hardware (including peripherals):

  • Winner — Oculus Rift DK 2 (Oculus VR)
  • Virtualizer (Cyberith)
  • Project Morpheus (Sony)
  • Amiibo (Nintendo)
  • SHIELD Tablet and SHIELD Wireless Controller (NVIDIA)

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Emanuel Maiberg is a freelance writer. You can follow him on Twitter @emanuelmaiberg and Google+.

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