IGN’s picks for the games you can’t miss at this year’s show.
By IGN Staff
Every year, E3 unloads more gaming announcements, trailers, and details than any one human brain could hope to process. To help you find the games you need to pay attention to, IGN’s team of editors – many of whom possess at least one human brain – has been dispatched to the show to take in a superhuman amount of information and highlight the best ones out there by nominating them for one of or more of our Best of E3 Award categories.
We’ve now chosen our Game of Show for 2019 and winners for each category. Congratulations to all our winners and nominees – we’re incredibly excited to play all of these games when they come out!
Just a reminder: a Best of E3 Award doesn’t necessarily mean a game is going to be amazing – it just means that it demos well in its incomplete state. Think of these as rewards for games that set their sights high and do a good job of making us believe they can hit their lofty goals, creating the enthusiasm and joy of anticipation that fuels so much of this hobby. To see what games actually make good on those promises, make sure to check out our reviews and our Game of the Year Awards every December.
Winner: Cyberpunk 2077
Runner Up: Watch Dogs: Legion
Nominees:
Borderlands 3
Last year’s winner: Cyberpunk 2077
Winner: Cyberpunk 2077
Winner: Cyberpunk 2077
Nominees:
Doom Eternal
Cyberpunk 2077
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Watch Dogs Legion
The Outer Worlds
Dying Light 2
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2
Borderlands 3
Final Fantasy VII Remake
Last year’s winner: Spider-Man
Winner: Cyberpunk 2077
Nominees:
Doom Eternal
Cyberpunk 2077
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Watch Dogs Legion
The Outer Worlds
Dying Light 2
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2
Borderlands 3
Last year’s winner: Cyberpunk 2077
Best Switch Game of E3 2019
Winner: The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
Nominees:
Pokemon Sword & Shield
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
Luigi’s Mansion 3
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Sayonara Wild Hearts
Last year’s winner: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Winner: Cyberpunk 2077
Nominees:
Doom Eternal
Cyberpunk 2077
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Watch Dogs Legion
The Outer Worlds
Dying Light 2
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2
Borderlands 3
Phoenix Point
Last year’s winner: Cyberpunk 2077
Winner: Watch Dogs: Legion
Nominees:
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Watch Dogs Legion
Control
Dying Light 2
Marvel’s Avengers
Sayonara Wild Hearts
Last year’s winner: Spider-Man
Winner: The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
Nominees:
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot
Luigi’s Mansion 3
Tunic
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Sinking City
Last year’s winner: Resident Evil 2
Winner: Cyberpunk 2077
Nominees:
Cyberpunk 2077
The Outer Worlds
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2
Final Fantasy VII Remake
Pokemon Sword & Shield
Monster Hunter World: Iceborne
Maneater
Last year’s winner: Cyberpunk 2077
Winner: Doom Eternal
Nominees:
Doom Eternal
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Gears 5
Ghost Recon Breakpoint
Wolfenstein: Youngblood
Borderlands 3
Last year’s winner: Rage 2
Winner: Granblue Fantasy: Versus
Nominees:
Granblue Fantasy Versus
Last year’s winner: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Winner: Hollow Knight: Silksong
Nominees:
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Blasphemous
Hollow Knight: Silksong
Carrion
Last year’s winner: Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Winner: Forza Horizon 4: LEGO Speed Champions
Nominees:
Forza Horizon 4: LEGO Speed Champions
Last year’s winner: Forza Horizon 4
Winner: John Wick: Hex
Nominees:
John Wick: Hex
Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Evil Genius 2
Phoenix Point
Last year’s winner: Total War: Three Kingdoms
Winner: Madden NFL 20
Nominees:
FIFA 20
Madden NFL 20
Last year’s winner: Tie: Madden 19 and FIFA 19
Winner: Ghostwire: Tokyo
Nominees:
Last year’s winner: Beyond Good & Evil 2
Winner: Nintendo announces a sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Nominees:
Keanu Reeves in Cyberpunk
Microsoft acquires Double Fine
Nintendo announces a sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Last year’s winner: Starfox in Starlink
