Star Wars Battlefront leads list of E3 2015 Game Critics Awards nominations

Star Wars Battlefront has been nominated in five categories for this year's E3 2015 Game Critic Awards.

Fallout 4 and Horizon Zero Dawn tie for second with four nominations each. Rainbow Six Patriots and Uncharted 4: A Thief's End were nominated in three categories.

The nominees and winners were chosen by 38 judging publications out of 40 titles displayed at E3 2015, with winners to be announced on Tuesday, July 7.

Here's the list of nominees:

Best of Show

• Fallout 4 (Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda)
• Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games/SCE)
• Oculus Touch (Oculus VR)
• Star Wars Battlefront (DICE/EA)
• Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (Naughty Dog/SCE)

Best Original Game

• Abzu (Giant Squid/505 Games)
• Cuphead (Studio MDHR)
• Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games/SCE)
• The Last Guardian (GenDesign/SCE Japan/SCE)
• Unravel (Coldwood Interactive/EA)

Best Console Game

• Fallout 4 (Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda)
• Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games/SCE)
• Star Wars Battlefront (DICE/EA)
• Super Mario Maker (Nintendo)
• Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (Naughty Dog/SCE)

Best Handheld Game

• Fallout Shelter (Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda)
• Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam (AlphaDream/Nintendo)
• Persona 4 Dancing All Night (Atlus)
• The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes (Nintendo)

Best PC Game

• DOOM (id Software/Bethesda)
• Fallout 4 (Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda)
• Just Cause 3 (Avalanche Studios/SquareEnix)
• Star Wars Battlefront (DICE/EA)
• Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)

Best Hardware

• Microsoft HoloLens (Microsoft)
• Oculus Rift (Oculus VR)
• Oculus Touch (Oculus VR)
• Project Morpheus (Sony Computer Entertainment)
• Xbox Elite Wireless Controller (Microsoft)

Best Action Game

• DOOM (id Software/Bethesda)
• Halo 5: Guardians (343/Microsoft Studios)
• Just Cause 3 (Avalanche Studios/SquareEnix)
• Star Wars Battlefront (DICE/EA)
• Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)

Best Action/Adventure Game

• Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games/SCE)
• Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Kojima Productions/Konami)
• Rise of the Tomb Raider (Crystal Dynamics/Microsoft Studios)
• The Last Guardian (GenDesign/SCE Japan/SCE)
• Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (Naughty Dog/SCE)

Best RPG

• Dark Souls 3 (From Software/BandaiNamco Games)
• Fallout 4 (Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda)
• Fire Emblem Fates (Intelligent Systems/Nintendo)
• Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam (AlphaDream/Nintendo)
• Sword Coast Legends (nSpace/Digital Extremes/Wizards of the Coast)

Best Racing Game

• Forza Motorsport 6 (Turn 10/Microsoft Studios)
• Need for Speed (Ghost Games/EA)
• Trackmania Turbo (Nadeo/Ubisoft)

Best Sports Game

• FIFA 16 (EA Canada/EA)
• NHL 16 (EA Canada/EA)
• Madden NFL 16 (Tiburon/EA)
• Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 (Konami)
• Rory McIlroy PGA Tour (EA Tiburon/EA)

Best Family/Social Game

• Disney Infinity 3.0 (Avalanche Software/Disney Interactive)
• Guitar Hero Live (FreeStyleGames/Activision)
• LEGO Dimensions (TT Games/WBIE)
• Rock Band 4 (Harmonix)
• Super Mario Maker (Nintendo)

Best Online Multiplayer

• Call of Duty: Black Ops III (TreyArch/Activision)
• Halo 5: Guardians (343/Microsoft Studios)
• Star Wars Battlefront (DICE/EA)
• Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)
• Tom Clancy's The Division (Massive/Ubisoft)

Best Indie

• Abzu (Giant Squid/505)
• Below (Capy Games)
• Cuphead (Studio MDHR)
• No Man's Sky (Hello Games/SCE)
• Wattam (Funomena)

EA and Sony games were nominated a total of 11 times, with Bethesda handed seven category nominations and Microsoft six.

Publisher, game, and platform nomination breakdowns can be found through the link.

Turtle Rock’s shooter Evolve won a Best in Show along with three other Game Critics Awards in 2014, and No Man’s Sky won three.