Twinfinite's Best of 2017 Award Winners; Here's Who Cleaned Up

Twinfinite's Best of 2017: Who Cleaned Up?

Award season has come and gone here at Twinfinite. Let's look back at all the award winners from the nearly 30 categories from this year. By far, the most dominant games were: TLOZ: Breath of the Wild (4 awards), Persona 5 (3 awards), and Horizon Zero Dawn (3 awards). Let's break down each category winner starting with our Game of the Year for 2017.

Game of the Year 2017

Winner: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
Runner-ups: Persona 5 and Super Mario Odyssey.

Best Console Exclusive

Winner: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
Runner-ups: Super Mario Odyssey and Horizon Zero Dawn.

Best Handheld/Mobile Exclusive

Winner: Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.
Runner-ups: Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp and Pokemon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon.

Best First-Person Shooter (FPS)

Winner: Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus.
Runner-ups: Call of Duty: WWII and Destiny 2.

Best Third-Person Action Adventure

Winner: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
Runner-ups: Horizon Zero Dawn and Assassin's Creed Origins.

Best Indie Game

Winner: Night in the Woods.
Runner-ups: What Remains of Edith Finch and Cuphead.

Best Role-Playing Game (RPG)

Winner: Persona 5.
Runner-ups: Divinity Original Sin 2 and South Park: The Fractured but Whole.

Best Open-World Game

Winner: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
Runner-ups: Horizon Zero Dawn and Assassin's Creed Origins.

Best Strategy/Simulation Game

Winner: Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle.
Runner-ups: South Park: The Fractured but Whole and Halo Wars 2.

Best Sports/Racing Game

Winner: Forza Motorsport 7.
Runner-ups: Madden NFL 18 and FIFA 18.

Best Co-op Game

Winner: Destiny 2.
Runner-ups: Call of Duty: WWII and Snipperclips.

Best DLC/Expansion

Winner: FFXIV: Stormblood.
Runner-ups: The Sims 4: Cats & Dogs and Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds.

Best Multiplayer Experience

Winner: Call of Duty: WWII.
Runner-ups: Destiny 2 and Splatoon 2.

Best Fighting Game

Winner: Injustice 2.
Runner-ups: Tekken 7 and ARMS.

Best Story/Narrative

Winner: NieR: Automata.
Runner-ups: Persona 5 and Horizon Zero Dawn.

Best PlayStation 4 Exclusive

Winner: Horizon Zero Dawn.
Runner-ups: Persona 5 and NieR: Automata.

Best Xbox One Exclusive

Winner: Forza Motorsport 7.
Runner-ups: Cuphead and Halo Wars 2.

Best Nintendo Exclusive

Winner: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
Runner-ups: Super Mario Odyssey and Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle.

Best PC Exclusive

Winner: Divinity Original Sin 2.
Runner-ups: Total War: Warhammer II and Dream Daddy.

Best Voice Actor

Winner: Claudia Black - Chloe Frazer.
Runner-ups: Brian Bloom - BJ Blazkowicz and Abubakar Salim - Bayek.

Best New Hardware

Winner: Nintendo Switch.
Runner-ups: Xbox One X and Super NES Classic Edition.

Best Developer

Winner: Nintendo.
Runner-ups: Ubisoft and Atlus.

Best New IP

Winner: Horizon Zero Dawn.
Runner-ups: Night in the Woods and Mario+ Rabbids: Kingdom Battle.

Best MMORPG

Winner: Final Fantasy XIV.
Runner-ups: World of Warcraft and The Elder Scrolls Online.

Best VR Game

Winner: Resident Evil 7.
Runner-ups: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Farpoint.

Best Soundtrack

Winner: Persona 5.
Runner-ups: NieR: Automata and Super Mario Odyssey.

Best Art Direction

Winner: Persona 5.
Runner-ups: Cuphead and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

Best Gaming Character

Winner: Aloy - Horizon Zero Dawn.
Runner-ups: BJ Blazkowicz - Wolfenstein II and 2B - NieR Automata.

Best Remake/Remaster

Winner: Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy.
Runner-ups: Mario Kart 8 and Metroid: Samus Returns.

Twinfinite’s Best of 2017 Award Winners; Here’s Who Cleaned Up