Ryuu96 on 10 December 2022
Xbox Empire - Game of the Year Awards - 2016 Results.
Hosted by Shikamaru317.
| Best Shooter | Winner: Battlefield 1 Runner-up: Overwatch |
| Best Platformer | Winner: ReCore Runner-up: Ori and the Blind Forest Definitive Edition |
| Best Sports/Racing | Winner: Forza Horizon 3 Runner-up: Rocket League |
| Best RPG | Winner: Final Fantasy XV Runner-up: Earthlock: Festival of Magic |
| Best Action-Adventure | Winner: Quantum Break Runner-up: Dishonored 2 |
| Best Horror | Winner: Dead Rising 4 Runner-up: Layers of Fear |
| Best Singleplayer Campaign | Winner: Final Fantasy XV Runner-up: Titanfall 2 |
| Best Multiplayer | Winner: Gears of War 4 Runner-up: Overwatch |
| Best Narrative | Winner: Quantum Break Runner-up: Final Fantasy XV |
| Best Graphics | Winner: Gears of War 4 Runner-up: Battlefield 1 |
| Best Art Design | Winner: Dishonored 2 Runner-up: Overwatch |
| Best Soundtrack | Winner: Final Fantasy XV Runner-up: Dishonored 2 |
| Best Sound Design | Winner: Quantum Break Runner-up: Forza Horizon 3 |
| Best Performance by a Male Actor | Winner: John DiMaggio as Marcus Feenix in Gears of War 4 Runner-up: Shawn Ashmore as Jack Joyce in Quantum Break |
| Best Performance by a Female Actress | Winner: Ericka Soto as Joule Adams in ReCore Runner-up: Erin Yvette as Alex in Oxenfree |
| Best Free To Play Game | Winner: Star Trek Online Runner-up: Happy Dungeons |
| Best ID@Xbox Game | Winner: Oxenfree Runner-up: Inside |
| Best DLC | Winner: Witcher 3: Blood and Wine Runner-up: Forza Horizon 3: Blizzard Mountain |
| Best Console Exclusive | Winner: Forza Horizon 3 Runner-up: Gears of War 4 |
| Best Xbox One Games With Gold Release | Winner: Sunset Overdrive Runner-up: Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition |
| Best Xbox 360 Games With Gold Release | Winner: Deus Ex: Human Revolution Runner-up: Forza Horizon |
| Best Backwards Compatibility Release | Winner: Lost Odyssey Runner-up: Red Dead Redemption |
| Overall Xbox Game of the Year | Winner: Tie- Forza Horizon 3 and Gears of War 4 Runner-up: Final Fantasy XV |
| Overall Xbox 2016 Rating (Games, Hardware, Announcements etc.) | (7.8/10) |
| Quantum Break | (8/10) |
| ReCore | (7.5/10) |
| Forza Horizon 3 | (9.3/10) |
| Gears of War 4 | (8.5/10) |
| Dead Rising 4 | (7.4/10) |
| Most Anticipated 2017 Multiplatform | Winner: Mass Effect Andromeda Runner-up: Red Dead Redemption 2 |
| Most Anticipated 2017 Exclusive | Winner: Scalebound Runner-up: Crackdown 3 |
