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Xbox Empire - Game of the Year Awards - 2017 Results

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Best Shooter Winner: Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Runner-Up: Call of Duty: WWII
Best RPG Winner: South Park: The Fractured But Whole
Runner-Up: Mass Effect Andromeda
Best Action-Adventure Winner: Assassin's Creed Origins
Runner-Up: Middle Earth: Shadow of War
Best Platformer Winner: Cuphead
Runner-Up: Sonic Mania
Best Fighting Game Winner: Tekken 7
Runner-Up: For Honor
Best Horror Winner: Resident Evil 7
Runner-Up: Dead By Daylight
Best Sports/Racing Winner: Forza Motorsport 7
Runner-Up: Infinite Minigolf
Best Soundtrack Winner: Cuphead
Runner-Up: Sonic Mania
Best Art Design Winner: Cuphead
Runner-Up: South Park: The Fractured But Whole
Best Graphics Winner:  Assassin's Creed Origins
Runner-Up: Star Wars Battlefront 2
Best Male Performance Winner: Nathan Fillion as Cayde-6 in Destiny 2
Runner-Up: Abubakar Salim as Bayek in Assassin's Creed Origins
Best Female Performance Winner: Janina Gavankar as Iden Versio in Star Wars Battlefront 2
Runner-Up: Rosario Dawson as Billie Lurk in Dishonored: Death of the Outsider
Best Singleplayer Winner: Assassin's Creed Origins
Runner-Up: Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Best Multiplayer Winner: Call of Duty WWII
Runner-Up: Halo Wars 2
Best Story Winner: Assassin's Creed Origins
Runner-Up: Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Best Games With Gold Release Winner: Oxenfree
Runner-Up: Tales From The Borderlands
Best Backwards Compatibility Release Winner: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Runner-Up: Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
Best ID@Xbox (Indie) Release Winner: Cuphead
Runner-Up: Candleman
Best Xbox Console Exclusive Winner: Cuphead
Runner-Up: Halo Wars 2
Overall Xbox Game of the Year Winner: Assassin's Creed Origins
Runner-Up: Cuphead

Overall Xbox 2017 Rating (Exclusives, Hardware, GWG, BC, etc.) 5.7/10
Voodoo Vince HD 6/10
Phantom Dust HD 7.6/10
Halo Wars 2 8/10
Cuphead 8.25/10
Forza Motorsport 7 7.8/10
Super Lucky's Tale 7.25/10
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds 7.9/10

Most Anticipated 2018 Multiplat Winner: Red Dead Redemption 2
Runner-Up: Kingdom Hearts 3
Most Anticipated 2018 Console Exclusive Winner: Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Runner-Up: Sea of Thieves

Stats

  • Closest Contests: Best Shooter, Best RPG, Best Graphics, Best Male Performance, Best Female Performance, Best Singleplayer, Best Multiplayer, Best Story, Most Anticipated 2018 Console Exclusive (1 Point)
  • Least Close Contest: Best ID@Xbox Release (6 Points)
  • Most Total Points: Cuphead for Best Art Design (12 points)
  • # of Ballots: 10
Last edited by Ryuu96 - on 10 December 2022