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Game Critics Awards: nominations announced

The Organization of E3 has revealed today all nominations submitted by Game Critics Awards 2013 , the Oscars of videogames decreed by a pool of journalists and insiders having been able to examine all the games at Los Angeles.

Among all the games mentioned, one that has received the greatest number of mentions is Xbox 360/PC One/ Titanfall of Respawn Entertainment with 6 nominations: This marks the game record with multiple nominations in the entire history of GCA. The title and is followed at a short distance from Destiny and Watch Dogs with five nominations each, and Battlefield 4 and The Elder Scrolls Online with three nominations. Finally, it should be noted as the only participants were those games playable by the jury. Titles like MGS v: The Phantom Pain , The Division , The Witcher III and others were not playable, so were excluded from the competition.

The complete list of nominees: the winners will be announced on July 2.

Best of Show
-Destiny (Bungie/Activision)
-Oculus Rift HD (Oculus VR)
-PlayStation 4 (Sony Computer Entertainment)
-Titanfall (Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts)
-Watch Dogs (Ubisoft)

Best Original Game
-Destiny (Bungie/Activision)
-Fantasy: Music Evolved (Harmonix/Disney Interactive)
-Rain (Japan Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment)
-Titanfall (Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts)
-Watch Dogs (Ubisoft)

Best Console Game
-Batman: Arkham Origins (WB GAMES Montreal/WB GAMES)
-Beyond: Two Souls (Quantic Dream/Sony Computer Entertainment)
-Destiny (Bungie/Activision)
-Infamous: Second Son (Sucker Punch/Sony Computer Entertainment)
-Titanfall (Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts)
-Watch Dogs (Ubisoft)

Best Handheld Game
-Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate (Reinforcements Studio/WB GAMES)
-Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney-Dual Destinies (Capcom/Capcom)
-Plants vs. 2 Zombies (Popcap/EA)
-Tearaway (Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment)
-The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Two Worlds (Nintendo EAD/Nintendo)

Best PC Game
-Battlefield 4 (DICE/Electronic Arts)
-Company of Heroes 2 (Relic/Sega)
-The Elder Scrolls Online (Zenimax Online/Bethesda)
-Titanfall (Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts)
-Total War: Rome II (Creative Assembly/Sega)

Best Hardware
-Oculus Rift (Oculus VR)
-PlayStation 4 (Sony Computer Entertainment)
-Blade (Razr)
-Shield
(Nvidia)
-Xbox One (Microsoft)

Best Action Game
-Battlefield 4 (DICE/Electronic Arts)
-Call of Duty Ghosts (Infinity Ward/Activision)
-Destiny (Bungie/Activision)
-Killzone: Shadow Fall
(Guerilla Games/Sony Computer Entertainment)
-Titanfall (Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts)

Best Action/Adventure Game
-Assassin's Creed II: Black Flag (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)
-Batman: Arkham Origins (WB GAMES Montreal/WB GAMES)
-Bayonetta 2 (Platinum Games/Nintendo)
-Infamous: Second Son (Sucker Punch/Sony Computer Entertainment)
-Watch Dogs
(Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)

Best RPG
-Dark Souls II (FromSoftware/Namco-Bandai)
-The Elder Scrolls Online (Zenimax Online/Bethesda)
-Mario & Luigi: Dream Team (AlphaDream Corporation/Nintendo)
-Shin Megami Tensei IV (Atlus/Atlus)
-South Park: The Stick of Truth
(Obsidian/Ubisoft)

Best Racing Game
-5 Force (Turn 10 Studio/Microsoft Studios)
-Gran Turismo 6 (Polyphony Digital/Sony Computer Entertainment)
-Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo EAD/Nintendo)
-Need for Speed: Rivals (Ghost Games/Electronic Arts)
-The Crew (Ivory Tower, Ubisoft)

Best Sports Game
14-FIFA (EA Canada/EA Sports)
-NHL 14 (EA Canada/EA Sports)
-Madden NFL 25 (Tiburon/EA Sports)
-Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 (PES Productions/Konami)

Best Strategy Game
-Command and Conquer (Victory Games/Electronic Arts)
-Company of Heroes 2 (Relic/Sega)
-Pikmin 3 (Nintendo EAD/Nintendo)
-Total War: Rome II (Creative Assembly/Sega)

Best Social/Casual
-Disney Infinity (Avalanche/Disney Interactive)
-Fantasy: Music Evolved (Harmonix/Disney Interactive)
-LEGO Marvel Super Heroes (TT Games/WB GAMES)
-Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time (Popcap/EA)
-Skylanders: Swap Force (Vicarious Visions/Activision)
-Project Spark (Team Daokta/Microsoft Studios)

Best Online Multiplayer
-Battlefield 4 (DICE/Electronic Arts)
-Destiny (Bungie/Activision)
-Titanfall (Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts)
-The Elder Scrolls Online (Zenimax Online/Bethesda)
-Watch Dogs (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)

Best Downloadable
-Contrast (Compulsion Games)
Octodad: Catch-Dadliest (Young Horses Inc.)
-Outlast (Red Barrels)
- RainĀ  (Japan Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment)
-Transistor (Supergiant Games)