Epic Games congratulates the winners of this year's Unreal E3 Awards, and the development teams behind these standout Unreal-powered games showcased at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles. There was tough competition as Epic's judging panel evaluated more than 80 Unreal-powered games throughout E3, ranging from independent gems to AAA blockbusters, each delivering impressive visuals and engaging gameplay.
The Unreal E3 Awards recognize outstanding achievements across five distinct categories while rewarding game developers with top-of-the-line hardware from NVIDIA and Intel, who respectively provide NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti graphics cards and an Intel i9-9900K processors, courtesy of the Intel Game Dev Program, to winning teams.
This year's Unreal E3 Awards nominees and winners are as follows:
Eye Candy: Nominees
- Borderlands 3 | Gearbox Software, 2K Games
- Final Fantasy VII Remake | Square Enix
- Gears 5 | The Coalition, Xbox Game Studios
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order | Respawn Entertainment, EA
- The Dark Pictures Anthology - Man of Medan | Supermassive Games, Bandai Namco Entertainment
- Way to the Woods | Anthony Tan
Eye Candy Winner: Final Fantasy VII Remake
Biggest Buzz: Nominees
- Borderlands 3 | Gearbox Software, 2K Games
- Final Fantasy VII Remake | Square Enix
- Gears 5 | The Coalition, Xbox Game Studios
- Shenmue III | Ys Net, Deep Silver
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order | Respawn Entertainment, EA
- The Outer Worlds | Obsidian Entertainment, Private Division
Biggest Buzz Winner: Borderlands 3
Most Engaging: Nominees
- Asgard's Wrath | Sanzaru Games, Oculus Studios
- Borderlands 3 | Gearbox Software, 2K Games
- Darksiders Genesis | Airship Syndicate, THQ Nordic
- Killsquad | Novarama
- Minecraft Dungeons | Mojang, Xbox Game Studios
- Phantom: Covert Ops | nDreams, Oculus Studios
- Psychonauts 2 | Double Fine, Xbox Game Studios
- Remnant: from the Ashes | Gunfire Games, Perfect World Entertainment
- The Outer Worlds | Obsidian Entertainment, Private Division
Most Engaging Winner: The Outer Worlds
Outstanding Original Game: Nominees
- Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey | Panache Digital Games, Private Division
- Bleeding Edge | Ninja Theory, Xbox Game Studios
- Creature in the Well | Flight School Studio
- Genesis Noir | Feral Cat Den, Fell Traveller
- Journey to the Savage Planet | Typhoon Studios, 505 Games
- Lemnis Gate | Ratloop Games Canada
- Maneater | Blindside Interactive, Tripwire Interactive
- The Outer Worlds | Obsidian Entertainment, Private Division
Outstanding Original Game Winner: Creature in the Well
Unreal Underdog: Nominees
- Creature in the Well | Flight School Studio
- Midnight Ghost Hunt | Vaulted Sky Games, Coffee Stain Publishing
- Moons of Madness | Rock Pocket Games, Funcom
- Lemnis Gate | Ratloop Games Canada
- Lost Ember | Mooneye Studios
- Way to the Woods | Anthony Tan
Unreal Underdog Winner: Midnight Ghost Hunt
For a full recap of Unreal Engine at E3 and a range of UE developer interviews, visit: unrealengine.com/e32019.
