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Official E3 2021 Awards Winners announced, Forza Horizon 5 most anticipated

By:Merima Dzakic
Published: 14:25, 16 June 2021
Updated: 14:26, 16 June 2021
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Key video game industry media partners have teamed up, put their heads together and decided on the top games from the four-day E3 2021 live broadcast extravaganza.

This year's first-ever, all virtual E3 2021 was crowned with the Official E3 2021 Awards Show. Microsoft Game Studios and their upcoming Forza Horizon 5 came away from the event as the big winners since the upcoming racing title was named the Most Anticipated Game of E3 2021.

The Official E3 2021 Awards Show winners were selected from the pool of the games showcased during the four-day live E3 2021 broadcast that began on Saturday, June 12. 

Editors from IGN, GameSpot, PC Gamer, GamesRadar+, Game Bonfire and IGN China participated in the voting with results announced live during the show.

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Full List of Official E3 2021 Awards Winners

  • Overall Most Anticipated: 
    • Forza Horizon 5, Microsoft Game Studios
  • Best presentation: 
    • Microsoft: Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase
  • Most Anticipated:
    • Capcom: The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles
    • Gearbox Entertainment: Tiny Tina's Wonderlands
    • Indie Games: Falling Frontier
    • Intellivision: Asteroids
    • Nintendo: Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2
    • PC Gaming Show: Songs of Conquest
    • Freedom Games: Airborne Kingdom
    • Future Games Show: Immortality
    • SQUARE ENIX: Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
    • Ubisoft: Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope
    • Xbox/Bethesda: Halo: Infinite
    • Yooreka Studio: Loopmancer
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