The TrueAchievements Game of the Year 2016

By Cee Jay,

Hi TA'ers,

Firstly, I'd like to give a special thank you to everyone who voted in this year's awards. It's great to see so many of you give your thoughts on what has been another fantastic year for games on the Xbox platform.

As always, the Game of the Year, as well as the rest of the winners, will receive TrueAchievements rosettes on their respective game or achievement pages.

TrueAchievements Game of the Year Awards 2016 Winners

Without further ado, the TrueAchievements Game of the Year 2016 is...

Forza Horizon 3 — congratulations to Playground Games on an excellent game and a thoroughly deserved win.

The runner-up to the overall TrueAchievements Game of the Year was Gears of War 4 and it also took home the coveted Shooter of the Year title.

Individual Genre Awards

Genre	Winner	Runner-up
Best Shooter	Gears of War 4	Battlefield 1
Best Role Playing Game	Dark Souls III	Final Fantasy XV
Best Platformer	Unravel	Mirror's Edge Catalyst
Best Racing Game	Forza Horizon 3	DiRT Rally
Best Action Game	Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2	Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4
Best Adventure Game	Batman: The Telltale Series	Firewatch
Best Music & Rhythm Game	Just Dance 2017	Let's Sing 2017 Achievements
Best Simulation Game	Overcooked	Farming Simulator 17
Best Puzzle Game	The Turing Test	The Witness
Best Strategy Game	XCOM 2	Kingdom: New Lands
Best Card & Board Game	Prominence Poker	Lies of Astaroth
Best Vehicular Combat Game	Carmageddon: Max Damage	Rebel Galaxy
Best Party Game	The Jackbox Party Pack 3	Drawful 2
Best Sports Game	Rocket League	FIFA 17

Miscellaneous Game Awards

Best ID@Xbox game - Rocket League
Runner Up - INSIDE

Best Windows Game - Gears of War 4
Runner Up - Forza Horizon 3

Best DLC - Blood and Wine for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Runner Up - Rise of Iron for Destiny

Achievement Awards

Proudest Achievement - The Dark Soul in Dark Souls III
Runner Up - ...Becomes the Master in Titanfall 2

Most Fun Achievement - Butcher in DOOM
Runner Up - All the Trimmings in Overcooked

Most Original Achievement - Get Up, Mr. Bubbles! in Rocket League
Runner Up - Seriously 4.0 in Gears of War 4

Best Achievement Name - I'm Drumpf in Gears of War 4
Runner Up – At First I Was Afraid, I Was Petrified in Gears of War 4

We'll be bringing a much more detailed game of the year voting breakdown in the coming days.

We hope that you've had fun voting and will join us again next year!

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Written by Cee Jay

Admin, Moderation Manager and longest serving staff member, also a member of the Community and Events Team and host of the annual Game of the Year Awards. Likes RPG's and good stories, hates anything multiplayer.