Sports Game of the Year 2017 – Nominees

PlayStation LifeStyle is doing our year-end awards slightly different from previous years. We wanted to put more importance on the act of getting nominated for an award, so we limited each category to five games. That’s not many, especially in a year stacked with great games like 2017 was, so it took a lot of careful deliberation to simply come up with each list.

Sports titles wound up being one of the easier top-five lists to decide upon, simply because of the annualized nature of the genre. Barring a huge disappointment, games like FIFA and MLB The Show will almost always be among the best of the genre. That said, this year had some really special titles, so it wasn’t easy to decide the winner.

Without further adieu, check out PlayStation LifeStyle’s nominees for our Sports Game of the Year 2017 award below:

The winner of our Sports Game of the Year 2017 award will be announced next week on Monday, December 25. It will kick off a week-long celebration of the best PlayStation 4 and Vita titles of 2017. Ultimately, it’ll conclude on Friday, December 29, where we’ll reveal PlayStation LifeStyle’s Game of the Year 2017. This year will go down as one of the greatest years of gaming ever, so we’re very excited to unveil all of our picks!

Of course, we’d also love to hear what you think. Let us know in the comments below what you believe is the best sports game of the year, and which title you’ll think will win the award! Will Madden‘s new features help it top the list? Can any of the titles knock MLB The Show off of its throne? You’ll find out next week!

View the rest of the announced year-end award nominees.