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Stevivor’s Racing/Sports GOTY 2017: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Stevivor’s Game of the Year (GOTY) 2017 continues with another action-packed category: Best Racing or Sports title.

This one proved an easy win for Nintendo’s release of Mario Kart 8 on Switch, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

It’s not the most technical title out there, but Mario Kart is always fun. In groups or solo, there’s a simply joy in hopping, grinding and lobbing green shells at Nintendo’s loveable characters. And, as our review states, the return of Battle Mode is simply glorious.

Honourable mentions in this category go to Forza Motorsport 7 (PC, Xbox One) and The Golf Club 2 (PC, Xbox One, PS4).

Stevivor GOTY Awards 2017

  • Best Multiplayer: PUBGJackbox Party Pack 4
  • Racing/Sports: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
  • Strategy:
  • RPG:
  • Action/Adventure:
  • VR/AR:
  • Mobile:
  • Switch:
  • PS4:
  • Xbox One:
  • PC:
  • Indie:
  • Ongoing:
  • Best Direction:
  • Game of the Year:

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Steve Wright

Steve's the owner and Editor-in-Chief of Stevivor.com, the country’s leading independent video games outlet. Steve arrived in Australia back in 2001 on what was meant to be a three-month working holiday before deciding to emigrate and, eventually, becoming a citizen.

Stevivor is a combination of ‘Steve’ and ‘Survivor’, which made more sense back in 2001 when Jeff Probst was up in Queensland. The site started as Steve’s travel blog before transitioning over into video games.

Aside from video games, Steve has interests in hockey and Star Trek, playing the former and helping to cover video games about the latter on TrekMovie.com. By day, Steve works as the communications manager of the peak body representing Victorians as they age.