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Game of the Year

Video game entity

Received Game of the Year award from any notable publication, awarded to single game of any genre each year.

56
games
15
platforms

Name variations: GotY

Red Dead Redemption (Xbox 360)
Red Dead Redemption
X360 2010-05-18
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Windows)
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
WIN 2006-03-20
Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops (PlayStation Portable)
Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops
PSP 2006-12-05
God of War III (PlayStation 3)
God of War III
PS3 2010-03-16
Grand Theft Auto IV (PlayStation 3)
Grand Theft Auto IV
PS3 2008-04
Chrono Trigger (Nintendo DS)
Chrono Trigger
NDS 2008-11-20
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions (PlayStation Portable)
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions
PSP 2007-05-10
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PlayStation 3)
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
PS3 2007-11-05
LittleBIGPlanet (PlayStation 3)
LittleBIGPlanet
PS3 2008-10-27
Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
WII 2008-01-31
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (GameCube)
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
GC 2006-12
Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence (PlayStation 2)
Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence
PS2 2006-03-14

The first video game about Game of the Year was released on December 1996.

Nintendo, Sony Computer Entertainment and LucasArts has published most of these games

Any significant jumps in the graph would indicate that critics do not agree on what should deserve the GotY award, nothing more.

Parent group

Awards

Child group

Metacritic's 'Best game of the year' Award

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Platforms

Windows 13
PS3 9
PS2 5
X360 5
Wii 4
PSP 3
GameCube 3
Xbox 3
Nintendo DS 3
Mac OS Classic 2
Mac OS X 2
GBA 1
Linux 1
Wii U 1
Android 1

By year

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