The Game Award for Game of the Year

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The Game Award for Game of the Year
File:The Game Awards 2018 - God of War wins Game of the Year.jpg
Santa Monica Studio won Game of the Year for God of War in 2018
Country United States
Presented by The Game Awards
First awarded Dragon Age: Inquisition (2014)
Most recent winner Elden Ring (2022)
Most awards
Most nominations Sony Interactive Entertainment (11)
Official website thegameawards.com

The Game Award for Game of the Year is an award presented annually by The Game Awards. It is given to a video game judged to deliver the best experience across creative and technical fields. The award is traditionally accepted by the game's directors or studio executives. The process begins with over 100 video game publications and websites, which collectively name six games as nominees. After the nominees are selected, the winner is chosen by a combined vote between the jury (90 percent) and public voting (10 percent).

Since its inception, the award has been given to nine video games. Publishers Electronic Arts and Sony Interactive Entertainment have won the award twice, the latter being nominated a record eleven times, while FromSoftware is the only developer with more than one win. Bethesda Softworks is the most nominated company without a win at four. The most recent winner is Elden Ring, developed by FromSoftware and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment.

Process and history

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Josef Fares, director of 2021 winner It Takes Two, presented Game of the Year in 2022.

The Game Awards has a voting jury consisting of over 100 video game media and influencer outlets, which have been specifically selected for their work in critically evaluating video games. Each outlet completes an unranked ballot listing its top five choices; games with the most appearances across the ballots are selected as the nominees. The winners are determined between the jury (90 percent) and public voting (10 percent).[1] The public vote is held via the official website and social media platforms; in 2022, The Game Awards partnered with Discord for social media voting,[2] though previous ceremonies have used platforms like Facebook and Twitter.[3][lower-alpha 1] Any game released before a certain date in November prior to the ceremony is eligible for award consideration.[4] As a result, any game released after the cutoff date is eligible in the following year's ceremony,[1] such as 2018's Super Smash Bros. Ultimate nominations at The Game Awards 2019;[5] similarly, games released between the ballot due date in early November and the cutoff date in mid-to-late November are often overlooked, such as Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order in both 2019 and 2020[lower-alpha 2] and Demon's Souls and Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales in 2020.[4] Early access games available before the cutoff date are eligible, as are live service games regardless of their release year:[1] 2018's Among Us received several nominations in 2020.[9]

The Game Award for Game of the Year is given to a video game judged to deliver the best experience across creative and technical fields.[10] It is presented as the final award of the ceremony and is widely considered its most prestigious honor.[11][12][13] The category was expanded from five to six nominees in 2018.[14] The award is traditionally accepted by the director of the winning game or an executive from the studio; the first award in 2014 was accepted by Dragon Age: Inquisition executive producer Mark Darrah and BioWare general manager Aaryn Flynn.[15] The Game Awards host and producer Geoff Keighley presented the award for the first four ceremonies.[11][16][17][18] Other presenters include directors of past winners—such as 2016 winner Overwatch's lead director Jeff Kaplan in 2018,[19] 2020 winner The Last of Us Part II's creative director Neil Druckmann in 2021,[12] and 2021 winner It Takes Two's director Josef Fares in 2022[20]—and celebrity guests like Vin Diesel and Michelle Rodriguez in 2019[21] and Christopher Nolan in 2020.[22]

Winners and nominees

Acceptees of the award
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Mark Darrah for Dragon Age: Inquisition (2014)
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Marcin Iwiński for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (2015)
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Eiji Aonuma and Hidemaro Fujibayashi for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017)
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Cory Barlog for God of War (2018)
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Hidetaka Miyazaki for Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (2019) and Elden Ring (2022)
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Neil Druckmann for The Last of Us Part II (2020)
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Josef Fares for It Takes Two (2021)

Winners are listed first, highlighted in yellow and boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (double-dagger).

Event Game Developer Publisher Ref.
2014 Dragon Age: Inquisition double-dagger BioWare Electronic Arts [23][24]
Bayonetta 2 PlatinumGames Nintendo
Dark Souls II FromSoftware Bandai Namco Games
Hearthstone Blizzard Entertainment
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Monolith Productions Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
2015 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt double-dagger CD Projekt Red CD Projekt [25][26]
Bloodborne FromSoftware Sony Computer Entertainment
Fallout 4 Bethesda Game Studios Bethesda Softworks
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Kojima Productions Konami
Super Mario Maker Nintendo EAD Nintendo
2016 Overwatch double-dagger Blizzard Entertainment [27][28]
Doom id Software Bethesda Softworks
Inside Playdead
Titanfall 2 Respawn Entertainment Electronic Arts
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End Naughty Dog Sony Computer Entertainment
2017 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild double-dagger Nintendo EPD Nintendo [29][30]
Horizon Zero Dawn Guerrilla Games Sony Interactive Entertainment
Persona 5 P-Studio Atlus
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds PUBG Corporation
Super Mario Odyssey Nintendo EPD Nintendo
2018 God of War double-dagger Santa Monica Studio Sony Interactive Entertainment [14][31]
Assassin's Creed Odyssey Ubisoft Quebec Ubisoft
Celeste Maddy Makes Games
Marvel's Spider-Man Insomniac Games Sony Interactive Entertainment
Monster Hunter: World Capcom
Red Dead Redemption 2 Rockstar Games
2019 Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice double-dagger FromSoftware Activision [32][33]
Control Remedy Entertainment 505 Games
Death Stranding Kojima Productions Sony Interactive Entertainment
Resident Evil 2 Capcom
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Bandai Namco Studios Nintendo
Sora Ltd.
The Outer Worlds Obsidian Entertainment Private Division
2020 The Last of Us Part II double-dagger Naughty Dog Sony Interactive Entertainment [34][35]
Animal Crossing: New Horizons Nintendo EPD Nintendo
Doom Eternal id Software Bethesda Softworks
Final Fantasy VII Remake Square Enix Business Division 1 Square Enix
Ghost of Tsushima Sucker Punch Productions Sony Interactive Entertainment
Hades Supergiant Games
2021 It Takes Two double-dagger Hazelight Studios Electronic Arts [36][37]
Deathloop Arkane Studios Bethesda Softworks
Metroid Dread MercurySteam Nintendo
Psychonauts 2 Double Fine Xbox Game Studios
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Insomniac Games Sony Interactive Entertainment
Resident Evil Village Capcom
2022 Elden Ring double-dagger FromSoftware Bandai Namco Entertainment [38][39]
A Plague Tale: Requiem Asobo Studio Focus Entertainment
God of War Ragnarök Santa Monica Studio Sony Interactive Entertainment
Horizon Forbidden West Guerrilla Games
Stray BlueTwelve Studio Annapurna Interactive
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Monolith Soft Nintendo

Companies with multiple nominations and awards

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Developer Nominations Wins
FromSoftware 4 2
Nintendo EPD 1
Capcom 3 0
Blizzard Entertainment 2 1
Naughty Dog
Santa Monica Studio
Guerrilla Games 0
id Software
Insomniac Games
Kojima Productions

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Publisher Nominations Wins
Sony Interactive Entertainment[lower-alpha 3] 11 2
Nintendo 8 1
Bethesda Softworks 4 0
Electronic Arts 3 2
Capcom 0
Blizzard Entertainment 2 1
Bandai Namco Entertainment[lower-alpha 4]

Notes

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