Game Informer[edit]

The winners of the Game Informer Game of the Year are chosen by Game Informer editors. During their first years of
publication they would give awards for the best game on each console available at the time, occasionally giving an award to
the overall best game of the year.[140]

Year Game Genre Platform(s) Developer(s)

1992 Street Fighter II Fighting SNES Capcom

1993 Mortal Kombat Fighting SNES Midway Games

1996 Super Mario 64 Platformer Nintendo 64 Nintendo EAD

1997 Final Fantasy VII Role-playing PlayStation Square

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of

1998 Action-adventure Nintendo 64 Nintendo EAD
Time

1999 Super Smash Bros. Fighting Nintendo 64 HAL Laboratory, Inc.

PlayStation, Microsoft
2000 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 Sports Windows, Game Boy Neversoft
Color, Dreamcast
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Konami Computer
2001 Action-adventure PlayStation 2
Liberty[141] Entertainment Japan
2005 Resident Evil 4 Survival horror GameCube, PlayStation 2 Capcom
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight
2006 Action-adventure GameCube, Wii Nintendo EAD
Princess
First-person
2007 BioShock Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 Irrational Games
shooter
Microsoft Windows, PlayStation
2008 Grand Theft Auto IV Action-adventure Rockstar North
3, Xbox 360
2009 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Action-adventure PlayStation 3 Naughty Dog
2010 Red Dead Redemption Action-adventure PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 Rockstar San Diego
Microsoft Windows, PlayStation
2011 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Action role-playing Bethesda Game Studios
3, Xbox 360
Microsoft Windows, PlayStation
2012 Mass Effect 3 Action role-playing BioWare
3, Xbox 360
2013 The Last of Us Action-adventure PlayStation 3 Naughty Dog
Microsoft Windows, PlayStation
2014 Dragon Age: Inquisition Action role-playing 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox BioWare
360, Xbox One
Microsoft Windows, PlayStation
2015 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Action role-playing CD Projekt RED
4, Xbox One
First-person Microsoft Windows, PlayStation
2016 Overwatch Blizzard Entertainment
shooter 4, Xbox One
IGN[edit]
IGN's game of the year award is chosen by all the editors at IGN and are announced mid-January.

Year Game Genre Platform(s) Developer(s)

First-person
2001 Halo: Combat Evolved[306] Xbox Bungie
shooter

First-person
2002 Battlefield 1942[307] Microsoft Windows Digital Illusions CE
shooter

Star Wars: Knights of the Old

2003 Role-playing Microsoft Windows, Xbox BioWare
Republic[308]

First-person
2004 Half-Life 2[309] Microsoft Windows Valve Corporation
shooter

Action- SCE Santa Monica

2005 God of War[310] PlayStation 2
adventure Studio

Action-
2006 Ōkami[311] PlayStation 2 Clover Studio
adventure

2007 Super Mario Galaxy[312] Platformer Wii Nintendo EAD Tokyo

Action role- Bethesda Game

2008 Fallout 3[313] Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
playing Studios

Uncharted 2: Among Action-

2009 PlayStation 3 Naughty Dog
Thieves[314] adventure

Action role-
2010 Mass Effect 2[315] Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 BioWare
playing

Puzzle-
2011 Portal 2 Microsoft Windows, OS X, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 Valve Corporation
platformer

2012 Journey Adventure PlayStation 3 Thatgamecompany

Action-
2013 The Last of Us PlayStation 3 Naughty Dog
adventure

Action role- Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation

2014 Dragon Age: Inquisition BioWare
playing 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
 Action role-
2015 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One CD Projekt RED
playing

First-person
2016 Overwatch[316] Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One Blizzard Entertainment
shooter

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of Action-

2017 Nintendo Switch, Wii U Nintendo EPD
the Wild[250] adventure
MobyGames[edit]
The winners of the MobyGames Game of the Year are determined by the game with the highest average of
review scores from various sources.[375]

Year Game Genre Platform(s) Developer(s)

1977 Combat Shoot 'em up Atari 2600 Atari, Inc.

1980 Space Invaders Shoot 'em up Atari 2600 Taito

Kaboom! Action Atari 2600 Activision

1981
Yars' Revenge Action Atari 2600 Atari

1982 Ms. Pac-Man Action Atari 2600 Namco

Nintendo Research &

1983 Donkey Kong Platformer Atari 8-bit family
Development 1

Pitfall II: Lost

1984 Platformer Atari 2600 Activision
Caverns

Space flight
1985 Elite ZX Spectrum Acornsoft
simulation

Three Weeks in
1986 Platformer Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum Mikro-Gen
Paradise

1987 Head over Heels Action Commodore 64 Ocean Software

Super Mario Bros.

1988 Platformer NES Nintendo R&D4
3

1989 Tetris Puzzle Game Boy Bullet-Proof Software

Business
1990 Railroad Tycoon Amiga, Mac OS, MS-DOS MPS Labs
simulation
1991 Lemmings Puzzle Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS DMA Design

Links 386 Pro Sports MS-DOS Access Software

1992
Ultima Underworld:
Role-playing SNES Blue Sky Productions
The Stygian Abyss

Day of the Graphic

MS-DOS, Mac OS LucasArts
Tentacle adventure

Street Fighter II
1993 Turbo: Hyper Fighting SNES Capcom
Fighting

Super Mario All-

Platformer SNES Nintendo EAD
Stars

Final Fantasy VI Role-playing SNES Square

1994
Samurai Shodown
Fighting Neo Geo SNK
II

Super Mario World

1995 Platformer SNES Nintendo EAD
2: Yoshi's Island

Turn-based
Civilization II Microsoft Windows MicroProse
strategy

1996 Donkey Kong Land

Platformer Game Boy Rare
2

Super Mario 64 Platformer Nintendo 64 Nintendo EAD

Final Fantasy VII Role-playing PlayStation Square

1997
Gran Turismo Sim racing PlayStation Polyphony Digital
 The Legend of
Action-
1998 Zelda: Ocarina of Nintendo 64 Nintendo EAD
adventure
Time

1999 Soulcalibur Fighting Arcade, Dreamcast Namco

Metal Gear: Ghost Konami Computer

Stealth Game Boy Color
Babel Entertainment Japan

2000 NFL 2K1 Sports Dreamcast Visual Concepts

First-person
Perfect Dark Nintendo 64 Rare
shooter

Grand Theft Auto Action-

2001 PlayStation 2 DMA Design
III adventure

Action-
2002 Metroid Prime GameCube Retro Studios
adventure

Clifford the Big

2003 Educational Microsoft Windows ImaginEngine
Red Dog: Phonics

Grand Theft Auto: Action-

PlayStation 2 Rockstar North
San Andreas adventure

First-person
2004 Half-Life 2 Microsoft Windows Valve Corporation
shooter

First-person
Halo 2 Xbox Bungie
shooter

Survival
2005 Resident Evil 4 GameCube, PlayStation 2 Capcom
horror

The Legend of
Action-
2006 Zelda: Twilight GameCube, Wii Nintendo EAD
adventure
Princess
 Super Mario
2007 Platformer Wii Nintendo EAD Tokyo
Galaxy

Grand Theft Auto Action- Microsoft Windows, PlayStation

2008 Rockstar North
IV adventure 3, Xbox 360

Uncharted 2: Action-
2009 PlayStation 3 Naughty Dog
Among Thieves adventure

Super Mario
2010 Platformer Wii Nintendo EAD Tokyo
Galaxy 2

Batman: Arkham Action- Microsoft Windows, PlayStation

Rocksteady Studios
City adventure 3, Xbox 360

The Elder Scrolls Action role- Microsoft Windows, PlayStation Bethesda Game
2011
V: Skyrim playing 3, Xbox 360 Studios

Puzzle- Microsoft Windows, OS

Portal 2 Valve Corporation
platformer X, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

2012 Journey Adventure PlayStation 3 Thatgamecompany

Grand Theft Auto Action-

2013 PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 Rockstar North
V adventure

2014 Bayonetta 2 Action Wii U PlatinumGames

The Witcher 3: Action role- Microsoft Windows, PlayStation

CD Projekt RED
Wild Hunt playing 4, Xbox One

2015
Metal Gear Solid Microsoft Windows, PlayStation
Action-
V: The Phantom 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox Kojima Productions
adventure
Pain One

The Witcher 3:
Action role- Microsoft Windows, PlayStation
2016 Wild Hunt – Blood CD Projekt RED
playing 4, Xbox One
and Wine
 Super Mario
2017 Platformer Nintendo Switch Nintendo EPD
Odyssey