Game Developers Choice Award for Game of the Year

The Game Developers Choice Award for the Game of the Year, also known as GDCA Game of the Year is the main video game award presented at the Game Developers Conference (GDC), the largest annual gathering of professional video game developers. The conference, usually held in or around March in San Francisco, presents the award as part of the Game Developers Choice Awards (GDCA), a series of awards honoring outstanding achievements in video game design for games released during the previous calendar year.

Established in 2001, the award is considered the most prestigious peer-awarded accolade in the digital games industry, as the winners are selected by votes of game developers themselves.

As of the 16th ceremony held in March 2016, only three studios—all of them American—have won the award more than once:

Developers with three or more nominations in the category include Nintendo EAD (6), BioWare (5), Bethesda Game Studios (4), Rockstar North (4), Ubisoft Montreal (4), FromSoftware (3), Lionhead Studios (3), and Valve Corporation (3).

As for video game publishers, the most successful to date is Sony Computer Entertainment with 9 nominations and 4 wins, followed by Nintendo (8 nominations and 1 win), Electronic Arts (7 nominations and 1 win) and Rockstar Games (6 nominations and 1 win).

List of winners

Note: From 2005 to 2007 the award was titled Best Game.

Year Game Developer(s) Publisher(s) Ref.
2000
(1st)		 The Sims Maxis Electronic Arts [1]
Deus Ex Ion Storm Eidos Interactive
Jet Grind Radio Smilebit Sega
No One Lives Forever Monolith Productions Fox Interactive
Shenmue Sega AM2 Sega
2001
(2nd)		 Grand Theft Auto III DMA Design Rockstar Games [2]
Black & White Lionhead Studios Electronic Arts
Halo: Combat Evolved Bungie Microsoft Game Studios
Ico Team Ico Sony Computer Entertainment
Max Payne Remedy Entertainment Gathering of Developers / Rockstar Games
2002
(3rd)		 Metroid Prime Retro Studios Nintendo [3]
Battlefield 1942 Digital Illusions Electronic Arts
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Rockstar North Rockstar Games
Neverwinter Nights BioWare Atari, Inc.
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Ubisoft Montreal Ubisoft
2003
(4th)		 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic BioWare LucasArts [4]
Beyond Good & Evil Ubisoft Montpellier / Ubisoft Milan Ubisoft
Call of Duty Infinity Ward Activision
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Ubisoft Montreal Ubisoft
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker Nintendo EAD Nintendo
2004
(5th)		 Half-Life 2 Valve Corporation Valve Corporation [5]
Burnout 3: Takedown Criterion Games Electronic Arts
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Rockstar North Rockstar Games
Katamari Damacy Namco Namco
World of Warcraft Blizzard Entertainment Blizzard Entertainment
2005
(6th)		 Shadow of the Colossus Team Ico Sony Computer Entertainment [6]
Animal Crossing: Wild World Nintendo EAD Nintendo
God of War Santa Monica Studio Sony Computer Entertainment
Guitar Hero Harmonix RedOctane
The Movies Lionhead Studios Activision
2006
(7th)		 Gears of War Epic Games Microsoft Game Studios [7]
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Bethesda Game Studios Bethesda Softworks
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Nintendo EAD Nintendo
Ōkami Clover Studio Capcom
Wii Sports Nintendo EAD Nintendo
2007
(8th)		 Portal Valve Corporation Valve Corporation [8]
BioShock 2K Boston / 2K Australia 2K Games
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Infinity Ward Activision
Rock Band Harmonix MTV Games / Electronic Arts
Super Mario Galaxy Nintendo EAD Tokyo Nintendo
2008
(9th)		 Fallout 3 Bethesda Game Studios Bethesda Softworks [9]
Fable II Lionhead Studios Microsoft Game Studios
Grand Theft Auto IV Rockstar North Rockstar Games
LittleBigPlanet Media Molecule Sony Computer Entertainment
Left 4 Dead Turtle Rock Studios Valve Corporation
2009
(10th)		 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Naughty Dog Sony Computer Entertainment [10]
Assassin's Creed II Ubisoft Montreal Ubisoft
Batman: Arkham Asylum Rocksteady Studios Eidos Interactive / Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Demon's Souls FromSoftware Sony Computer Entertainment
Dragon Age: Origins BioWare Electronic Arts
2010
(11th)		 Red Dead Redemption Rockstar San Diego Rockstar Games [11]
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Ubisoft Montreal Ubisoft
Call of Duty: Black Ops Treyarch Activision
Limbo Playdead Playdead
Mass Effect 2 BioWare Electronic Arts
2011
(12th)		 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Bethesda Game Studios Bethesda Softworks [12]
Batman: Arkham City Rocksteady Studios Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Dark Souls FromSoftware Namco Bandai Games
Deus Ex: Human Revolution Eidos Montréal Square Enix
Portal 2 Valve Corporation Valve Corporation
2012
(13th)		 Journey Thatgamecompany Sony Computer Entertainment [13]
Dishonored Arkane Studios Bethesda Softworks
Mass Effect 3 BioWare Electronic Arts
The Walking Dead Telltale Games Telltale Games
XCOM: Enemy Unknown Firaxis Games 2K Games
2013
(14th)		 The Last of Us Naughty Dog Sony Computer Entertainment [14]
Gone Home The Fullbright Company The Fullbright Company
Grand Theft Auto V Rockstar North Rockstar Games
Super Mario 3D World Nintendo EAD Tokyo Nintendo
Tomb Raider Crystal Dynamics Square Enix
2014
(15th)		 Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Monolith Productions Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment [15]
Alien: Isolation Creative Assembly Sega
Bayonetta 2 PlatinumGames Nintendo
Destiny Bungie Activision
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft Blizzard Entertainment Blizzard Entertainment
2015
(16th)		 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt CD Projekt RED CD Projekt [16]
Bloodborne FromSoftware Sony Computer Entertainment
Fallout 4 Bethesda Game Studios Bethesda Softworks
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Kojima Productions Konami
Rocket League Psyonix Psyonix

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1st Annual Game Developers Choice Awards". GameChoiceAwards.com. Game Developer Conference. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "2nd Annual Game Developers Choice Awards". GameChoiceAwards.com. Game Developer Conference. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "3rd Annual Game Developers Choice Awards". GameChoiceAwards.com. Game Developer Conference. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  4. ↑ "4th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards". GameChoiceAwards.com. Game Developer Conference. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  5. ↑ "5th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards". GameChoiceAwards.com. Game Developer Conference. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  6. ↑ "6th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards". GameChoiceAwards.com. Game Developer Conference. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  7. ↑ "7th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards". GameChoiceAwards.com. Game Developer Conference. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  8. ↑ "8th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards". GameChoiceAwards.com. Game Developer Conference. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  9. ↑ "9th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards". GameChoiceAwards.com. Game Developer Conference. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  10. ↑ "10th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards". GameChoiceAwards.com. Game Developer Conference. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  11. ↑ "11th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards". GameChoiceAwards.com. Game Developer Conference. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  12. ↑ "12th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards". GameChoiceAwards.com. Game Developer Conference. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  13. ↑ "13th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards". GameChoiceAwards.com. Game Developer Conference. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  14. ↑ "14th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards". GameChoiceAwards.com. Game Developer Conference. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  15. ↑ "15th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards". GameChoiceAwards.com. Game Developer Conference. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  16. ↑ "Game Developers Choice Award winners led by Her Story, The Witcher 3". Polygon.com. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
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