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Game Of The Year

What is GOTY

The Game Award for Game of the Year is an award presented annually by The Game Awards to the video game judged to be the best from that calendar year. The process begins with several dozen video game publications and websites, chosen by the Game Awards' advisory committee, to act as the jury each year.
Game of the Year (GotY) is an award given by various award events and media publications to a video game that they feel represented the pinnacle of gaming that year.

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Games had Won GOTY

Game of the Year
2022

It Takes Two

It Takes Two

The game is based on solving puzzles and completing challenges and controlling two dolls that have been reincarnated by the souls of a girl's parents and intend to divorce, and the game can only be played cooperatively as it does not support single play and the screen is always split to see every other player.

Initial release date : March 26, 2021
Developer : Hazelight Studios
Publisher : Electronic Arts
type : Action-adventure, platform
Platforms : Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S

Game of the Year
2021

The Last of Us Part II

The Last of Us Part II

The story of the game begins five years after the events of the first part, players control the character Ellie at the age of 19, who will enter into a conflict with monsters in the United States after the end of the world. The game has horror and survival elements and is played from a third person perspective.

Initial release date : June 19, 2020
Developer : Naughty Dog
Publisher : Sony Interactive Entertainment
type : Action-adventure
Platforms : PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5

Game of the Year
2020

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is a 2019 action-adventure game developed by FromSoftware and published by Activision. The game follows a shinobi known as Wolf as he attempts to take revenge on a samurai clan who attacked him and kidnapped his lord.

Initial release date : March 22, 2019
Developer : FromSoftware Inc.
Publisher : Activision
type : Action-adventure
Platforms : Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Stadia

Game of the Year
2019

God of War

God of War

The story of the game revolves around the journey of Kratos and his son Atreus on a very personal mission, as they seek together to bury the remains of Kratos' wife and Atreus's mother, who is Faye at the highest mountain peak in all worlds, and although the story is vague in its beginning and seems very simple, it is As time goes by, things get more interesting and events get and more important.

Initial release date : April 20, 2018
Developer : Santa Monica Studio
Publisher : Sony Interactive Entertainment
type : Action-adventure, Hack and Slash
Platforms : PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows

Game of the Year
2018

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

An unknown voice awakens Link from a 100-year slumber in a place called the Renaissance Room, and finds himself amnesiac. Link finds a tablet called the Shika, which contains magical abilities, and meets an old man who introduces him to his abilities, and discovers that it is the spirit of the King of Hyrule.

Initial release date : March 3, 2017
Developer : Nintendo EPD
Publisher : Nintendo
type : Action-adventure
Platforms : Nintendo Switch, Wii U

Game of the Year
2017

Uncharted 4: A Thief's End

Uncharted 4: A Thief's End

Nathan Drake, Sam Drake and Rafe entered prison after they agreed with the jailer because they wanted to get a treasure that was in that prison, and the jailer wanted a quarter of the treasure, so Rafe killed him and Nathan, Sam and Rafe pursued the security men, but Sam Drake was injured and his brother escaped with Rafe from prison

Initial release date : May 10, 2016
Developer : Naughty Dog
Publisher : Sony Computer Entertainment
type : Action-adventure
Platforms : PlayStation 4

Game of the Year
2016

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

The story begins with Geralt and Vismer looking for Ciri, who has been kidnapped by the Wild Hunt, led by Iridin, who wants Ciri and kill her because she is a rare breed and her blood contains supernatural abilities.

Initial release date : May 18, 2015
Developer : CD Projekt Red
Publisher : CD Projekt
type : Action role-playing
Platforms : Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch

Game of the Year
2015

Dragon Age: Inquisition

Dragon Age: Inquisition

The story follows a player character known as the Inquisitor on a journey to settle the civil unrest in the continent of Thedas and close a mysterious tear in the sky called the "Breach", which is unleashing dangerous demons upon the world. Dragon Age: Inquisition's gameplay is similar to its predecessors.

Initial release date : November 18, 2014
Developer : BioWare
Publisher : Electronic Arts
type : Action role-playing
Platforms : Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One

Game of the Year
2014

The Last of Us

The Last of Us

The player controls "Jules" (voice by Troy Baker), as he journeys across the United States in the year 2033 after it has been devastated by disaster, in order to escort a young girl named Ellie (voice by Ashley Johnson) to a friendly resistance group called the Fireflies.

Initial release date : June 14, 2013
Developer : Naughty Dog
Publisher : Sony Interactive Entertainment
type : Action-adventure
Platforms : PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4

Game of the Year
2013

The Walking Dead

The Walking Dead

The player controls a character named "Lee Everett", a teacher at the University of Georgia who was arrested for killing someone he found sleeping with his wife. The game begins when Lee is in a police car on his way to a prison outside Atlanta. Meanwhile, the policeman who was driving the car and Lee Everett discuss his case, but suddenly the police car crashes into a walking dead.

Initial release date : 2012
Developer : Telltale Games
Publisher : Telltale Games
type : Graphic adventure, Interactive drama
Platforms : Android, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Game of the Year
2012

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

The game is set 200 years after the events of Oblivion, and takes place in Skyrim, the northernmost province of Tamriel. Its main story focuses on the player's character, the Dragonborn, on their quest to defeat Alduin the World-Eater, a dragon who is prophesied to destroy the world.

Initial release date : 2012
Developer : Bethesda Game Studios
Publisher : Bethesda Softworks
type : Action role-playing
Platforms : Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch

Game of the Year
2011

Red Dead Redemption

Red Dead Redemption

The story of Red Dead Redemption takes place in the twentieth century and in the year 1911 specifically and revolves around the character of John Marston, a former criminal who was working with a group of criminals who commit many crimes punishable by law, but they were always on the move, so the law could not arrest them.

Initial release date : May 18, 2010
Developer : Rockstar San Diego
Publisher : Rockstar Games
type : Action-adventure
Platforms : PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

Game of the Year
2010

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

In this part, Nathan the explorer and treasure hunter, the protagonist of the series, searches for a legendary stone called the Cintamani Stone, and the game assumes that this stone is found in the legendary city of Shangri-La or Shambhala.

Initial release date : October 13, 2009
Developer : Naughty Dog
Publisher : Sony Interactive Entertainment
type : Action-adventure
Platforms : PlayStation 3

Game of the Year
2009

Grand Theft Auto IV

Grand Theft Auto IV

The events of the game take place in a modified version of Liberty City, which is a fictional city in the modern time similar to New York City. The story of the game revolves around Niko Bellic, a former Serb soldier.

Initial release date : April 28, 2008
Developer : Rockstar North
Publisher : Rockstar Games
type : Action-adventure
Platforms : Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows

Game of the Year
2008

BioShock

BioShock

BioShock is set in 1960. The player guides the protagonist, Jack, after his airplane crashes in the ocean near the bathysphere terminus that leads to the underwater city of Rapture. Built by the business magnate Andrew Ryan, the city was intended to be an isolated utopia, but the discovery of ADAM, a genetic material which can be used to grant superhuman powers.

Initial release date : August 21, 2007
Developer : 2K Boston, 2K Australia
Publisher : 2K Games
type : First-person shooter
Platforms : Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Mac OS X, iOS

Game of the Year
2007

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

The game continues the open-world tradition of its predecessors by allowing the player to travel anywhere in the game world at any time and to ignore or postpone the main storyline indefinitely. A perpetual objective for players is to improve their character's skills, which are numerical representations of certain abilities.

Initial release date : March 20, 2006
Developer : Bethesda Game Studios
Publisher : Bethesda Softworks, 2K Games
type : Action role-playing
Platforms : PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows

Game of the Year
2006

Resident Evil 4

Resident Evil 4

a survival horror third-person shooter game developed by Capcom Production Studio 4 and published by Capcom. It was originally released for the GameCube in 2005. Players control U.S. government special agent Leon S.

Initial release date : January 11, 2005
Developer : Capcom Production Studio 4
Publisher : Capcom
type : Survival horror, third-person shooter, first-person shooter
Platforms : PlayStation 2, playstation 3, playstation 4, Android, Nintendo Switch, GameCube, Wii, Xbox One, Xbox 360, IOS

Game of the Year
2005

Half-Life 2

Half-Life 2

Half-Life 2 is a 2004 first-person shooter game developed by Valve. It was published by Valve through its distribution service Steam; retail editions were published by Sierra. Like the original Half-Life (1998), Half-Life 2 combines shooting, puzzles, and storytelling, and adds features such as vehicles and physics-based gameplay.

Initial release date : November 16, 2004
Developer : Valve Corporation
Publisher : Valve
type : First-person shooter
Platforms : Windows, Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation3, MacOS , Linux, Android

Game of the Year
2004

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is an RPG video game series, based on an earlier comic book series, and with a subsequent new comic book series, all based on the fictional universe of Star Wars by George Lucas.

Initial release date : July 15, 2003
Developer : BioWare Obsidian Entertainment Aspyr Media
Publisher : LucasArts Electronic Arts, Disney Interactive Studios
type : Action role-playing, Massively multiplayer online role-playing
Platforms : Windows, Xbox, Mac OS X, iOS, Android, Linux, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch

Game of the Year
2003

Metroid Prime

Metroid Prime

Metroid Prime is an action-adventure game developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo for the GameCube. Metroid Prime is the fourth main installment in the Metroid franchise and the first game in the series to use 3D computer graphics and a first-person perspective.

Initial release date : November 18, 2002
Developer : Retro Studios
Publisher : Nintendo
type : Action-adventure
Platforms : GameCube / Wii

Game of the Year
2002

Halo: Combat Evolved

Halo: Combat Evolved

The game is set in the twenty-sixth century, about a war between humans and alien creatures known as the Covenant and other beings known as the Flood. The war travels from the planet Reach to a ring-shaped object known as Halo, an artificial world created by the Forerunners.

Initial release date : November 15, 2001
Developer : Bungie
Publisher : Microsoft Game Studios MacSoft (Mac OS X)
type : First-person shooter
Platforms : Xbox, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, MacOS X

Game of the Year
2001

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2

The game takes place in a three-dimensional urban environment permeated by an ambience of punk rock and hip hop music. The player takes control of a variety of skateboarders and either performs skateboarding tricks or collects certain objects.

Initial release date : September 20, 2000
Developer : Neversoft
Publisher : Activision
type : Sports
Platforms : PlayStation, Microsoft Windows, Game Boy Color, Dreamcast, Game Boy Advance, Mac OS, Nintendo 64, Pocket PC, iOS

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