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Using my sandbox to clean up this page. The original page can be found under List of Game of the Year awards

Crash
Starting in 1984, the ZX Spectrum magazine Crash published an annual readers awards article, based on votes from the readers.

Edge
The winners of the Edge Game of the Year are chosen by Edge editors.

Electronic Games
Along with the Arcade Awards announced by Electronic Games magazine each year, it also held a regular reader poll for the most popular games among its readers in each issue, from May 1982 to January 1985. The games that topped these polls the most in each year are listed here.

Famitsu
The Grand Prize winners of the annual Famitsu Awards, voted by the magazine's readers.


 * Greatest Games (Pre-2004)

Game Informer
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.


 * Greatest Games (Pre-1996)

GamePro
The winners of the GamePro Game of the Year are chosen by GamePro editors.

Games
The winners of the Games magazine Game of the Year are chosen by Games editors. See Games 100.


 * Starting in 1996, awards were given the title of the coming year. Thus, the December 1995 issue awarded the "Game of the Year 1995", whereas the December 1996 issue awarded the "Game of the Year 1997".

GamesTM
The title chosen by GamesTM as the year's best game.

Oh!X
Japanese PC game magazine Oh!X was active from 1982 to 1995. Game of the Year awards were handed out to the following games.

Omni
The games chosen as the year's best by Omni magazine, which was active from 1978 to 1995.

Softalk
In 1981, Softalk held one of the first reader polls on popular home computer software, released up until 1980.

1UP.com
, the winners of 1UP's Game of the Year are chosen by the editors. (In 2009, they also revealed their picks in the Reader's Choice Awards). For the Reader's Choice, see the Reader and gamer polls GOTY Section below.

Readers choice
In addition to the editor's picks, 1UP.com also hosts a poll for the Readers' GOTYs. Until 2010, this was considered their primary Game of the Year.

Crispy Gamer
The winners of the Crispy Gamer Game of the Year are chosen by the [http://web.archive.org/web/20080317041543/http://crispygamer.com/GameTrust.aspx? Crispy Gamer Game Trust].

Eurogamer (UK)
The winners of the Eurogamer (UK) Game of the Year are chosen by Eurogamer (UK) editors.

GameFAQs
GameFAQs' annual Game of the Year is chosen by its readers.


 * Greatest Games (Pre-2001)

Gamasutra
The winners of the Gamasutra Game of the Year are chosen by Gamasutra editors.

GameRankings
GameRankings ranks games according to an average of their review score across multiple sources. The highest for each year are:

† The Xbox release of Grand Theft Auto Double Pack scored slightly higher than The Wind Waker but was a re-release of both GTA3 & Vice City, which came out in 2001/2002.


 * Prior to 2001, GameRankings statistics are somewhat more patchy, with fewer games making the 20 review cut off. The threshold has been set to a minimum of 10 reviews for titles released between 1992 and 2000, 8 reviews for 1993, and 5 reviews for titles before 1992.

GamesRadar (UK)
GamesRadar holds a Platinum Chalice Awards feature each year, as part of that, the Game of the Year chosen by the editors are:

Game Revolution
The winner of the Game Revolution Community Choice Game of the Year award, but in 2013 the editors chose the Game of the Year.

GameSpot
The winners of the GameSpot Game of the Year are chosen by GameSpot editors.


 * From 1996 to 2001, console and PC awards were selected separately. There were no console awards given pre-1998.

PC Console


 * Greatest Games (Pre-1998)

Readers choice
In addition to the editor's picks, GameSpot also hosts a poll for the Readers' GOTY.


 * Pre-2004

GameSpy
The winners of the GameSpy Game of the Year are chosen by GameSpy editors.

GameTrailers
The winners of the GameTrailers Game of the Year are chosen by GameTrailers editors.

Giant Bomb
The winners of the Giant Bomb Game of the Year are chosen by Giant Bomb editors.

IGN
IGN's most prestigious game of the year award is chosen by all the editors at IGN and unveiled mid-January.


 * Pre-2001 awards were limited to specific platforms with no overall winner announced.


 * Greatest Games (Pre-2000)

Readers choice
In addition to the editor's picks, IGN also hosts a poll for the Readers' GOTY. IGN, considered the world's largest gaming website, attracted 300,000 votes for its "Best of 2011" Readers' Choice awards.


 * Greatest Games (Pre-2002)

Joystiq
The winners of the Joystiq Game of the Year are chosen by Joystiq editors.

Kotaku
Over the years, Kotaku has been refining how it selects its Game of the Year. Currently, it involves a debate which starts with the Kotaku editors determining the four most defendable candidates for the award. Editors are then given time to play all the games, and for each of the candidates, an appropriate editor is determined to make his case behind it in front of a panel who also raise questions. The results of these debates are given to the readers, who then also have the chance to make their own opinions felt. To make the final decision, the Kotaku staff members reexamine their arguments, and the winner is determined from a vote between the editors in late January.

Metacritic
The winners of the Metacritic Game of the Year are determined by the game with the highest score garnered from an average of weighted review scores from various sources. Each year, Metacritic announce the highest in an official award.

Moby Games
The winners of the MobyGames Game of the Year are determined by the game with the highest average of review scores from various sources.

MMGN
MMGN's annual Community Game of the Year poll is 100% community driven. The semi-finals allow registered members to choose up to three games for each genre, and award up to nine points across the three games, but no more than 5 points for one game. The top 5 games from each genre with the most points are then added to final polls, where each member gets one vote per genre.

ScrewAttack
The winners of ScrewAttack's annual Top 10 Games poll.

Yahoo! Games
The winners of the Yahoo! Games Game of the Year are chosen by ''Yahoo! Games'' editors.

Polygon
Polygon's Game of the Year is chosen by its staff.

X-Play
The winners of the X-Play Game of the Year are chosen by X-Play editors.

Arcade Awards / Electronic Gaming Awards
The Arcade Awards, also known as the Arkie Awards, was one of the first video game awards, dating back to the golden age of arcade video games and lasting up until the North American video game industry crash. It was held since 1980 (for games released in 1979 and earlier) and were announced annually by Electronic Games magazine since 1981, covering several different platform categories. Following the magazine's revival in 1992, it published the Electronic Gaming Awards in January 1993 for the best video games released in 1992.

E3
The winners of the annual "Best of E3" awards, chosen annually at the Electronic Entertainment Expo each year.

GDC Game Developers Choice Awards
The Game Developers Choice Awards are chosen by registered game developers and unveiled at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco.

Golden Joystick Awards
The Golden Joysticks are the second oldest gaming awards (after the Arcade Awards). The inaugural ceremony took place in 1982 in London's Berkeley Square.

Japan Game Awards / CESA Awards
The winners of the Grand Award annually given by the Japan Game Awards, formerly known as the CESA Awards, since 1996. There are some years where two games shared the Grand Award.

Spike TV's VGX
The winners of the VGX Game of the Year are chosen by an advisory council, featuring over 20 journalists from various media outlets. Originally called the Spike Video Game Awards, Spike TV has hosted the award show annually since 2003. The name of the show was changed to VGX in 2013.

VSDA Awards
The Video Software Dealers Association's VSDA Awards for home entertainment handed out awards for the best video games of the year, which are listed here.

G4
The winners of G4's annual "Videogame Deathmatch" or "G-phoria" polls. The 2011 "Videogame Deathmatch" poll involved 500,000 votes.

Good Game
The winners of the Good Game Game of the Year awards are chosen by both the Good Game team and their forum community.

New York Times
The winners of The New York Times Game of the Year are chosen by New York Times editors.

Slant Magazine
The winners of Slant Magazine are chosen by its editors in a "Top 25".

Time (magazine)
The winners of the Time magazine Game of the Year are chosen by Time magazine editors.

The Washington Examiner
The games chosen by The Washington Examiner editors as the best game in their annual "Top 10 video games" list.

{| class="wikitable" style="width:95%;" ! Year ! Game ! Genre ! Platform(s) ! Developer(s)
 * 2010 || Fallout: New Vegas|| Action RPG || Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 || Obsidian Entertainment
 * 2011 || The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword || Action-Adventure: Open World || Wii || Nintendo EAD, Monolith Soft
 * 2011 || The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword || Action-Adventure: Open World || Wii || Nintendo EAD, Monolith Soft
 * 2011 || The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword || Action-Adventure: Open World || Wii || Nintendo EAD, Monolith Soft