D.I.C.E. Award for Game of the Year

Annual video game award

D.I.C.E. Award for Game of the Year

Country| United States
Presented by| Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences
First award| 1998
Currently held by| Astro Bot
Website| interactive.org

The D.I.C.E. Award for Game of the Year is an award presented annually by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences during the D.I.C.E. Awards. It is given in honor of "the single game, without regard to system or delivery mechanism, voted by the membership of the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences that best utilizes the chosen medium to entertain users".[1] All active creative/technical, business, and affiliate members of the Academy are qualified to vote for this category.[2]

The most recent winner of the award is Astro Bot, developed by Team Asobi and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment.

## History

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### Category name changes

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The 1st Annual Interactive Achievement Awards ceremony was held on May 28, 1998, with the licensed adaptation of GoldenEye 007, developed by Rare and published by Nintendo, receiving the first award. The award was originally known as Interactive Title of the Year for the 1998 ceremony.[3] It would be renamed Game of the Year at the following year's awards ceremony. For a brief period between 2006 and 2009, the award was presented as Overall Game of the Year.[4][5][6][7]

### Indie Games

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See also: D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game

The first indie that was nominated for Game of the Year was Angry Birds HD, while Journey was the first indie game winner. The only other two indie games that had won were Untitled Goose Game and Hades. On a yearly basis since 2016, there had been at least one indie game nominee for Game of the Year:

* 2016: Ori and the Blind Forest
* 2017: Inside
* 2018: Cuphead
* 2019: Into the Breach, Return of the Obra Dinn
* 2020: Disco Elysium, Outer Wilds, Untitled Goose Game
* 2021: Hades
* 2022: Inscryption
* 2023: Stray, Vampire Survivors
* 2024: Cocoon
* 2025: Balatro

2019, 2020 and 2023 were the only years that had more than one indie game nominee, with 2020 being the first year of an indie game majority.

### Genres

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The most frequently nominated and winning genres for Game of the Year had been action, adventure, and role-playing games. No strategy game had ever won the award, but fourteen had been nominated: Age of Empires, Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, Age of Empires II: The Conquerors, Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2, Sacrifice, Sid Meier's Civilization III, Command & Conquer: Generals, Rise of Nations, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Hearthstone, Into the Breach, Inscryption, and Balatro. The Sims was the only simulation game to win the top award, with six others also being nominated: MechWarrior 4: Vengeance, RollerCoaster Tycoon: Loopy Landscapes, Black & White, Animal Crossing, Nintendogs, and Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Four rhythm games had been nominated: PaRappa the Rapper, Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero II, and Rock Band. The only fighting games that had been nominated were Soulcalibur, Tekken Tag Tournament, and WWF No Mercy. The awards ceremony in 2001 had six sports game nominees: FIFA 2001, Links 2001, Madden NFL 2001, SSX, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, and Virtua Tennis; SSX 3 and Wii Sports were the only sports games nominated after 2001. Only three expansion packs had ever been nominated (all during the awards ceremony in 2001): Age of Empires II: The Conquerors, EverQuest: The Ruins of Kunark, and RollerCoaster Tycoon: Loopy Landscapes. The only compilation pack that received a nomination for Game of the Year was The Orange Box (which included Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Portal, and Team Fortress 2, as well as previously released titles of Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode One).

### Platforms

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Nearly every Game of the Year nominee had either been released for a home video game console or for personal computer. Pokémon Yellow, Nintendogs, and The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds were the only nominees that were released for handheld game consoles. There had been six nominees that were released for mobile devices at the time of their nomination: Angry Birds HD, The Walking Dead, Hearthstone, Pokémon Go, Vampire Survivors, and Balatro. Journey, Borderlands 2, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Inside, and Into the Breach would eventually be released for mobile devices, but they were not at the time of their nomination.

### Other Game of the Year Awards

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Usually the winner for Game of the Year would also win the award for their respective genre/platform category; the only exceptions had been The Sims, Battlefield 1942, Untitled Goose Game, and It Takes Two. Of the four exceptions, Battlefield 1942 and Untitled Goose Game did not receive any nominations for their respective genre-related category (although the former did win the award for Online Gameplay of the Year, while the latter won for Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game). There had been seven winners for Family Game of the Year that were also nominated for Game of the Year: Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero II, Rock Band, LittleBigPlanet, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, and Astro Bot, with LittleBigPlanet and Astro Bot being the only winners for Game of the Year. Angry Birds HD and Journey were the only winners for Casual Game of the Year that were also nominated for Game of the Year, the latter of which won both awards.

## List of Winners and nominees

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### 1990s

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Table key  | Indicates the winner

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Year  | Game  | Developer(s)  | Publisher(s)  | Ref.

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1997/1998[a]
(1st) | GoldenEye 007 | Rare | Nintendo | [8][9]
[10][11]
Age of Empires | Ensemble Studios | Microsoft
Blade Runner | Westwood Studios | Virgin Interactive
Final Fantasy VII | SquareSoft | Sony Computer Entertainment
PaRappa the Rapper | NanaOn-Sha
Quake II | id Software | Activision
Riven: The Sequel to Myst | Cyan Worlds | Red Orb Entertainment
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter | Iguana Entertainment | Acclaim Entertainment
1998/1999
(2nd) | The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | [12][13]
Banjo-Kazooie | Rare | Nintendo
Grim Fandango | LucasArts | LucasArts
Half-Life | Valve | Sierra Studios
Metal Gear Solid | Konami | Konami
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri | Firaxis Games | Electronic Arts
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron | Factor 5, LucasArts | LucasArts
1999/2000
(3rd) | The Sims | Maxis | Electronic Arts | [14]
Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings | Ensemble Studios | Microsoft
Donkey Kong 64 | Rare | Nintendo
Pokémon Yellow | Game Freak
Soulcalibur | Project Soul | Namco
Unreal Tournament | Epic Games, Digital Extremes | GT Interactive

### 2000s

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Year  | Game  | Developer(s)  | Publisher(s)  | Ref.

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2000[b]
(4th) | Diablo II | Blizzard North | Blizzard Entertainment | [15][16]
Age of Empires II: The Conquerors | Ensemble Studios | Microsoft
Asheron's Call | Turbine Entertainment Software
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn | BioWare | Interplay Entertainment
Banjo-Tooie | Rare | Nintendo
Chrono Cross | SquareSoft | Square Electronic Arts
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 | Westwood Pacific | Electronic Arts
Deus Ex | Ion Storm | Eidos Interactive
Disney's Magic Artist 3D | Disney Interactive | Disney Interactive
EverQuest: The Ruins of Kunark | Verant Interactive | Sony Online Entertainment
FIFA 2001 | EA Canada | Electronic Arts
Final Fantasy IX | SquareSoft | Square Electronic Arts
Jet Grind Radio | Smilebit | Sega
Links 2001 | Access Software | Microsoft
Madden NFL 2001 | EA Tiburon | Electronic Arts
MechWarrior 4: Vengeance | FASA Interactive | Microsoft
Rayman 2: The Great Escape | Ubi Pictures | Ubisoft
RollerCoaster Tycoon: Loopy Landscapes | MicroProse | Hasbro Interactive
Sacrifice | Shiny Entertainment | Interplay Entertainment
Shenmue | Sega AM2 | Sega
Skies of Arcadia | Overworks
Spyro: Year of the Dragon | Insomniac Games | Sony Computer Entertainment
SSX | EA Canada | Electronic Arts
Tekken Tag Tournament | Namco | Namco
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo
The Operative: No One Lives Forever | Monolith Productions | Fox Interactive
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 | Neversoft | Activision
Virtua Tennis | Sega AM3 | Sega
WWF No Mercy | AKI Corporation | THQ
2001
(5th) | Halo: Combat Evolved | Bungie | Microsoft Game Studios | [17][18]
[19][20]
Black & White | Lionhead Studios | Electronic Arts
Ico | Japan Studio | Sony Computer Entertainment
Sid Meier's Civilization III | Firaxis Games | Infogrames Interactive
2002
(6th) | Battlefield 1942 | DICE | Electronic Arts | [21][22]
Animal Crossing | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City | Rockstar North | Rockstar Games
Metroid Prime | Retro Studios | Nintendo
Ratchet & Clank | Insomniac Games | Sony Computer Entertainment
2003
(7th) | Call of Duty | Infinity Ward | Activision | [23][24]
[25][26]
Command & Conquer: Generals | EA Pacific | Electronic Arts
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne | Remedy Entertainment | Rockstar Games
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time | Ubisoft Montreal | Ubisoft
Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando | Insomniac Games | Sony Computer Entertainment
Rise of Nations | Big Huge Games | Microsoft Game Studios
SSX 3 | EA Canada | Electronic Arts
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic | BioWare | LucasArts
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo
2004
(8th) | Half-Life 2 | Valve | Vivendi Universal Games | [27][28]
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | Rockstar North | Rockstar Games
Halo 2 | Bungie | Microsoft Game Studios
Katamari Damacy | Namco | Namco
World of Warcraft | Blizzard Entertainment | Vivendi Universal Games
2005[c]
(9th) | God of War | Santa Monica Studio | Sony Computer Entertainment | [4][29][30]
Call of Duty 2 | Infinity Ward | Activision
Guitar Hero | Harmonix | RedOctane
Nintendogs | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo
Shadow of the Colossus | Japan Studio | Sony Computer Entertainment
2006[c]
(10th) | Gears of War | Epic Games | Microsoft Game Studios | [5][31]
Guitar Hero II | Harmonix | RedOctane
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion | Bethesda Game Studios | 2K Games
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo
Wii Sports
2007[c]
(11th) | Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare | Infinity Ward | Activision | [6][32]
BioShock | 2K Boston, 2K Australia | 2K Games
Rock Band | Harmonix | MTV Games
Super Mario Galaxy | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo
The Orange Box | Valve | Valve, Electronic Arts
2008[c]
(12th) | LittleBigPlanet | Media Molecule | Sony Computer Entertainment | [7][33]
Fallout 3 | Bethesda Game Studios | Bethesda Softworks
Grand Theft Auto IV | Rockstar North | Rockstar Games
Left 4 Dead | Valve South | Valve
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots | Kojima Productions | Konami
2009
(13th) | Uncharted 2: Among Thieves | Naughty Dog | Sony Computer Entertainment | [34][35][36]
Assassin's Creed II | Ubisoft Montreal | Ubisoft
Batman: Arkham Asylum | Rocksteady Studios | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 | Infinity Ward | Activision
Dragon Age: Origins | BioWare | Electronic Arts

### 2010s

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Year  | Game  | Developer(s)  | Publisher(s)  | Ref.

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2010
(14th) | Mass Effect 2 | BioWare | Electronic Arts | [37][38][39]
Angry Birds HD | Rovio Entertainment | Chillingo
Call of Duty: Black Ops | Treyarch | Activision
God of War III | Santa Monica Studio | Sony Computer Entertainment
Red Dead Redemption | Rockstar San Diego | Rockstar Games
2011
(15th) | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim | Bethesda Game Studios | Bethesda Softworks | [40][41][42]
Batman: Arkham City | Rocksteady Studios | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Portal 2 | Valve | Valve
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception | Naughty Dog | Sony Computer Entertainment
2012
(16th) | Journey | thatgamecompany | Sony Computer Entertainment | [43][44]
Borderlands 2 | Gearbox Software | 2K Games
Far Cry 3 | Ubisoft Montreal | Ubisoft
The Walking Dead | Telltale Games | Telltale Games
XCOM: Enemy Unknown | Firaxis Games | 2K Games
2013
(17th) | The Last of Us | Naughty Dog | Sony Computer Entertainment | [1][45]
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag | Ubisoft Montreal | Ubisoft
BioShock Infinite | Irrational Games | 2K Games
Grand Theft Auto V | Rockstar North | Rockstar Games
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo
2014
(18th) | Dragon Age: Inquisition | BioWare | Electronic Arts | [46][47]
Destiny | Bungie | Activision
Far Cry 4 | Ubisoft Montreal | Ubisoft
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft | Blizzard Entertainment | Blizzard Entertainment
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor | Monolith Productions | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
2015
(19th) | Fallout 4 | Bethesda Game Studios | Bethesda Softworks | [48][49]
Bloodborne | FromSoftware | Sony Computer Entertainment
Ori and the Blind Forest | Moon Studios | Microsoft Studios
Rise of the Tomb Raider | Crystal Dynamics | Square Enix Europe
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | CD Projekt Red | CD Projekt
2016
(20th) | Overwatch | Blizzard Entertainment | Blizzard Entertainment | [50][51]
Battlefield 1 | DICE | Electronic Arts
Inside | Playdead | Playdead
Pokémon Go | Niantic | Niantic
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End | Naughty Dog | Sony Interactive Entertainment
2017
(21st) | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild | Nintendo EPD | Nintendo | [52][53]
Cuphead | Studio MDHR | Studio MDHR
Horizon Zero Dawn | Guerrilla Games | Sony Interactive Entertainment
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds | PUBG Corporation | Bluehole
Super Mario Odyssey | Nintendo EPD | Nintendo
2018
(22nd) | God of War | Santa Monica Studio | Sony Interactive Entertainment | [54][55]
Into the Breach | Subset Games | Subset Games
Marvel's Spider-Man | Insomniac Games | Sony Interactive Entertainment
Red Dead Redemption 2 | Rockstar Games | Rockstar Games
Return of the Obra Dinn | Lucas Pope | 3909
2019
(23rd) | Untitled Goose Game | House House | Panic Inc. | [56][57]
Control | Remedy Entertainment | 505 Games
Death Stranding | Kojima Productions | Sony Interactive Entertainment
Disco Elysium | ZA/UM  | ZA/UM
Outer Wilds | Mobius Digital  | Annapurna Interactive

### 2020s

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Year  | Game  | Developer(s)  | Publisher(s)  | Ref.

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2020
(24th) | Hades | Supergiant Games | Supergiant Games | [58][59]
Animal Crossing: New Horizons | Nintendo EPD | Nintendo
Final Fantasy VII Remake | Square Enix | Square Enix
Ghost of Tsushima | Sucker Punch Productions | Sony Interactive Entertainment
The Last of Us Part II | Naughty Dog
2021
(25th) | It Takes Two | Hazelight Studios | Electronic Arts | [60][61]
Deathloop | Arkane Studios | Bethesda Softworks
Inscryption | Daniel Mullins Games  | Devolver Digital
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart | Insomniac Games | Sony Interactive Entertainment
Returnal | Housemarque
2022
(26th) | Elden Ring | FromSoftware | Bandai Namco Entertainment | [62][63]
God of War Ragnarök | Santa Monica Studio | Sony Interactive Entertainment
Horizon Forbidden West | Guerrilla Games
Stray | BlueTwelve Studios  | Annapurna Interactive
Vampire Survivors | poncle  | poncle
2023
(27th) | Baldur's Gate 3 | Larian Studios | Larian Studios | [64][65]
[66][67]
Alan Wake 2 | Remedy Entertainment | Epic Games
Cocoon | Geometric Interactive  | Annapurna Interactive
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 | Insomniac Games | Sony Interactive Entertainment
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom | Nintendo EPD | Nintendo
2024
(28th) | Astro Bot | Team Asobi | Sony Interactive Entertainment | [68][69]
[70][71]
Balatro | LocalThunk  | Playstack
Black Myth: Wukong | Game Science | Game Science
Helldivers 2 | Arrowhead Game Studios | Sony Interactive Entertainment
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle | MachineGames | Bethesda Softworks

## Multiple nominations and wins

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Nintendo EAD/EPD has developed the most Game of the Year nominees with fourteen. Nintendo EAD/EPD is also tied with Infinity Ward, Santa Monica Studio, Naughty Dog, BioWare, and Bethesda Game Studios for each developing two Game of the Year winners, being the most of any developer. Developer Insomniac Games has the most nominations without a win.

Sony has published the most Game of the Year nominees and winners. Sony has twice had back-to-back wins for Game of the Year; the first for LittleBigPlanet in 2009 and Uncharted 2: Among Thieves in 2010, and the second time for Journey in 2013 and The Last of Us in 2014. The only other publisher with back-to-back wins is Nintendo with GoldenEye 007 in 1998, and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time in 1999. Rockstar Games has published the most Game of the Year nominees without having a single winner.

Developers Developer  | Nominations  | Wins

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Nintendo EAD/EPD | 14  | 2
BioWare | 5  | 2
Naughty Dog | 5  | 2
Bethesda Game Studios | 4  | 2
Infinity Ward | 4  | 2
Santa Monica Studio | 4  | 2
Rare | 4  | 1
Valve | 4  | 1
Blizzard Entertainment | 3  | 1
Bungie | 3  | 1
DICE | 2  | 1
Epic Games | 2  | 1
FromSoftware | 2  | 1
Insomniac Games | 6  | 0
Ubisoft Montreal | 5  | 0
Rockstar North | 4  | 0
SquareSoft/Square Enix | 4  | 0
EA Canada | 3  | 0
Ensemble Studios | 3  | 0
Firaxis Games | 3  | 0
Harmonix | 3  | 0
Remedy Entertainment | 3  | 0
Guerrilla Games | 2  | 0
2K Boston/Irrational Games | 2  | 0
LucasArts | 2  | 0
Japan Studio | 2  | 0
Kojima Productions | 2  | 0
Monolith Productions | 2  | 0
Namco | 2  | 0
Rocksteady Studios | 2  | 0
Sega AM2/AM3 | 2  | 0
Westwood Pacific/EA Pacific | 2  | 0

Publishers  Publisher  | Nominations  | Wins

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Sony Interactive Entertainment | 30  | 7
Electronic Arts | 18  | 5
Nintendo | 20  | 3
Microsoft/Xbox Game Studios | 11  | 2
Activision | 8  | 2
Bethesda Softworks | 5  | 2
Blizzard Entertainment | 3  | 2
Namco/Bandai Namco Entertainment | 4  | 1
Vivendi Universal Games | 2  | 1
Rockstar Games | 7  | 0
Ubisoft | 6  | 0
2K Games | 5  | 0
Sega | 4  | 0
SquareSoft/Square Enix | 4  | 0
Annapurna Interactive | 3  | 0
LucasArts | 3  | 0
Valve | 3  | 0
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment | 3  | 0
Interplay Entertainment | 2  | 0
Konami | 2  | 0
RedOctane | 2  | 0

### Franchises

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The most nominated franchise is The Legend of Zelda, with eight nominations. Call of Duty, The Legend of Zelda, and God of War are the only franchises to have won Game of the Year twice. The Grand Theft Auto franchise has garnered the most nominations without winning a single award in this category. Final Fantasy VII Remake is the first and only remake that has been nominated, let alone a remake of a previous nominee.

Franchises Franchise  | Nominations  | Wins

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The Legend of Zelda | 8  | 2
Call of Duty | 5  | 2
God of War | 4  | 2
Half-Life[d] | 3  | 1
Uncharted | 3  | 1
Baldur's Gate | 2  | 1
Battlefield | 2  | 1
Dragon Age | 2  | 1
Fallout | 2  | 1
Halo | 2  | 1
The Elder Scrolls | 2  | 1
The Last of Us | 2  | 1
Grand Theft Auto | 4  | 0
Age of Empires | 3  | 0
Final Fantasy | 3  | 0
Ratchet & Clank | 3  | 0
Animal Crossing | 2  | 0
Assassin's Creed | 2  | 0
Banjo-Kazooie | 2  | 0
Batman: Arkham | 2  | 0
BioShock | 2  | 0
Command & Conquer | 2  | 0
Far Cry | 2  | 0
Guitar Hero | 2  | 0
Horizon | 2  | 0
Marvel's Spider-Man | 2  | 0
Metal Gear | 2  | 0
Pokémon | 2  | 0
Portal[e] | 2  | 0
Red Dead | 2  | 0
Sid Meier | 2  | 0
SSX | 2  | 0
Star Wars | 2  | 0
Super Mario | 2  | 0
Warcraft | 2  | 0

## Notes

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1. ^ Awarded as Interactive Title of the Year
2. ^ Finalists included all nominees for Console Game of the Year and Computer Game of the Year.
3. ^ a b c d Awarded as Overall Game of the Year
4. ^ includes Half-Life 2: Episode Two as part of The Orange Box.
5. ^ includes the original Portal as part of The Orange Box.

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D.I.C.E. Awards' Game of the Year

* GoldenEye 007 (1997/1998)
* The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998/1999)
* The Sims (1999/2000)
* Diablo II (2000)
* Halo: Combat Evolved (2001)
* Battlefield 1942 (2002)
* Call of Duty (2003)
* Half-Life 2 (2004)
* God of War (2005)
* Gears of War (2006)
* Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007)
* LittleBigPlanet (2008)
* Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (2009)
* Mass Effect 2 (2010)
* The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)
* Journey (2012)
* The Last of Us (2013)
* Dragon Age: Inquisition (2014)
* Fallout 4 (2015)
* Overwatch (2016)
* The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017)
* God of War (2018)
* Untitled Goose Game (2019)
* Hades (2020)
* It Takes Two (2021)
* Elden Ring (2022)
* Baldur's Gate 3 (2023)
* Astro Bot (2024)

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