List of Game of the Year awards
Game Informer
The winners of the Game Informer Game of the Year are chosen by Game Informer editors. During their earlier 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.

List of Game of the Year awards

Section Title: Game Informer
Table Section Text: The winners of the Game Informer Game of the Year are chosen by Game Informer editors. During their earlier 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.

Year	Game	Genre	Platform(s)	Developer(s)

1992	Street Fighter II	Fighting	SNES	Capcom

1993	Mortal Kombat	Fighting	SNES	Midway Games

1994	Donkey Kong Country	Platformer	SNES	Rare

1995	Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy Kong's Quest	Platformer	SNES	Rare

1996	Super Mario 64	Platformer	Nintendo 64	Nintendo EAD

1997	Final Fantasy VII	Role-playing	PlayStation	Square

1998	The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time	Action-adventure	Nintendo 64	Nintendo EAD

1999	Tony Hawk's Pro Skater	Sports	PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color, Dreamcast	Neversoft

2000	Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2	Sports	PlayStation, Microsoft Windows, Game Boy Color, Dreamcast	Neversoft

2001	Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty	Action-adventure	PlayStation 2	Konami Computer Entertainment Japan

2002	Grand Theft Auto: Vice City	Action-adventure	PlayStation 2	Rockstar North

2003	The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker	Action-adventure	GameCube	Nintendo EAD

2004	Halo 2	First-person shooter	Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows	Bungie

2005	Resident Evil 4	Survival horror	GameCube, PlayStation 2	Capcom

2006	The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	Action-adventure	GameCube, Wii	Nintendo EAD

2007	BioShock	First-person shooter	Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360	Irrational Games

2008	Grand Theft Auto IV	Action-adventure	Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360	Rockstar North

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

2010	Red Dead Redemption	Action-adventure	PlayStation 3, Xbox 360	Rockstar San Diego

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

2012	Mass Effect 3	Action role-playing	Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360	BioWare

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

2014	Dragon Age: Inquisition	Action role-playing	Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One	BioWare

2015	The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	Action role-playing	Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One	CD Projekt Red

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

2017	The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild	Action-adventure	Nintendo Switch, Wii U	Nintendo EPD

2018	God of War	Action-adventure	PlayStation 4	SIE Santa Monica Studio

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The Final Fantasy VII won the Game of the Year award.

final_sentence: The Final Fantasy VII won the Game of the Year award.