Red Dead Redemption 2 was awarded Game of the Year at Fun & Serious Game Festival , The Daily Star , Gamereactor Denmark , Gamereactor Germany , HuffPost Brazil , and Knack Focus .
The game also appeared on several year-end lists of the best games of 2018 , receiving Game of the Year wins at the Australian Games Awards , Brazil Game Awards , Global Game Awards , IGN Australia Select Awards , and Italian Video Game Awards , and from 4Players , AusGamers , Complex , Digital Trends , Edge , Electronic Gaming Monthly , Gamereactor , GameSpot , The Guardian , Hot Press , IGN Italy , IGN Japan , The Independent , Maxim , The Mercury News , news.com.au , Stuff , The Telegraph , USgamer , and Vulture ; it was named runner-up by several other publications.
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