List of Game of the Year awards
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. Events and ceremonies. British Academy Games Awards (formerly BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards). The British Academy Games Awards are an annual British awards ceremony honoring "outstanding creative achievement" in the video game industry. First presented in 2004 following the restructuring of the BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards, the awards are presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), and are thus commonly  referred to as the BAFTA Games Awards. Czech Game of the Year Awards. The Czech Game of the Year Awards are annual awards that recognize accomplishments in video game development. D.I.C.E. Awards. The D.I.C.E. Awards are awarded by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS), a non-profit organization of industry professionals. The awards were previously known as the Interactive Achievement Awards until 2013. Electronic Gaming Awards (formerly Arcade 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 video game crash of 1983. It was held since 1980 (for games released in 1979 and earlier) and were announced annually by "Electronic Games" magazine since 1981, covering several 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. The 1992 and 1993 issues asked their readers to vote for the game of the year. Section::::"Famitsu" Awards. The Grand Prize winners of the annual "Famitsu" Awards, voted by "Famitsu" magazine's readers. An annual award ceremony has been held since 2005. Prior  to 2005, the results were published in the magazine's annual "Best Hit Game Awards" feature since early 1987 (for games released in 1986). The Game Awards. Geoff Keighley, producer and host of the Spike Video Game Awards, created The Game Awards in 2014. The winners are determined by a blended vote between the voting jury (90%) and public van voting (10%); the jury panel consists of members from 96 global media outlets. Game Developers Choice Awards. The Game Developers Choice Award for Game of the Year is announced during the Game Developers Choice Awards at the Game Developers Conference  (GDC), the largest annual gathering of professional video game developers. Golden Joystick Awards. The Golden Joystick Awards is the second oldest gaming award ceremony and is the longest-running video game award. The inaugural ceremony took place in 1984 in London's Berkeley Square. Japan Game Awards (formerly 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. National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers (NAVGTR) Awards. The National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers honors  highly specialized developers for video game design, art, and sound, including more than 10 categories for new IP. New York Game Awards. The New York Videogame Critics Circle hosts an annual award show that recognizes the best contributions to the video game industry from the previous year. Spike Video Game Awards. The winners of the Spike Video Game Awards, hosted by Spike between 2003 and 2013, awarded the Game of the Year using an advisory council featuring over 20 journalists from media outlets. The show's title was changed to VGX in 2013 before Spike TV dropped the show entirely . Host and producer Geoff Keighley created The Game Awards in 2014. SXSW Gaming Awards. The winners of the SXSW Gaming Awards are judged by the SXSW Gaming Advisory Board, which is composed of over 40 industry members. VSDA Awards. The Video Software Dealers Association's VSDA Awards for home entertainment handed out awards for the best video games of the year until 2001. Publications and media. Section::::"Ars Technica". Starting in 2012, the editors of "Ars Technica" have published their top 20 games for each year. Section::::"Easy Allies" (formerly "GameTrailers"). The winners of the "Easy Allies" Game of the Year are  chosen by its staff (formerly "GameTrailers" editors). Section::::"Edge". The winners of the "Edge" Game of the Year are chosen by its editors. Section::::"Electronic Gaming Monthly" ("EGM"). The winners of the "Electronic Gaming Monthly" Game of the Year are chosen by its editors. Section::::"Empire". The winners of the "Empire" Game of the Year are chosen by its editors.<ref name="http://www.empireonline.com/"></ref> Section::::"Entertainment Weekly". The winners of the "Entertainment Weekly" Game of the Year are chosen by its editors. Section::::"Eurogamer". The winners of the "Eurogamer" Game of the Year are chosen by its editors. Section::::"Game Informer". The winners of the "Game Informer" Game  of the Year are chosen by its 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. In 2017, they retroactively awarded a GOTY award for each past year that did not have an overall best game. Section::::"GameSpot". The winners of the "GameSpot" Game of the Year are chosen by its editors. Awards from 1998–2001 were split between console and PC. Section::::"GamesRadar+". "GamesRadar+" holds a Platinum Chalice Awards feature each year, as part of that, the  Game of the Year chosen by its editors. Section::::"Gamest". Japanese magazine "Gamest" specialized in arcade games. They published the "Gamest" Awards annually for arcade games. Section::::"Giant Bomb". The winners of the "Giant Bomb" Game of the Year are chosen by its editors. Section::::"Hardcore Gamer". "Hardcore Gamer" Game of the Year is chosen by its staff. Section::::"IGN". IGN's game of the year is chosen by its staff. Section::::"Polygon". "Polygon" Game of the Year is chosen by its staff. Section::::"Time". The winners of the "Time" Game of the Year are chosen by its editors. Section::::"USgamer". The staff of "USgamer" published their  top 20 games from 2015 until they ceased publication at the end of 2020. Section::::"Yahoo!". The winners of the "Yahoo!" Game of the Year are chosen by "Yahoo! Finance" editors.