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Every Past “Game of the Year” Winner at The Game Awards – Listed

A short history of The Game Awards "Game of the Year" champions
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Published: Nov 14, 2022 07:30 pm

The Game Awards is back for its ninth annual ceremony honoring some of the best, most notable games and individuals in the industry, and is set to air on December 8, 2022. Today, on November 14, 2022, The Game Awards announced its six nominees for the premier honor of the presentation: the “game of the year” award with A Plague Tale: Requiem, Elden Ring, God of War: Ragnarok, Horizon Forbidden West, Stray, and Xenoblade Chronicles 3 battling for the top prize. While there will be endless speculation on which game will be crowned for the next month, this guide will take a trip down memory lane, looking at the history of The Game Awards, and seeing which games the 2022 champion will join in gaming immortality as a “Game of the Year Winner” at The Game Awards.

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2014 Game of the Year – Dragon Age: Inquisition

2014 Nominees:

Bayonetta 2

Dark Souls II

Hearthstone

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

2015 Game of the Year – The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

2015 Nominees:

Bloodborne

Fallout 4

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

Super Mario Maker

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2016 Game of the Year – Overwatch

2016 Nominees:

Doom

Inside

Titanfall 2

Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End

2017 Game of the Year – The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

2017 Nominees:

Horizon Zero Dawn

Persona 5

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds

Super Mario Odyssey

2018 Game of the Year – God of War

2018 Nominees:

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey

Celeste

Marvel’s Spider-Man

Monster Hunter: World

Red Dead Redemption 2

2019 Game of the Year – Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

2019 Nominees:

Control

Death Stranding

Resident Evil 2

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

The Outer Worlds

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2020 Game of the Year – The Last of Us Part II

2020 Nominees:

Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Doom Eternal

Final Fantasy VII Remake

Ghost of Tsushima

Hades

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2021 Nominees:

Deathloop

Metroid Dread

Psychonauts 2

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart

Resident Evil Village

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Grant Testa
Grant Testa is a writer at Prima Games, who specializes in achievement hunting and horror gaming. He is also an avid comic book reader/collector, fantasy footballer, and rock music fanatic. Thousands who have been defeated by Grant in online multiplayer games have cried to themselves, wondering, "How did he get so good?! Why can't I be a gaming demigod like him?" They would probably be surprised to learn that Grant actually inherited his elite gaming skills from his mom, Joann Hansen, one of the speediest stenographers/typists in the nation, (and probably the world). Fun fact: he is also the son of the world’s first “let’s player” and comedy legend, Tim Testa.