Main article: Game Developers Choice Award for Game of the Year 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).
An annual award ceremony has been held since 2005. The Grand Prize winners of the annual Famitsu Awards, voted by Famitsu magazine's readers. The 19 issues asked their readers to vote for the game of the year. Following the magazine's revival in 1992, it published the Electronic Gaming Awards in January 1993 for the best video games released in 1992. 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. 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. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Įlectronic Gaming Awards (formerly Arcade Awards) The awards were previously known as the Interactive Achievement Awards until 2013.
Awards are awarded by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS), a non-profit organization of industry professionals. YearĬzechoslovakia 1938–89: The Assassination The Czech Game of the Year Awards are annual awards that recognize accomplishments in video game development. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 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.
The British Academy Games Awards are an annual British awards ceremony honoring "outstanding creative achievement" in the video game industry. Main article: British Academy Games Award for Best Game