Battlefield 1942: 2 Game of the Year awards

No count exists for 2002: Battlefield 1942 holds 2 of the 10 Game of the Year awards on record for a season from before the census, so no winner is named. D.I.C.E. Awards did name it Game of the Year.

Battlefield 1942 is a 2002 first-person shooter game developed by Digital Illusions CE and published by Electronic Arts for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. It is the first installment in the Battlefield series.

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Battlefield 1942 collected Game of the Year awards in 2002, a season with no full count, with 2 awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

2Total awards
2Media outlets
0Readers' choice
1Countries

Also in the 2002 season: Metroid Prime (5), Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (1), Grand Theft Auto III (1) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Battlefield 1942 win?

Battlefield 1942 won 2 Game of the Year awards in the 2002 season. 2 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did Battlefield 1942 win Game of the Year?

There is no full count for 2002, so this site names no winner. Battlefield 1942 holds 2 of the 10 Game of the Year awards on record for that season.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerYes
Online multiplayerNo
Released10 September 2002
DeveloperDICE
PublisherElectronic Arts

first-person shooter
Microsoft Windows
macOS

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
United States	2

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year	Source
D.I.C.E. Awards	United States	2002	interactive.org
IGN	United States	2002	ign.com

← Full 2002 results

Updated 13 October 2026 · Source: the Meta Awards database, where every award row cites where it was published.