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1999
Final Fantasy VIII: 1 Game of the Year award
No count exists for 1999: Final Fantasy VIII holds 1 of the 4 Game of the Year awards on record for a season from before the census, so no winner is named. D.I.C.E. Awards named The Sims its Game of the Year.
Final Fantasy VIII is a 1999 role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the PlayStation console. It is the eighth main installment in the Final Fantasy series.
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Final Fantasy VIII collected Game of the Year awards in 1999, a season with no full count, with 1
award from media outlets and reader votes
worldwide.
1 Total awards 1 Media outlets 0 Readers' choice 1 Countries
Also in the 1999 season: The Sims (1) · full results
Quick answers How many Game of the Year awards did Final Fantasy VIII win? Final Fantasy VIII won 1 Game of the Year award in the 1999 season. 1 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.
Did Final Fantasy VIII win Game of the Year? It shares the top of 1999 with The Sims, Gran Turismo 2 and Soulcalibur on 1 award each. A tied season has no winner on this site.
Game facts
Single-player Yes Co-op No Split screen No Multiplayer No Online multiplayer No Released 11 February 1999 Developer Square Publisher Square role-playing video game video game with LGBT character Microsoft Windows PlayStation (console) Android (operating system) IOS
Where the awards came from
Related Updated 13 October 2026 · Source: the Meta Awards database , where every award row cites where it was published.