No: Gears of War collected 34 Game of the Year awards in 2006 and finished No. 2; the season went to The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion with 42. Spike Video Game Awards named The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion its Game of the Year.
Gears of War is a 2006 third-person shooter video game developed by Epic Games and published by Microsoft Game Studios. It is the first installment of the Gears of War series, and was initially released as an exclusive title for the Xbox 360 in November 2006.
How many Game of the Year awards did Gears of War win?
Gears of War won 34 Game of the Year awards in the 2006 season — 27.4% of every award tracked that season. 29 came from editorial picks and 5 from readers' polls, across 5 countries.
Did Gears of War win Game of the Year?
No. It finished No. 2 in 2006, behind The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, which collected 42.
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How the co-op works. The whole campaign is playable in two-player co-op, split screen locally or over Xbox Live.