GoldenEye 007: 2 Game of the Year awards

No count exists for 1997: GoldenEye 007 holds 2 of the 3 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.

GoldenEye 007 is a 1997 first-person shooter game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It is based on the 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye, with the player controlling the secret agent James Bond to prevent a criminal syndicate from using a satellite weapon.

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GoldenEye 007 collected Game of the Year awards in 1997, a season with no full count, with 2 awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

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

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did GoldenEye 007 win?

GoldenEye 007 won 2 Game of the Year awards in the 1997 season. 2 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did GoldenEye 007 win Game of the Year?

There is no full count for 1997, so this site names no winner. GoldenEye 007 holds 2 of the 3 Game of the Year awards on record for that season.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerYes
Online multiplayerNo
Released23 August 1997
DeveloperRare Ltd.
PublisherNintendo

first-person shooter
Nintendo 64

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	1997	interactive.org
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)	United States	1997	videogamegeek.com

← Full 1997 results

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