Our census begins in 2003. For 1999 we list only the awards we could source one at a time, so this is a record that these awards happened — not a count of how many were given. It must not be compared with a tracked season; see the methodology.
4 games, level
4 games tied on 1 award
No game leads 1999 in the count; D.I.C.E. Awards named The Sims its Game of the Year. The Sims, Gran Turismo 2, Soulcalibur and Final Fantasy VIII each took 1 of the 4 awards we can source for this season. With a field this small a tie is not a close race, it is the absence of a result.
No single game. The Sims, Gran Turismo 2, Soulcalibur and Final Fantasy VIII finished level on 1 award each, so the 1999 season has no winner on this site.
D.I.C.E. Awards named The Sims its Game of the Year for 1999.
This site documents 4 Game of the Year awards for 1999, from 4 outlets in 3 countries. It is a documented minimum: every award has a source, and awards nobody recorded are not in it.
| Ceremony | Game of the Year | Same as the count? |
|---|---|---|
| D.I.C.E. Awards | The Sims | — |
| Japan Game Awards | Final Fantasy VIII | — |
The games the outlets we can source named Game of the Year for 1999.
All 4 tracked awards for 1999, from 3 countries. 0 were readers' or community votes. Tap a column heading to sort.
| Media outlet | Country | Their GOTY | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| D.I.C.E. Awards | United States | The Sims | interactive.org |
| Edge | United Kingdom | Gran Turismo 2 | retrocdn.net |
| Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM) | United States | Soulcalibur | Electronic Gaming Monthly, issue 128, March 2000, page 139 |
| Japan Game Awards | Japan | Final Fantasy VIII | animenewsservice.com |
Updated 13 October 2026 · Source: the Meta Awards database, where every award row cites where it was published.