Game of the Year 2002
10 awards on record
Partial season
There is no full count for 2002, so this site names no winner. D.I.C.E. Awards named Battlefield 1942 its Game of the Year. Of the 10 awards on record, Metroid Prime holds 5.
Partial season.
Our census begins in 2003. For 2002 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.
Quick answers
Who won Game of the Year 2002?
There is no full count for 2002, so this site names no winner. Of the 10 Game of the Year awards on record, Metroid Prime holds 5, Battlefield 1942 2.
What won Game of the Year at the D.I.C.E. Awards 2002?
D.I.C.E. Awards named Battlefield 1942 its Game of the Year for 2002.
How many Game of the Year awards were given in 2002?
This site documents 10 Game of the Year awards for 2002, from 10 outlets in 2 countries. It is a documented minimum: every award has a source, and awards nobody recorded are not in it.
Major ceremonies 2002
| Ceremony | Game of the Year | Same as the count? |
|---|---|---|
| D.I.C.E. Awards | Battlefield 1942 | No |
| Game Developers Choice Awards | Metroid Prime | Yes |
| Golden Joystick Awards | Grand Theft Auto III | No |
1 of 3 ceremonies on record picked the game the whole field rewarded most. How often each one agrees, across every season →
Every award on record for 2002
The games the outlets we can source named Game of the Year for 2002.
Who voted for what
All 10 tracked awards for 2002, from 2 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 | Battlefield 1942 | interactive.org |
| Edge | United Kingdom | Metroid Prime | en.wikipedia.org |
| Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM) | United States | Metroid Prime | prnewswire.com |
| Eurogamer | United Kingdom | Ico | en.wikipedia.org |
| Game Developers Choice Awards | United States | Metroid Prime | gamechoiceawards.com |
| Game Informer | United States | Grand Theft Auto: Vice City | en.wikipedia.org |
| GameSpot | United States | Metroid Prime | gamespot.com |
| GameSpy | United States | Metroid Prime | Internet Archive |
| Golden Joystick Awards | United Kingdom | Grand Theft Auto III | en.wikipedia.org |
| IGN | United States | Battlefield 1942 | ign.com |
Updated 13 October 2026 · Source: the Meta Awards database, where every award row cites where it was published.