Cheat Code Central: 15 Game of the Year awards

Cheat Code Central is a website from United States, founded in 1997. It appears in this database with 15 Game of the Year picks across 15 award seasons (2005–2025); its most frequent pick was BioShock.

In the seasons tracked at full breadth, 8 of its 15 picks went to the game that won the season overall; the most recent was Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 in 2025.

Its pick furthest from the consensus was Destiny in 2014, which finished No. 9 that season with 14 awards in total. Its earliest pick on record is Resident Evil 4, for 2005.

The 2018 CODY Awards used separate individual staff GOTY picks rather than one outlet-wide winner.

What "2005–2025" means.

It is the first and last year this outlet appears in our award data — not necessarily its founding or closing date. An outlet may have existed longer, or simply skipped a year's award.

Every Game of the Year it picked

Year	Game of the Year	Vote type	Source
2025	Clair Obscur: Expedition 33	Editorial	cheatcc.com
2019	Resident Evil 2	Editorial	Internet Archive
2017	Super Mario Odyssey	Editorial	Internet Archive
2016	Overwatch	Editorial	Internet Archive
2015	The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	Editorial	Internet Archive
2014	Destiny	Editorial	Internet Archive
2013	The Last of Us	Editorial	Internet Archive
2012	The Walking Dead: The Game	Editorial	Internet Archive
2011	Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception	Editorial	Internet Archive
2010	Red Dead Redemption	Editorial	Internet Archive
2009	Uncharted 2: Among Thieves	Editorial	Internet Archive
2008	LittleBigPlanet	Editorial	Internet Archive
2007	BioShock	Editorial	Internet Archive
2006	The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	Editorial	Internet Archive
2005	Resident Evil 4	Editorial	Internet Archive

References

Primary sources cited while researching this outlet's award history.

1.https://www.cheatcc.com/articles/cheatcc-s-cody-awards-2018/

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