CraveOnline: 10 Game of the Year awards

CraveOnline is a website from United States, founded in 2004 and no longer publishing since 2018. It appears in this database with 10 Game of the Year picks across 10 award seasons (2008–2017); its most frequent pick was Batman: Arkham City.

In the seasons tracked at full breadth, 5 of its 10 picks went to the game that won the season overall; the most recent was The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild in 2017.

Its pick furthest from the consensus was Super Smash Bros. in 2014, which finished No. 4 that season with 28 awards in total. Its earliest pick on record is Fallout 3, for 2008.

CraveOnline was renamed Mandatory in 2018.

The documented CraveOnline Game of the Year series in the supplied data runs from 2008 through 2017, before the site was renamed Mandatory.

What "2008–2017" 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
2017	The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild	Editorial	Internet Archive
2016	Overwatch	Editorial	Internet Archive
2015	Fallout 4	Editorial	Internet Archive
2014	Super Smash Bros.	Editorial	Internet Archive
2013	Grand Theft Auto V	Editorial	Internet Archive
2012	The Walking Dead: The Game	Editorial	Internet Archive
2011	Batman: Arkham City	Editorial	Internet Archive
2010	Red Dead Redemption	Editorial	Internet Archive
2009	Uncharted 2: Among Thieves	Editorial	Internet Archive
2008	Fallout 3	Editorial	Internet Archive

References

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

1.https://www.mandatory.com/evolve-media-announces-craveonline-renamed-mandatory-popular-section-digital-media-site

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