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Hardcore Gamer: 14 Game of the Year awards

Hardcore Gamer is a website from United States, founded in 2005. It appears in this database with 14 Game of the Year picks across 14 award seasons (2012–2025); its most frequent pick was Alan Wake 2.

Hardcore Gamer began as a print magazine in 2005, transitioned to an online publication by 2012, and was acquired by Valnet in 2023.

No qualifying overall GOTY was verified for the requested pre-2012 years; the supplied web-era GOTY series begins in 2012.

What "2012–2025" 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

YearGame of the Year Vote type
2025Clair Obscur: Expedition 33Editorial
2024Astro BotEditorial
2023Alan Wake 2Editorial
2022God of War RagnarökEditorial
2021Ratchet & Clank: Rift ApartEditorial
2020Ghost of TsushimaEditorial
2019Resident Evil 2Editorial
2018God of WarEditorial
2017NieR: AutomataEditorial
2016OwlboyEditorial
2015Tales from the BorderlandsEditorial
2014Dragon Age: InquisitionEditorial
2013The Last of UsEditorial
2012Far Cry 3Editorial

References

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

  1. 1.https://hardcoregamer.com/features/top-10-games-of-2022-game-of-the-year/435048/
  2. 2.https://hardcoregamer.com/hardcore-gamers-2025-game-of-the-year-awards-top-10/
  3. 3.https://hardcoregamer.com/top-10-games-of-2023-game-of-the-year/
  4. 4.https://hardcoregamer.com/top-10-games-of-2024-game-of-the-year/
  5. 5.https://www.valnetinc.com/en/hardcoregamer