Short History of the Giant Bomb Game of the Year
by geraltitude
This Year's Last Year's Game of the Year Award Winner Runners-Up Year 2008's 2007 Game of the Year Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Rock Band , Mass Effect , Assassin's Creed , Super Mario Galaxy , Halo 3 , Crackdown , WarioWare: Smooth Moves , The Orange Box 2008 2009's 2008 Game of the Year Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 Fallout 3 , Fable II 2009 2010's 2009 Game of the Year Borderlands Forza Mo...
This Year's Last Year's Game of the Year
| Award | Winner | Runners-Up | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
2008's 2007 Game of the Year | Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare | Rock Band, Mass Effect, Assassin's Creed, Super Mario Galaxy, Halo 3, Crackdown, WarioWare: Smooth Moves, The Orange Box | 2008 |
| 2009's 2008 Game of the Year | Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 | Fallout 3, Fable II | 2009 |
| 2010's 2009 Game of the Year | Borderlands | Forza Motorsport 3, Dragon Age: Origins | 2010 |
| 2011's 2010 Game of the Year | StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty | Rock Band 3, Call of Duty: Black Ops | 2011 |
| 2012's 2011 Game of the Year | Super Mario 3D Land | TrackMania² Canyon, Pushmo | 2012 |
Best Debut
| Winner | Runners-Up | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Dead Space | Left 4 Dead, No More Heroes, LittleBigPlanet, Braid | 2008 |
| inFamous | Borderlands, Shadow Complex | 2009 |
| Bayonetta | Super Meat Boy, Limbo | 2010 |
| Bastion | Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP, L.A. Noire | 2011 |
| The Walking Dead | Mark of the Ninja, Fez | 2012 |
Best New Character
| Award | Winner | Runner-Up | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best New Non-Player Character | Tenzin - Uncharted 2 | 2009 | |
| Best New Character | Bayonetta or maybe Mordin Solus - Beyonetta & Mass Effect 2 | Captain Donnelly (L.A. Noire), Johnson (Shadows of the Damned) | 2010 |
| Best New Character | Wheatley - Portal 2 | Lee Everett (Walking Dead), Javik (Mass Effect 3) | 2011 |
| Best New Character | Vaas - Far Cry 3 | Ghost (Modern Warfare 2), GIRL (Noby Noby Boy) | 2012 |
Notes
One of 2008's 2007 Game of the Year Runner's-Up, WarioWare, was released in 2006.