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=== ''Game Informer'' === The winners of the ''[[Game Informer]]'' Game of the Year are chosen by Game Informer editors. During their first years of publication they would give awards for the best game on each console available at the time, occasionally giving an award to the overall best game of the year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gameinformer.com/ |title=Home |publisher=GameInformer.com |date=4 April 2012 |accessdate=31 July 2012}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="width:95%;" |- ! Year ! Game ! Genre ! Platform(s) ! Developer(s) |- | '''2012''' || ''[[Mass Effect 3]]''|| [[Shooter game|Shooter]]: [[Role-playing video game|RPG]] || [[Xbox 360]], [[PlayStation 3]], [[Personal computer|PC]] || [[BioWare]] |- | '''2011''' || ''[[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim]]''|| [[Open world|Open World]]: [[Role-playing video game|RPG]] || [[Xbox 360]], [[PlayStation 3]], [[Personal computer|PC]] || [[Bethesda Softworks]] |- | '''2010''' || ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]''|| [[Open world|Open World]]: ([[Third person (video games)|Third-Person]]) [[Shooter game|Shooter]]|| [[Xbox 360]], [[PlayStation 3]] || [[Rockstar Games]] |- | '''2009''' || ''[[Uncharted 2: Among Thieves]]'' || [[Action-adventure game|Third-person shooter]] || [[PlayStation 3]] || [[Naughty Dog]] |- | '''2008''' || ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]'' || [[Open world|Open World]], [[Action game|Action]] || [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[PlayStation 3]], [[Xbox 360]] || [[Rockstar North]] |- | '''2007''' || ''[[BioShock]]'' || [[Shooter game|Shooter]] || [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[Xbox 360]], [[OS X|Mac OS X]], [[PlayStation 3]] || [[2K Boston/2K Australia]] |- | '''2006''' || ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]]'' || [[Action-adventure game|Action-Adventure]] || [[Wii]], [[Nintendo GameCube|GameCube]] || [[Nintendo]] |- | '''2005''' || ''[[Resident Evil 4]]'' || [[Survival horror|Survival Horror]]: ([[Third-person shooter|Third-Person]]) [[Shooter game|Shooter]] || [[Nintendo GameCube|GameCube]], [[PlayStation 2]], [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[Wii]], [[PlayStation 3]], [[Xbox 360]] || [[Capcom]] |- | '''2001''' || ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]]'' <ref>"Games of 2001." ''[[Game Informer]]''. January 2002: p. 52</ref> || [[Stealth game|Stealth]], [[Action-adventure game|Action-Adventure]] || [[PlayStation 2]], [[Xbox]], [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] || [[Konami]] |- | '''2000''' || ''[[Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2]]'' || [[Sports game|Extreme Sports]] || [[Dreamcast]], [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]], [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] || [[Neversoft]] |- | '''1999''' || ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' || [[Fighting game|Fighting]] || [[Nintendo 64]] || [[HAL Laboratory|HAL Laboratory, Inc.]] |- | '''1998''' || ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]'' || [[Action-adventure game|Action-Adventure]] || [[Nintendo 64]] || [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development|Nintendo EAD]] |- | '''1997''' || ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' || [[Role-playing video game|Role-Playing Game]] || [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]], [[PlayStation Network]] || [[Square (company)|Squaresoft]] |- | '''1996''' || ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' || [[Platform game|3D Platformer]] || [[Nintendo 64]]|| [[Nintendo]] |- | '''1993''' || ''[[Mortal Kombat (1992 video game)|Mortal Kombat]]'' || [[Fighting game|Fighting]] || [[Arcade game|Arcade]], [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super Nintendo]], [[Sega Genesis]] || [[Midway Games]], [[Acclaim Entertainment]] |- | '''1992''' || ''[[Street Fighter II]]'' || [[Fighting game|Fighting]] || [[Arcade game|Arcade]], [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super Nintendo]] || [[Capcom]] |} ;Greatest Games (Pre-1996)<ref name="gi2001">{{cite journal|title=Top 100 Games of All Time|url=http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2009/11/16/game-informer-s-top-100-games-of-all-time-circa-issue-100.aspx|work=[[Game Informer]]|issue=100|accessdate=14 April 2012|month=August|year=2001}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="width:95%;" |- ! Year ! Game ! Genre ! Platform(s) ! Developer(s) |- | '''1995''' || ''[[Chrono Trigger]]'' || [[Role-playing video game|Role-Playing Game]] || [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]], [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]], [[Mobile game|Mobile]], [[Virtual Console]], [[PlayStation Network]], [[iOS]] || [[Square (company)|Squaresoft]] |- | '''1994''' || ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'' || [[Role-playing video game|Role-Playing Game]] || [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super Nintendo]], [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]], [[Game Boy Advance]], [[Virtual Console]], [[PlayStation Network]] || [[Square (company)|Squaresoft]] |- | '''1993''' || ''[[Doom (video game)|Doom]]'' || ([[First-person shooter|First-Person]]) [[Shooter game|Shooter]] || [[DOS]], [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[Mac OS]], [[Linux]], [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]], [[Atari Jaguar|Jaguar]], [[Sega 32X|32X]], [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]], [[3DO Interactive Multiplayer|3DO]], [[Sega Saturn|Saturn]], [[Nintendo 64|N64]], [[Game Boy Advance|GBA]], [[Xbox]], [[iOS]] || [[id Software]] |- | '''1992''' || ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past]]'' || [[Action-adventure game|Action-Adventure]] || [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super Nintendo]], [[Game Boy Advance]], [[Virtual Console]] || [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development|Nintendo EAD]] |- | '''1991''' || ''[[Street Fighter II]]'' || [[Fighting game|Fighting]] || [[Arcade game|Arcade]], [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]], [[Sega Genesis]], [[Sega Master System|Master System]], [[Amiga]], [[Atari ST]], [[Commodore 64|C64]], [[ZX Spectrum|Spectrum]], [[IBM PC compatible|PC]], [[Game Boy]], [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]], [[Sega Saturn|Saturn]], [[PlayStation Portable|PSP]], [[iOS]], [[PlayStation 2|PS2]], [[Xbox]], [[Virtual Console]] || [[Capcom]] |- | '''1990''' || ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' || ([[Side-scrolling video game|Side-Scrolling]]) [[Platform game|Platformer]] || [[Nintendo Entertainment System]], [[Arcade game|Arcade]], [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super Nintendo]], [[Game Boy Advance]], [[Virtual Console]] || [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development|Nintendo EAD]] |- | '''1989''' || ''[[Mega Man 2]]'' || ([[Run and gun (video game)|Run & Gun]]) [[Platform game|Platformer]] || [[Nintendo Entertainment System]], [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]], [[Mobile game|Mobile]], [[Virtual Console]], [[iOS]], [[PlayStation Store]] || [[Capcom]] |- | '''1988''' || ''[[Bionic Commando (Nintendo Entertainment System)|Bionic Commando]]'' || ([[Run and gun (video game)|Run & Gun]]) [[Shooter]] || [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] || [[Capcom]] |- | '''1987''' || ''[[Contra (video game)|Contra]]'' || ([[Run and gun (video game)|Run & Gun]]) [[Shooter game|Shooter]] || [[Arcade game|Arcade]], [[Nintendo Entertainment System]], [[MSX2]], [[ZX Spectrum|Spectrum]], [[Amstrad CPC|Amstrad]], [[Commodore 64]], [[DOS]], [[PlayStation 2|PS2]], [[Xbox Live Arcade|XBLA]], [[Nintendo DS|NDS]], [[Virtual Console]], [[Mobile game|Mobile]], [[PlayStation Network|PSN]] || [[Konami]] |- | '''1986''' || ''[[The Legend of Zelda (video game)|The Legend of Zelda]]''<br />(Best Game of All Time) || [[Action-adventure game|Action-Adventure]]: [[Open world|Open World]] || [[Family Computer Disk System|Famicom Disk System]], [[Nintendo Entertainment System]], [[Nintendo GameCube]], [[Game Boy Advance]], [[Virtual Console]] || [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development|Nintendo EAD]] |- | '''1985''' || ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' || ([[Side-scrolling video game|Side-Scrolling]]) [[Platform game|Platformer]] || [[Nintendo Entertainment System]], [[Family Computer Disk System|Famicom Disk System]], [[Arcade game|Arcade]], [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super Nintendo]], [[Game Boy Color]], [[Game Boy Advance]], [[Virtual Console]] || [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development|Nintendo EAD]] |- | '''1984''' || ''[[Excitebike]]'' || [[Racing game|Racing]] || [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]], [[NEC PC-8801]], [[Sharp X1]], [[Arcade game|Arcade]], [[Game Boy Advance]], [[Nintendo GameCube|GameCube]], [[Virtual Console]], [[Nintendo eShop]] || [[Nintendo Research & Development 1|Nintendo R&D1]] |- | '''1983''' || ''[[Lode Runner]]'' || [[Platform game|Platformer]] || [[Apple II]], [[Commodore VIC-20|VIC-20]], [[Commodore 64|C64]], [[PC booter]], [[ZX Spectrum|Spectrum]], [[Atari 8-bit family|Atari XL/XE]], [[Sega SG-1000|SG-1000]], [[Xbox Live Arcade|XBLA]], [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[iPod]], [[Apple Macintosh]], [[Virtual Console|VC]], [[PlayStation Network|PSN]], [[BBC Micro]], [[Atari Lynx|Lynx]], [[PlayStation (console)|PSone]], [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]], [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]], [[Amstrad CPC|Amstrad]] || [[Brøderbund]] |- | '''1982''' || ''[[Ms. Pac-Man]]'' || [[List of maze video games|Maze]] || [[Arcade game|Arcade]], [[Coleco#History|Mini-Arcade]], [[Atari 2600]]/[[Atari 5200|5200]]/[[Atari 7800|7800]], [[Atari 8-bit family|Atari 8-bit]], [[Philips CD-i|CD-i]], [[Game Boy Color]], [[Xbox Live Arcade]], [[iOS]] || [[Namco]], [[General Computer Corp.]], [[Midway Games|Midway]] |- | '''1981''' || ''[[Galaga]]'' || [[Shoot 'em up|Shoot 'Em Up]] || [[Arcade game|Arcade]], [[Atari 7800]], [[Family Computer Disk System|Famicom Disk System]], [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]], [[Game Boy]], [[GameTap]], [[MSX]], [[Sega SG-1000|SG-1000]], [[TRS-80 Color Computer|TRS-80]], [[iOS]], [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]], [[Roku]], [[Nintendo 64|N64]], [[Nintendo DS|NDS]], [[PlayStation 2|PS2]], [[Xbox]], [[Nintendo GameCube|GameCube]], [[Game Boy Advance|GBA]], [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[PlayStation Portable|PSP]], [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]], [[Dreamcast]], [[Xbox 360]], [[PlayStation 3|PS3]], [[Wii]] || [[Namco]] |}
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