Evolution of Game of the Year Winner 1980-2022

Evolution of Game of the Year Winner 1980-2022

1980 Pac-Man
1981 Donkey Kong
1982 Q*bert
1983 Mario Bros.
1984 Marble Madness
1985 Super Mario Bros.
1986 The Legend of Zelda
1987 Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
1988 Super Mario Bros. 3
1989 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
1990 Super Mario World
1991 Sonic the Hedgehog
1992 Street Fighter II
1993 Samurai Shodown
1994 Donkey Kong Country
1995 Twisted Metal
1996 Super Mario 64
1997 GoldenEye 007
1998 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
1999 Soulcalibur
2000 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
2001 Halo: Combat Evolved
2002 Metroid Prime
2003 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
2004 Halo 2
2005 Resident Evil 4
2006 The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
2007 BioShock
2008 Grand Theft Auto IV
2009 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
2010 Red Dead Redemption
2011 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
2012 Far Cry 3
2013 The Last of Us
2014 Dragon Age: Inquisition
2015 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
2016 Overwatch
2017 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
2018 God of War
2019 Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
2020 The Last of Us Part II
2021 It Takes Two
2022 Elden Ring

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We’re lifelong video game enthusiasts with a passion for showing the world how our favorite hobby has grown with us, from individual series to industry-wide retrospectives.

We put significant time and creative effort into each one of our videos, including research, digging into archives, recording voiceovers, and editing. Every video takes as many as 10 hours to produce, because we strive to give our fans consistent, high-quality content.

Our popular “Evolution of...” series goes far beyond simply presenting gameplay footage. We take the time to show how a video game property — its gameplay, character designs, graphics, sound direction, etc. — have evolved over time. We include unique voiceover work on each video to enhance the viewing experience.

People have been playing video games for decades. In that time, we’ve gone from moving a white line up and down to block a moving pixel, to participating in full-fledged, painstakingly rendered real-time battles with people all over the world. We help older gamers look back on how these experiences have changed throughout their lives, and new gamers to understand the broader context of the series they’re playing for the first time today.

The video game medium never stops growing, and we’ll never stop chronicling its evolution.
Editing and voice-over were made by me.

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