Editing Game Informer (section)

===Game of the Year winners===
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! Year !! Game !! class="unsortable" |{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
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| 1991 || {{N/A}} ||
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| 1992 || ''[[Street Fighter II]]''||
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| 1993 || ''[[Mortal Kombat (1992 video game)|Mortal Kombat]]''||
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| 1994 || ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]''||
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| 1995 || ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''||
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| 1996 || ''[[Super Mario 64]]''||
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| 1997 || ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]''||
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| 1998 || ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]''||
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| 1999 || ''[[Tony Hawk's Pro Skater]]''||
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| 2000 || ''[[Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2]]''||
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| 2001 || ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]]''||
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| 2002 || ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]]''||
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| 2003 || ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker]]''||
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| 2004 || ''[[Halo 2]]''||
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| 2005 || ''[[Resident Evil 4]]''||
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| 2006 || ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]]''||
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| 2007 || ''[[BioShock]]''||
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| 2008 || ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]''||
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| 2009 || ''[[Uncharted 2: Among Thieves]]''||
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| 2010 || ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]''||
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| 2011 || ''[[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim]]''||
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| 2012 || ''[[Mass Effect 3]]''||<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kato |first=Matthew |date=January 1, 2013 |title=Reader Games Of The Year 2012 |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2013/01/01/reader-games-of-the-year-2012.aspx |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=Game Informer |language=en |archive-date=March 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313135432/https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2013/01/01/reader-games-of-the-year-2012.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| 2013 || ''[[The Last of Us]]''||<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bertz |first=Matt |date=January 7, 2014 |title=Game Informer Best Of 2013 Awards |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2014/01/07/game-informer-best-of-2013-awards.aspx |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=Game Informer |language=en |archive-date=January 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116012959/https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2014/01/07/game-informer-best-of-2013-awards.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| 2014 || ''[[Dragon Age: Inquisition]]''||<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marchiafava |first=Jeff |date=January 7, 2015 |title=Game Informer Best Of 2014 Awards |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2015/01/07/game-informer-best-of-2014-awards.aspx |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=Game Informer |language=en |archive-date=May 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528233752/https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2015/01/07/game-informer-best-of-2014-awards.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| 2015 || ''[[The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt]]''||<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marchiafava |first=Jeff |date=January 6, 2016 |title=Game Informer Best Of 2015 Awards |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2016/01/06/game-informer-best-of-2015-awards.aspx |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=Game Informer |language=en |archive-date=April 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200402041338/https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2016/01/06/game-informer-best-of-2015-awards.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| 2016 || ''[[Overwatch (video game)|Overwatch]]''||<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marchiafava |first=Jeff |date=January 4, 2017 |title=Game Informer Best of 2016 Awards |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2017/01/04/game-informer-best-of-2016-awards.aspx |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=Game Informer |language=en |archive-date=January 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105120200/http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2017/01/04/game-informer-best-of-2016-awards.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| 2017 || ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild]]''||<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=January 4, 2018 |title=Game Informer's Best Of 2017 Awards |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2018/01/04/game-informers-best-of-2017-awards.aspx |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=Game Informer |language=en |archive-date=February 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213103643/https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2018/01/04/game-informers-best-of-2017-awards.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| 2018 || ''[[God of War (2018 video game)|God of War]]''||<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=January 9, 2019 |title=Game Informer’s Best Of 2018 Awards |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/2019/01/08/game-informers-best-of-2018-awards |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=Game Informer |language=en |archive-date=January 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109015730/https://www.gameinformer.com/2019/01/08/game-informers-best-of-2018-awards |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| 2019 || ''[[Control (video game)|Control]]''||<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=January 10, 2020 |title=Game Informer Editor And Reader Best Of 2019 Awards |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/goty-2019/2020/01/10/game-informer-editor-and-reader-best-of-2019-awards |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=Game Informer |language=en |archive-date=March 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326110406/https://www.gameinformer.com/goty-2019/2020/01/10/game-informer-editor-and-reader-best-of-2019-awards |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| 2020 || ''[[The Last of Us Part II]]''||<ref>{{Cite web |last=Juba |first=Joe |date=December 22, 2020 |title=The Top 10 Games Of 2020 – #1 The Last Of Us Part II |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/goty-2020/2020/12/22/the-top-10-games-of-2020-1-the-last-of-us-part-ii |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=Game Informer |language=en |archive-date=December 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201223010059/https://www.gameinformer.com/goty-2020/2020/12/22/the-top-10-games-of-2020-1-the-last-of-us-part-ii |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| 2021 || ''[[Halo Infinite]]''||<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2021-12-15 |title=Game Informer's Top 10 Games Of 2021 |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/feature/game-informers-top-10-games-of-2021 |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=Game Informer |language=en |archive-date=December 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211221212441/https://www.gameinformer.com/feature/game-informers-top-10-games-of-2021 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| 2022 || ''[[Elden Ring]]''||<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=December 23, 2022 |title=Game Informer's Top 10 Games Of 2022 |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/goty-2022/2022/12/23/game-informers-top-10-games-of-2022 |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=Game Informer |language=en |archive-date=January 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103205436/https://www.gameinformer.com/goty-2022/2022/12/23/game-informers-top-10-games-of-2022 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| 2023 || ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom]]''||<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=December 19, 2023 |title=Game Informer's Top 10 Games Of 2023 |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/2023/12/19/game-informers-top-10-games-of-2023 |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=Game Informer |language=en |archive-date=December 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231219193559/https://www.gameinformer.com/2023/12/19/game-informers-top-10-games-of-2023 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| 2024 || ''[[Astro Bot]]''||<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=March 20, 2025 |title=Game Informer's (Belated) Top 10 Games Of 2024 Awards |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/2025/03/20/game-informers-belated-top-10-games-of-2024-awards |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250325200456/https://www.gameinformer.com/2025/03/20/game-informers-belated-top-10-games-of-2024-awards |archive-date=March 25, 2025 |access-date=March 25, 2025 |website=Game Informer |language=en}}</ref>
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