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Battlefield 1942: 2 Game of the Year awards

No: Battlefield 1942 collected 2 Game of the Year awards in 2002 and finished No. 2; the season went to Metroid Prime with 5. D.I.C.E. Awards did name it Game of the Year.

Battlefield 1942 is a 2002 first-person shooter game developed by Digital Illusions CE and published by Electronic Arts for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. It is the first installment in the Battlefield series.

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Battlefield 1942 finished #2 in the 2002 race, with 2 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

  • 2Total awards
  • 2Media outlets
  • 0Readers' choice
  • 1Countries

Also in the 2002 season: Metroid Prime (5), Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (1), Grand Theft Auto III (1) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Battlefield 1942 win?

Battlefield 1942 won 2 Game of the Year awards in the 2002 season. 2 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did Battlefield 1942 win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 2 in 2002, behind Metroid Prime, which collected 5 Game of the Year awards. The 2002 season is only partly documented, so this is a record of surviving awards, not a full count.

Game facts

  • Single-playerYes
  • Co-opNo
  • Split screenNo
  • MultiplayerYes
  • Online multiplayerNo
  • Released10 September 2002
  • DeveloperDICE
  • PublisherElectronic Arts
  • first-person shooter
  • Microsoft Windows
  • macOS

Where the awards came from

CountryAwards
United States2

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

OutletCountry Year
D.I.C.E. AwardsUnited States2002
IGNUnited States2002

← Full 2002 results

Updated 2 October 2026 · Source: the Meta Awards database, where every award row cites where it was published.