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2000

Diablo II: 1 Game of the Year award

No: Diablo II collected 1 Game of the Year award in 2000 and finished No. 3; the season went to Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 with 3. D.I.C.E. Awards did name it Game of the Year.

Diablo II is a 2000 action role-playing game developed by Blizzard North and published by Blizzard Entertainment for Microsoft Windows, Classic Mac OS, and OS X. The game, with its dark fantasy and horror themes, was conceptualized and designed by David Brevik and Erich Schaefer, who, with Max Schaefer, acted as project leads on the game.

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Diablo II finished #3 in the 2000 race, with 1 GOTY award from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

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

Also in the 2000 season: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (3), Deus Ex (2), The Sims (1) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Diablo II win?

Diablo II won 1 Game of the Year award in the 2000 season. 1 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did Diablo II win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 3 in 2000, behind Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, which collected 3 Game of the Year awards. The 2000 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
  • Released28 June 2000
  • DeveloperBlizzard North
  • PublisherBlizzard Entertainment
  • action role-playing game
  • role-playing video game
  • hack and slash
  • dark fantasy video game
  • Microsoft Windows
  • macOS
  • Classic Mac OS

Where the awards came from

CountryAwards
United States1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

OutletCountry Year
D.I.C.E. AwardsUnited States2000

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