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GoldenEye 007: 2 Game of the Year awards

Yes: GoldenEye 007 won Game of the Year 1997. Its 2 awards were the most of any game that season. D.I.C.E. Awards named it Game of the Year as well.

GoldenEye 007 is a 1997 first-person shooter game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It is based on the 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye, with the player controlling the secret agent James Bond to prevent a criminal syndicate from using a satellite weapon.

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GoldenEye 007 won Game of the Year 1997 in this tracker, with 2 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

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

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did GoldenEye 007 win?

GoldenEye 007 won 2 Game of the Year awards in the 1997 season. 2 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did GoldenEye 007 win Game of the Year?

Yes. GoldenEye 007 won the 1997 season: no other game collected as many Game of the Year awards that year. The 1997 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
  • Released23 August 1997
  • DeveloperRare Ltd.
  • PublisherNintendo
  • first-person shooter
  • Nintendo 64

Where the awards came from

CountryAwards
United States2

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

OutletCountry Year
D.I.C.E. AwardsUnited States1997
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)United States1997

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