Halo: Combat Evolved: 3 Game of the Year awards

Not outright. Halo: Combat Evolved finished level at the top of 2001 with 3 awards, so the season has no winner here. D.I.C.E. Awards did name it Game of the Year.

Halo: Combat Evolved is a 2001 first-person shooter game developed by Bungie and published by Microsoft Game Studios. The game was released on November 15, 2001 for the Xbox, with ports to Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X released in 2003.

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Halo: Combat Evolved finished #1 in the 2001 race, with 3 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

3Total awards
3Media outlets
0Readers' choice
1Countries

Also in the 2001 season: Grand Theft Auto III (3), Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (1) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Halo: Combat Evolved win?

Halo: Combat Evolved won 3 Game of the Year awards in the 2001 season. 3 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did Halo: Combat Evolved win Game of the Year?

It shares the top of 2001 with Grand Theft Auto III on 3 awards each. A tied season has no winner on this site. The 2001 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
Released15 November 2001
DeveloperBungie, Gearbox Software
PublisherXbox Game Studios

first-person shooter
X-BOX 360
Xbox (console)
Microsoft Windows
Xbox One
macOS
Xbox Series X and Series S

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
United States	3

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
D.I.C.E. Awards	United States	2001
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)	United States	2001
IGN	United States	2001

← Full 2001 results

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