Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty: 1 Game of the Year award

Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty collected 1 Game of the Year award in 2001. D.I.C.E. Awards named Halo: Combat Evolved its Game of the Year.

Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty is a 2001 action-adventure stealth game developed and published by Konami for the PlayStation 2. Directed, produced, designed, and written by Hideo Kojima, it is the fourth mainline game in the Metal Gear series, the eighth chronologically, and the sequel to Metal Gear Solid (1998).

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Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty finished #3 in the 2001 race, with 1 GOTY award from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

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

Also in the 2001 season: Halo: Combat Evolved (3), Grand Theft Auto III (3) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty win?

Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty won 1 Game of the Year award in the 2001 season. 1 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerNo
Online multiplayerNo
Released13 November 2001
DeveloperKonami
PublisherKonami

action-adventure game
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X-BOX 360
Xbox (console)
PlayStation 2
PlayStation Vita
PlayStation 3
Microsoft Windows

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
United States	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
Game Informer	United States	2001

← Full 2001 results

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