Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate: 1 Game of the Year award

No: Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate collected 1 Game of the Year award in 2011 and finished No. 20; the season went to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim with 230. Spike Video Game Awards named The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim its Game of the Year.

Monster Hunter Tri, also known as Monster Hunter 3, is the third console installment in the Monster Hunter franchise, developed by Capcom and released for the Wii in Japan on August 1, 2009. This was released on April 20, 2010, in North America, April 23 in Europe, and April 29 in Australia.

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Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate finished #20 in the 2011 race, with 1 GOTY award from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

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

Also in the 2011 season: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (230), Portal 2 (59), Batman: Arkham City (42), Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten (1), KillZone 3 (1), LittleBigPlanet 2 (1) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate win?

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate won 1 Game of the Year award in the 2011 season — 0.2% of every award tracked that season. 0 came from editorial picks and 1 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 20 in 2011, behind The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, which collected 230 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerYes
Online multiplayerNo
Released1 August 2009
DeveloperCapcom
PublisherCapcom

action role-playing game
Wii

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
Japan	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
Famitsu Readers	Japan	2011

← Full 2011 results

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