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1997

Total Annihilation: 1 Game of the Year award

No: Total Annihilation collected 1 Game of the Year award in 1997 and finished No. 2; the season went to GoldenEye 007 with 2. D.I.C.E. Awards named GoldenEye 007 its Game of the Year.

Total Annihilation is a science fiction real-time strategy video game released in September 1997 for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS by Cavedog Entertainment and distributed internationally by GT Interactive. Two expansion packs were released in 1998, The Core Contingency on April 29 and Battle Tactics on July 20, while a medieval-themed spin-off called Total Annihilation: Kingdoms was released on June 25, 1999.

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Total Annihilation finished #2 in the 1997 race, with 1 GOTY award from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

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

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Total Annihilation win?

Total Annihilation won 1 Game of the Year award in the 1997 season. 1 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did Total Annihilation win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 2 in 1997, behind GoldenEye 007, which collected 2 Game of the Year awards. 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
  • Released30 September 1997
  • DeveloperCavedog Entertainment
  • PublisherAtari, Inc.
  • real-time strategy
  • science fiction video game
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Mac operating system
  • Classic Mac OS

Where the awards came from

CountryAwards
United States1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

OutletCountry Year
GameSpotUnited States1997

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