Our census begins in 2003. For 2001 we list only the awards we could source one at a time, so this is a record that these awards happened — not a count of how many were given. It must not be compared with a tracked season; see the methodology.
2 games, level
2 games tied on 3 awards
No game leads 2001 in the count; D.I.C.E. Awards named Halo: Combat Evolved its Game of the Year. Halo: Combat Evolved and Grand Theft Auto III each took 3 of the 7 awards we can source for this season. With a field this small a tie is not a close race, it is the absence of a result.
No single game. Halo: Combat Evolved and Grand Theft Auto III finished level on 3 awards each, so the 2001 season has no winner on this site. The season is only partly documented, so this is a record of surviving awards, not a full count.
D.I.C.E. Awards named Halo: Combat Evolved its Game of the Year for 2001.
This site documents 7 Game of the Year awards for 2001, from 7 outlets in 2 countries. It is a documented minimum: every award has a source, and awards nobody recorded are not in it.
| Ceremony | Game of the Year | Same as the count? |
|---|---|---|
| D.I.C.E. Awards | Halo: Combat Evolved | — |
| Game Developers Choice Awards | Grand Theft Auto III | — |
Every game that won at least one Game of the Year award in 2001, ranked by wins.
All 7 tracked awards for 2001, from 2 countries. 0 were readers' or community votes. Tap a column heading to sort.
| Media outlet | Country | Their GOTY |
|---|---|---|
| D.I.C.E. Awards | United States | Halo: Combat Evolved |
| Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM) | United States | Halo: Combat Evolved |
| Eurogamer | United Kingdom | Grand Theft Auto III |
| Game Developers Choice Awards | United States | Grand Theft Auto III |
| Game Informer | United States | Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty |
| GameSpy | United States | Grand Theft Auto III |
| IGN | United States | Halo: Combat Evolved |
Updated 2 October 2026 · Source: the Meta Awards database, where every award row cites where it was published.