Cheat Code Central: 15 Game of the Year awards

Cheat Code Central is a website from United States, founded in 1997. It appears in this database with 15 Game of the Year picks across 15 award seasons (2005–2025); its most frequent pick was BioShock.

In the seasons tracked at full breadth, 8 of its 15 picks went to the game that won the season overall; the most recent was Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 in 2025.

The 2018 CODY Awards used separate individual staff GOTY picks rather than one outlet-wide winner.

What "2005–2025" means.

It is the first and last year this outlet appears in our award data — not necessarily its founding or closing date. An outlet may have existed longer, or simply skipped a year's award.

Every Game of the Year it picked

Year	Game of the Year	Vote type
2025	Clair Obscur: Expedition 33	Editorial
2019	Resident Evil 2	Editorial
2017	Super Mario Odyssey	Editorial
2016	Overwatch	Editorial
2015	The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	Editorial
2014	Destiny	Editorial
2013	The Last of Us	Editorial
2012	The Walking Dead: The Game	Editorial
2011	Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception	Editorial
2010	Red Dead Redemption	Editorial
2009	Uncharted 2: Among Thieves	Editorial
2008	LittleBigPlanet	Editorial
2007	BioShock	Editorial
2006	The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	Editorial
2005	Resident Evil 4	Editorial

References

Primary sources cited while researching this outlet's award history.

1.https://www.cheatcc.com/articles/cheatcc-s-cody-awards-2018/

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