VentureBeat: 14 Game of the Year awards

VentureBeat is a website from United States, founded in 2006. It appears in this database with 14 Game of the Year picks across 14 award seasons (2008–2023); its most frequent pick was Baldur's Gate 3.

In the seasons tracked at full breadth, 8 of its 14 picks went to the game that won the season overall; the most recent was Baldur's Gate 3 in 2023.

What "2008–2023" 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
2023	Baldur's Gate 3	Editorial
2022	Elden Ring	Editorial
2019	Fire Emblem: Three Houses	Editorial
2018	Celeste	Editorial
2017	The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild	Editorial
2016	Overwatch	Editorial
2015	Super Mario Maker	Editorial
2014	Dragon Age: Inquisition	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	Gears of War 2	Editorial

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