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Game of the Year 2014 country by country

Dragon Age: Inquisition won 2014 with 139 of 441 tracked Game of the Year awards — 31.5%, and the top spot in 25 of 41 countries. But a global majority is not a global consensus: 16 countries handed their most awards to something else, and 19 different games won at least one country outright. In Norway, Dragon Age: Inquisition did not receive a single award.

  • 32%Dragon Age: Inquisition worldwide
  • 41Countries with data
  • 16Backed someone else
  • 19Games that won a country

Where the winner was strong, and where it was not

Grouped by region, sorted by how much of each region's vote Dragon Age: Inquisition took. The spread is the story: the same game can be near-unanimous in one region and absent in another.

050100Asia · Awards for Dragon Age: Inquisition: 5 of 7Asia · Awards for everything else: 2 of 7AsiaAfrica · Awards for Dragon Age: Inquisition: 4 of 7Africa · Awards for everything else: 3 of 7AfricaEastern Eur. · Awards for Dragon Age: Inquisition: 19 of 40Eastern Eur. · Awards for everything else: 21 of 40Eastern Eur.Oceania · Awards for Dragon Age: Inquisition: 9 of 20Oceania · Awards for everything else: 11 of 20OceaniaNorth America · Awards for Dragon Age: Inquisition: 50 of 147North America · Awards for everything else: 97 of 147North AmericaSouthern Eur. · Awards for Dragon Age: Inquisition: 21 of 68Southern Eur. · Awards for everything else: 47 of 68Southern Eur.Western Eur. · Awards for Dragon Age: Inquisition: 21 of 94Western Eur. · Awards for everything else: 73 of 94Western Eur.Northern Eur. · Awards for Dragon Age: Inquisition: 5 of 29Northern Eur. · Awards for everything else: 24 of 29Northern Eur.Latin America · Awards for Dragon Age: Inquisition: 3 of 24Latin America · Awards for everything else: 21 of 24Latin America

Awards for Dragon Age: InquisitionAwards for everything else

RegionAwards CountriesRegional winner Dragon Age: Inquisition share Different games
Other11Dragon Age: Inquisition100%1
Asia75Dragon Age: Inquisition71%3
Africa71Dragon Age: Inquisition57%2
Eastern Europe406Dragon Age: Inquisition48%10
Oceania202Dragon Age: Inquisition45%10
North America1472Dragon Age: Inquisition34%33
Southern Europe684Dragon Age: Inquisition31%14
Middle East43Far Cry 425%3
Western Europe948Dragon Age: Inquisition22%24
Northern Europe294Dragon Age: Inquisition17%14
Latin America245Bayonetta 212%11

The countries that picked something else

16 of 41 countries gave their most awards to a game other than Dragon Age: Inquisition: United Kingdom, Spain, Brazil, France, Denmark, Mexico, Norway. Below, each of those with at least 3 tracked outlets gets its full breakdown — every game and every outlet that named it.

United Kingdom: Mario Kart 8

48 tracked outlets, 18 different games awarded. Dragon Age: Inquisition took 8 of them (17%).

  1. 11× Mario Kart 8
    Amazon, City A.M., DarkZero, Eurogamer.net, Eurogamer.net Readers' Choice (readers), Geeks Unleashed, God is a Geek, Metro - GameCentral, Metro - GameCentral Readers' Choice (readers), the Guardian, TheSixthAxis
  2. Dragon Age: Inquisition
    Bleeding Cool, Continue Play, Dealspwn Readers' Choice (readers), Den Of Geek, Ebuyer Blog, Gamereactor UK, TheSixthAxis Readers' Choice (readers), WhatCulture
  3. Alien Isolation
    Gamereactor GRTV, Ginx TV, God is a Geek Readers' Choice (readers), O2 Pocket-lint Gadget Awards, Stuff Gadget Awards, Telegraph, The New Statesman - Killing Time
  4. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
    Dealspwn, High Score Reviews, play.tm, TheGamersHub, WOW247
  5. Super Smash Bros.
    Digital Spy, gamrReview, Super Cheats

Spain: Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

30 tracked outlets, 10 different games awarded. Dragon Age: Inquisition took 5 of them (17%).

  1. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
    Alfa Beta Juega Readers' Choice (readers), Fun & Serious Game Festival, Game It, Hipertextual, Hobby Consolas, JuegosdB
  2. Bayonetta 2
    3DJuegos, Gamereactor españa, Generacion Pixel, Meristation Readers' Choice (readers), Zonared
  3. Dragon Age: Inquisition
    3DJuegos Readers' Choice (readers), Blogocio, Hobby Consolas, los Premios Top 10, Meristation
  4. Alien Isolation
    ABC.es, Akihabara Blues Readers' Choice (readers), AnaitGames, eldiario.es Juego Reviews, Mundogamers
  5. Mario Kart 8
    AnaitGames Readers' Choice (readers), Niubie Readers' Choice (readers)

Brazil: Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

14 tracked outlets, 9 different games awarded. Dragon Age: Inquisition took 2 of them (14%).

  1. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
    99Vidas (timestamp: 1:36:20), Baixaki Jogos, GameVicio Readers' Choice (readers)
  2. Far Cry 4
    Brasilgamer Readers' Choice (readers), Portal AreaH
  3. Dragon Age: Inquisition
    FinalBoss, Tribo Gamer
  4. Bayonetta 2
    Portal GameWorld, UOL Jogos
  5. Mario Kart 8
    GameBlast

France: Super Smash Bros.

9 tracked outlets, 4 different games awarded. Dragon Age: Inquisition took 3 of them (33%).

  1. Super Smash Bros.
    Gameblog Readers' Choice (readers), Gamekult Readers' Choice (readers), GamerGen.com, MCM
  2. Dragon Age: Inquisition
    Begeek, GamAlive Readers' Choice (readers), Jeux Capt
  3. Valiant Hearts: The Great War
    Gameblog
  4. TxK
    Les Inrockuptibles

Denmark: Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

8 tracked outlets, 4 different games awarded. Dragon Age: Inquisition took 1 of them (12%).

  1. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
    Daily Rush, Danish Game Awards Critics' Choice, Gamereactor Danmark, Pixel.tv
  2. Far Cry 4
    Danish Game Awards, Pixel.tv Readers' Choice (readers)
  3. Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
    Berlingske
  4. Dragon Age: Inquisition
    Eurogamer.dk

Mexico: Bayonetta 2 / Super Smash Bros.

6 tracked outlets, 4 different games awarded. Dragon Age: Inquisition took 1 of them (17%).

  1. Bayonetta 2
    Código Espagueti, LevelUp
  2. Super Smash Bros.
    Music of the World, TierraGamer
  3. Mario Kart 8
    Atomix.vg
  4. Dragon Age: Inquisition
    Bizarro Radio

Norway: Banished / Bayonetta 2 / Mario Kart 8 / Titanfall

4 tracked outlets, 4 different games awarded. Dragon Age: Inquisition took 0 of them (0%).

  1. Banished
    Gamer.no Readers' Choice (readers)
  2. Titanfall
    Gamereactor Norge
  3. Mario Kart 8
    NRK Filmpolitiet
  4. Bayonetta 2
    PressFire.no

Every game that won at least one country

All 41 countries

CountryRegion AwardsIts winner Dragon Age: Inquisition share Different games
United StatesNorth America133Dragon Age: Inquisition34%33
United KingdomWestern Europe48Mario Kart 817%18
SpainSouthern Europe30Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor17%10
ItalySouthern Europe30Dragon Age: Inquisition37%10
AustraliaOceania19Dragon Age: Inquisition47%10
GermanyWestern Europe15Dragon Age: Inquisition20%10
NetherlandsWestern Europe15Dragon Age: Inquisition33%7
BrazilLatin America14Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor14%9
CanadaNorth America14Dragon Age: Inquisition36%8
PolandEastern Europe13Dragon Age: Inquisition62%5
RussiaEastern Europe11Dragon Age: Inquisition36%6
SwedenNorthern Europe11Alien Isolation / Dragon Age: Inquisition27%6
FranceWestern Europe9Super Smash Bros.33%4
DenmarkNorthern Europe8Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor12%4
CzechiaEastern Europe7Dragon Age: Inquisition43%4
South AfricaAfrica7Dragon Age: Inquisition57%2
MexicoLatin America6Bayonetta 2 / Super Smash Bros.17%4
FinlandNorthern Europe6Alien Isolation / Child of Light / Dragon Age: Inquisition / Legend of Grimrock II / Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor / The Walking Dead: Season Two17%6
PortugalSouthern Europe5Dragon Age: Inquisition80%2
NorwayNorthern Europe4Banished / Bayonetta 2 / Mario Kart 8 / Titanfall0%4
RomaniaEastern Europe4Dragon Age: Inquisition75%2
GreeceSouthern Europe3Dragon Age: Inquisition / Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor / Titanfall33%3
HungaryEastern Europe3Bayonetta 2 / Dragon Age: Inquisition / Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor33%3
SwitzerlandWestern Europe2Far Cry 4 / Mario Kart 80%2
BelgiumWestern Europe2Dragon Age: Inquisition / Far Cry 450%2
AustriaWestern Europe2Dragon Age: Inquisition / Far Cry 450%2
JapanAsia2Dragon Age: Inquisition / Yo-kai Watch 250%2
ArgentinaLatin America2Destiny / Super Smash Bros.0%2
IranMiddle East2Dark Souls II / Far Cry 40%2
UkraineEastern Europe2Divinity: Original Sin / Wolfenstein: The New Order0%2
SingaporeAsia2Destiny / Dragon Age: Inquisition50%2
New ZealandOceania1Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare0%1
BoliviaLatin America1Super Smash Bros.0%1
ColombiaLatin America1Mario Kart 80%1
IndiaAsia1Dragon Age: Inquisition100%1
UAEMiddle East1Dragon Age: Inquisition100%1
UnknownOther1Dragon Age: Inquisition100%1
IrelandWestern Europe1Hohokum0%1
Saudi ArabiaMiddle East1Far Cry 40%1
PakistanAsia1Dragon Age: Inquisition100%1
BangladeshAsia1Dragon Age: Inquisition100%1
Read the small countries carefully.

A country with two tracked outlets that split their vote shows a 50% "winner" that means nothing. The archive is also heavily weighted towards Western outlets — the United States alone accounts for a fifth of all 2014 awards — so a thin row is a gap in our coverage, not evidence about that country's taste. Entries the source recorded as a language or a multi-country region rather than a country (Arab, Benelux, CA/FR, EUS …) are counted in the worldwide total but left out of the country ranking.