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Call of Duty: 6 Game of the Year awards

No: Call of Duty collected 6 Game of the Year awards in 2003 and finished No. 3; the season went to Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic with 18. Spike Video Game Awards named Madden NFL 2004 its Game of the Year.

Call of Duty is a 2003 first-person shooter game developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision. It is the first installment in the Call of Duty franchise, released on October 29, 2003, for Microsoft Windows.

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Call of Duty finished #3 in the 2003 race, with 6 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

  • 6Total awards
  • 5Media outlets
  • 1Readers' choice
  • 4Countries

Also in the 2003 season: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (18), The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (8), Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (3), Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Call of Duty win?

Call of Duty won 6 Game of the Year awards in the 2003 season — 13.6% of every award tracked that season. 5 came from editorial picks and 1 from readers' polls, across 4 countries.

Did Call of Duty win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 3 in 2003, behind Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, which collected 18 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

  • Single-playerYes
  • Co-opNo
  • Split screenNo
  • MultiplayerYes
  • Online multiplayerNo
  • Released29 October 2003
  • DeveloperInfinity Ward
  • PublisherActivision, MediaQuest Holdings, Aspyr
  • first-person shooter
  • N-Gage
  • Microsoft Windows
  • macOS
  • X-BOX 360
  • PlayStation 3

Where the awards came from

CountryAwards
United States2
United Kingdom2
Sweden1
New Zealand1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

OutletCountry Year
Actiontrip People's Choice ReadersUnited States2003
AIASUnited States2003
BAFTA Games AwardsUnited Kingdom2003
British Academy of Film and Television ArtsUnited Kingdom2003
FZSweden2003
GameplanetNew Zealand2004

← Full 2003 results

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