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2006

Gears of War: 34 Game of the Year awards

Gears of War is a 2006 third-person shooter video game developed by Epic Games and published by Microsoft Game Studios. It is the first installment of the Gears of War series, and was initially released as an exclusive title for the Xbox 360 in November 2006.

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Gears of War finished #2 in the 2006 race, with 34 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

  • 34Total awards
  • 29Media outlets
  • 5Readers' choice
  • 5Countries

Game facts Hand-verified

How the co-op works. The whole campaign is playable in two-player co-op, split screen locally or over Xbox Live.

  • Campaign lengthNot documented
  • Single-playerYes
  • Co-opYes
  • Couch co-opYes
  • Split screenYes
  • Online co-opYes
  • Players on one console2
  • Players online2
  • MultiplayerYes
  • Online multiplayerYes
  • Released—
  • DeveloperEpic Games
  • PublisherXbox Game Studios
  • third-person shooter
  • post-apocalyptic video game
  • X-BOX 360
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Xbox One

Where the awards came from

CountryAwards
United States21
United Kingdom7
Italy3
Canada2
Australia1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

OutletCountry Year
411maniaUnited States2006
ActiontripUnited States2006
AIASUnited States2006
BC MagazineUnited States2006
Box Office Prophet - Calvin AwardsUnited States2006
DarkZeroUnited Kingdom2006
DestructoidUnited States2006
Game Developers Choice AwardsUnited States2006
GAME.co.uk People's Choice Awards ReadersUnited Kingdom2006
GamedailyUnited States2006
GameFly Q AwardsUnited States2006
Gamemag Readers' Choice GOTY ReadersItaly2006
GameProUnited States2006
GamesharkUnited States2006
GameSlave readers' Goty ReadersUnited Kingdom2006
GameSpotUnited States2006
GameSpot Reader's Choice GOTY ReadersUnited States2006
GameZoneUnited States2006
Gauntlet EntertainmentCanada2006
GizmagUnited States2006
kikizoUnited Kingdom2006
Multiplayer.itItaly2006
Multiplayer.it Reader's Choice GOTY ReadersItaly2006
MyGENAustralia2006
Next GenerationUnited States2006
NTSC-ukUnited Kingdom2006
PCWorld.caCanada2006
PGNxUnited States2006
Pro-GUnited Kingdom2006
The GeekzineUnited States2006
WorthPlayingUnited States2006
Yahoo! GamesUnited States2006
G4TV G-phoria 2007United States2007
Golden JoystickUnited Kingdom2007

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