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Guitar Hero III: 1 Game of the Year award

No: Guitar Hero III collected 1 Game of the Year award in 2007 and finished No. 15; the season went to BioShock with 48. Spike Video Game Awards named BioShock its Game of the Year.

Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock is a 2007 rhythm game developed by Neversoft and published by Activision. It is the third main installment, the fourth overall installment in the Guitar Hero series and the first game in the series to be developed by Neversoft after Activision's acquisition of RedOctane and MTV Games' purchase of Harmonix, the previous development studio for the series.

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Guitar Hero III finished #15 in the 2007 race, with 1 GOTY award from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

  • 1Total awards
  • 1Media outlets
  • 0Readers' choice
  • 1Countries

Also in the 2007 season: BioShock (48), Super Mario Galaxy (46), Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (23), Assassin's Creed (1), Company of Heroes (1), Crackdown (1), Ratchet & Clank (1), The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (1) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Guitar Hero III win?

Guitar Hero III won 1 Game of the Year award in the 2007 season — 0.6% of every award tracked that season. 1 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did Guitar Hero III win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 15 in 2007, behind BioShock, which collected 48 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

  • Single-playerYes
  • Co-opNo
  • Split screenNo
  • MultiplayerYes
  • Online multiplayerNo
  • Released28 October 2007
  • DeveloperNeversoft
  • PublisherActivision
  • music video game
  • Wii
  • X-BOX 360
  • PlayStation 2
  • PlayStation 3
  • Microsoft Windows
  • macOS

Where the awards came from

CountryAwards
New Zealand1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

OutletCountry Year
The New Zealand HeraldNew Zealand2007

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