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2004

Halo 2: 12 Game of the Year awards

Halo 2 is a 2004 first-person shooter game developed by Bungie and published by Microsoft Game Studios. The player controls the supersoldier Master Chief and the disgraced alien commander Arbiter in a 26th-century conflict between the United Nations Space Command, the genocidal Covenant, and the parasitic Flood.

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Halo 2 finished #2 in the 2004 race, with 12 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

  • 12Total awards
  • 9Media outlets
  • 3Readers' choice
  • 3Countries

Game facts Hand-verified

How the co-op works. Two-player campaign co-op in split screen, and the first Halo with online multiplayer.

  • Campaign lengthNot documented
  • Single-playerYes
  • Co-opYes
  • Couch co-opYes
  • Split screenYes
  • Online co-opYes
  • Players on one console2
  • Players online2
  • MultiplayerYes
  • Online multiplayerYes
  • Released9 November 2004
  • DeveloperBungie
  • PublisherXbox Game Studios
  • first-person shooter
  • science fiction video game
  • Xbox (console)
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Xbox One
  • Xbox Series X and Series S

Where the awards came from

CountryAwards
United States9
United Kingdom2
Canada1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

OutletCountry Year
1UP / EGMUnited States2004
DarkZeroUnited Kingdom2004
ExtremegamerCanada2004
Game InformerUnited States2004
GameFly Q AwardsUnited States2004
GameSpot Reader's Choice GOTY ReadersUnited States2004
GamespyUnited States2004
IGN Reader's Choice GOTY ReadersUnited States2004
NTSC-uk Reader's Choice GOTY ReadersUnited Kingdom2004
Punch JumpUnited States2004
X-PlayUnited States2004
G4TV G-phoria 2005United States2005

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