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2012

Halo 4: 21 Game of the Year awards

No: Halo 4 collected 21 Game of the Year awards in 2012 and finished No. 8; the season went to The Walking Dead: The Game with 75. Spike Video Game Awards named The Walking Dead: The Game its Game of the Year.

Halo 4 is a 2012 first-person shooter game developed by 343 Industries and published by Microsoft Studios for the Xbox 360. Halo 4's story follows a genetically enhanced human supersoldier, Master Chief, and his artificial intelligence construct Cortana, as they encounter unknown threats while exploring an ancient civilization's planet.

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Halo 4 finished #8 in the 2012 race, with 21 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

  • 21Total awards
  • 14Media outlets
  • 7Readers' choice
  • 10Countries

Also in the 2012 season: The Walking Dead: The Game (75), Journey (58), Far Cry 3 (53), Mass Effect 3 (32), Borderlands 2 (28), Assassin's Creed III (26), XCOM: Enemy Unknown (21), Guild Wars 2 (5) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Halo 4 win?

Halo 4 won 21 Game of the Year awards in the 2012 season — 5.2% of every award tracked that season. 14 came from editorial picks and 7 from readers' polls, across 10 countries.

Did Halo 4 win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 8 in 2012, behind The Walking Dead: The Game, which collected 75 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts Hand-verified

How the co-op works. Campaign and Spartan Ops in co-op: two players split screen, up to four online.

  • Single-playerYes
  • Co-opYes
  • Couch co-opYes
  • Split screenYes
  • Online co-opYes
  • Players on one console2
  • Players online4
  • MultiplayerYes
  • Online multiplayerYes
  • Released6 November 2012
  • DeveloperHalo Studios, Certain Affinity
  • PublisherXbox Game Studios
  • first-person shooter
  • X-BOX 360
  • Xbox One

Where the awards came from

CountryAwards
United States6
United Kingdom4
Canada3
Spain2
Germany1
Iran1
South Africa1
Australia1
Lebanon1
New Zealand1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

OutletCountry Year
AGM GAMES AWARDGermany2012
BaziCenterIran2012
Canada.comCanada2012
Extreme GamerCanada2012
Fun & Serious Game FestivalSpain2012
G3ARSouth Africa2012
Game Informer Readers' Choice GOTY ReadersUnited States2012
GameNTrainUnited States2012
GamesMaster MagazineUnited Kingdom2012
GameVerbUnited States2012
IGN AU Black Beta Select AwardsAustralia2012
Inside Gaming AwardsUnited States2012
Meristation Readers' Choice GOTY ReadersSpain2012
Play LegitUnited States2012
PopBucketUnited Kingdom2012
Radio Times MagazineUnited Kingdom2012
Tech-Ticker Community Choice GOTY ReadersLebanon2012
The Controller OnlineCanada2012
The New Zealand HeraldNew Zealand2012
VideoGamerUnited Kingdom2012
WhatIfGamingUnited States2012

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