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2008

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots: 41 Game of the Year awards

No: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots collected 41 Game of the Year awards in 2008 and finished No. 2; the season went to Fallout 3 with 69. Spike Video Game Awards named Grand Theft Auto IV its Game of the Year.

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is a 2008 action-adventure stealth game developed by Kojima Productions and published by Konami for the PlayStation 3. It is the sixth Metal Gear game directed by Hideo Kojima.

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Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots finished #2 in the 2008 race, with 41 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

  • 41Total awards
  • 26Media outlets
  • 15Readers' choice
  • 17Countries

Also in the 2008 season: Fallout 3 (69), Grand Theft Auto IV (40), LittleBigPlanet (27), Gears of War 2 (8) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots win?

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots won 41 Game of the Year awards in the 2008 season — 18.9% of every award tracked that season. 26 came from editorial picks and 15 from readers' polls, across 17 countries.

Did Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 2 in 2008, behind Fallout 3, which collected 69 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

  • Single-playerYes
  • Co-opNo
  • Split screenNo
  • MultiplayerNo
  • Online multiplayerNo
  • Released12 June 2008
  • Developer—
  • PublisherKonami
  • action-adventure game
  • stealth game
  • third-person shooter
  • cyberpunk video game
  • PlayStation 3

Where the awards came from

CountryAwards
United States15
United Kingdom5
Spain3
Germany2
Canada2
Italy2
Australia2
Portugal1
France1
Iran1
Norway1
South Korea1
Unknown1
India1
Czechia1
Arab1
Sweden1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

OutletCountry Year
1UP Readers' Choice Awards ReadersUnited States2008
4PLAYER.DEGermany2008
4PlayersGermany2008
ALT+F4United States2008
EurogamerPortugal2008
FoxnewsUnited States2008
Gamekult Reader's Choice GOTY ReadersFrance2008
Gamer's LandIran2008
Gamereactor Reader's Choice GOTY ReadersNorway2008
Games On SmashUnited States2008
GameShotSouth Korea2008
GameSpongeUnknown2008
GameSpotUnited States2008
GameSpot Reader's Choice GOTY ReadersUnited States2008
GamezineUnited Kingdom2008
GamingIndiansIndia2008
Giant Bomb People's Choice GOTY ReadersUnited States2008
IGN Reader's Choice GOTY ReadersUnited States2008
JackCentraUnited States2008
KonzolistaCzechia2008
MeristationSpain2008
MonsterVineCanada2008
Multiplayer.it Reader's Choice GOTY ReadersItaly2008
NeoGAFUnited States2008
OXCGNAustralia2008
PALGNAustralia2008
PCWorld.caCanada2008
Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewUnited States2008
PlayfireUnited Kingdom2008
Project MenaArab2008
PS3ThEvolutionUnited States2008
Ripten Reader's Choice GOTY ReadersUnited States2008
SpazioGamesItaly2008
Swedish Level MagazineSweden2008
The BitbagUnited States2008
The Daily VanguardUnited States2008
VG-ReloadedUnited Kingdom2008
VGChartz Reader's Choice GOTY ReadersUnited Kingdom2008
WildGamesSpain2008
WildGames Community choice GOTY ReadersSpain2008
Worthing HeraldUnited Kingdom2008

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