Monster Hunter Freedom Unite: 1 Game of the Year award

No: Monster Hunter Freedom Unite collected 1 Game of the Year award in 2008 and finished No. 21; the season went to Fallout 3 with 69. Spike Video Game Awards named Grand Theft Auto IV its Game of the Year.

Monster Hunter Freedom Unite is an action role-playing game developed and published by Capcom for the PlayStation Portable and iOS. It is an expanded version of the original Monster Hunter Freedom 2 and was released on March 27, 2008, in Japan as Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (モンスターハンターポータブル2nd G, Monsutā Hantā Pōtaburu 2nd G).

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Monster Hunter Freedom Unite finished #21 in the 2008 race, with 1 GOTY award from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

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

Also in the 2008 season: Fallout 3 (69), Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (41), Grand Theft Auto IV (40), Super Mario Galaxy (1), World of Goo (1) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Monster Hunter Freedom Unite win?

Monster Hunter Freedom Unite won 1 Game of the Year award in the 2008 season — 0.5% of every award tracked that season. 0 came from editorial picks and 1 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did Monster Hunter Freedom Unite win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 21 in 2008, behind Fallout 3, which collected 69 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerYes
Online multiplayerNo
Released27 March 2008
DeveloperCapcom
PublisherCapcom

action role-playing game
role-playing video game
PlayStation Portable
IOS

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
Japan	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
Famitsu Readers	Japan	2008

← Full 2008 results

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