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Game of the Year 2008 country by country
Fallout 3 won 2008 with 66 of 213 tracked Game of the Year awards — 31.0%, and the top spot in 8 of 21 countries. But a global majority is not a global consensus: 13 countries handed their most awards to something else, and 8 different games won at least one country outright. In Germany, Sweden, Russia and Norway, Fallout 3 did not receive a single award.
- 31%Fallout 3 worldwide
- 21Countries with data
- 13Backed someone else
- 8Games that won a country
Where the winner was strong, and where it was not
Grouped by region, sorted by how much of each region's vote Fallout 3 took. The spread is the story: the same game can be near-unanimous in one region and absent in another.
Awards for Fallout 3Awards for everything else
| Region | Awards | Countries | Regional winner | Fallout 3 share | Different games |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North America | 119 | 2 | Fallout 3 | 42% | 15 |
| Oceania | 8 | 1 | Fallout 3 | 25% | 5 |
| Northern Europe | 9 | 3 | Grand Theft Auto IV | 22% | 4 |
| Asia | 5 | 3 | Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots | 20% | 4 |
| Southern Europe | 16 | 3 | Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots | 19% | 6 |
| Western Europe | 45 | 4 | Grand Theft Auto IV | 18% | 12 |
| Eastern Europe | 4 | 2 | Grand Theft Auto IV | 0% | 4 |
| Middle East | 4 | 2 | Gears of War 2 | 0% | 3 |
| Other | 1 | 1 | Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots | 0% | 1 |
The countries that picked something else
13 of 21 countries gave their most awards to a game other than Fallout 3: Spain, Germany, Sweden, Russia, Norway. Below, each of those with at least 3 tracked outlets gets its full breakdown — every game and every outlet that named it.
Spain: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
8 tracked outlets, 5 different games awarded. Fallout 3 took 1 of them (12%).
- 3× Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Meristation, WildGames, WildGames Community choice GOTY (readers) - 2× Grand Theft Auto IV
3DJuegos, 3DJuegos Reader's Choice GOTY (readers) - 1× Guitar Hero World Tour
Clipset - 1× Fallout 3
Eurogamer - 1× Gears of War 2
Eurogamer Reader's Choice GOTY (readers)
Germany: Grand Theft Auto IV
8 tracked outlets, 4 different games awarded. Fallout 3 took 0 of them (0%).
- 4× Grand Theft Auto IV
4PLAYER.DE Reader's Choice GOTY (readers), AreaGames, Eurogamer, MTV Europe - 2× Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
4PLAYER.DE, 4Players - 1× LittleBigPlanet
Deutscher Computerspielpreis - 1× Wii Fit
Deutscher Computerspielpreis
Sweden: Grand Theft Auto IV
4 tracked outlets, 3 different games awarded. Fallout 3 took 0 of them (0%).
- 2× Grand Theft Auto IV
Dataspelsgalan 2009, Gameplayer.se - 1× LittleBigPlanet
FZ - 1× Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Swedish Level Magazine
Russia: Grand Theft Auto IV / Left 4 Dead / The World Ends with You
3 tracked outlets, 3 different games awarded. Fallout 3 took 0 of them (0%).
Norway: Grand Theft Auto IV / LittleBigPlanet / Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
3 tracked outlets, 3 different games awarded. Fallout 3 took 0 of them (0%).
- 1× LittleBigPlanet
Gamereactor - 1× Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Gamereactor Reader's Choice GOTY (readers) - 1× Grand Theft Auto IV
Gullstikka
Every game that won at least one country
| Game | Countries won | Awards worldwide |
|---|---|---|
| Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots | 12 | 41 |
| Fallout 3 | 8 | 66 |
| Grand Theft Auto IV | 8 | 39 |
| LittleBigPlanet | 3 | 27 |
| Left 4 Dead | 1 | 7 |
| The World Ends with You | 1 | 1 |
| Gears of War 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Monster Hunter Freedom Unite | 1 | 1 |
All 21 countries
Read the small countries carefully.
A country with two tracked outlets that split their vote shows a 50% "winner" that means nothing. The archive is also heavily weighted towards Western outlets — the United States alone accounts for a fifth of all 2008 awards — so a thin row is a gap in our coverage, not evidence about that country's taste. Entries the source recorded as a language or a multi-country region rather than a country (Arab, Benelux, CA/FR, EUS …) are counted in the worldwide total but left out of the country ranking.