2017 Game of the Year - from media outlets



* Video Game Awards Only - The Video Game includes Console games,

PC games, Handheld games, and Indie games, but not Mac games, Kids games,

Free games, etc.



* Professional Awards Only - The Media include Sites, Magazines, Newspapers, Publications, Broadcastings, but not Blogs have a staff of one.



* All-Format GOTY Awards Only - But a single GOTY pick must be a single title, except for a tie.



* In release order.



* More details are here.







Computer Bild (DE) : The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild



Stuff Gadget Awards (UK) : The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild



Trusted Reviews (UK) : The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild



EE Pocket-lint Gadget Awards (UK) : The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild



Golden Joystick Awards (UK) : The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild



Golden Joystick Critics Choice (UK) : The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild



TIME (US) : The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild



Premios Xataka (ES) : The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild



Game-Debate Global Game Awards (UK) : NieR: Automata



The Economist 1843 Magazine (UK) : The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild



De Tech Awards (NL) : Super Mario Odyssey



Yahoo (US) : The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild



Slant Magazine (US) : NieR: Automata



WatchMojo (CA) : The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild



Paste Magazine (US) : The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild





* The Winners of this year *

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 189





The Critics' Picks - 138





The Readers' Picks - 51









Horizon Zero Dawn - 52





The Critics' Picks - 26





The Readers' Picks - 26









Super Mario Odyssey - 26





The Critics' Picks - 24





The Readers' Picks - 2









NieR: Automata - 12





The Critics' Picks - 10





The Readers' Picks - 2









Persona 5 - 10





The Critics' Picks - 8





The Readers' Picks - 2









PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds - 10





The Critics' Picks - 7





The Readers' Picks - 3









Assassin's Creed Origins - 7





Divinity: Original Sin II - 7





Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus - 5





Prey - 4





Resident Evil 7: Biohazard - 4





Night in the Woods - 1

Thimbleweed Park - 1





Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands - 1

Uncharted: The Lost Legacy - 1





What Remains of Edith Finch - 1





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* The Big Winner of the Year *









Nintendo's beautiful and challenging masterpiece deserves more words than we can commit to it here. Like the most meaningful and landmark games of the past, Breath of the Wild is a game that will be discussed and analyzed for years to come. Everyone agrees that 2017 was an amazing year for games, but none other than Breath of the Wild can be considered a milestone for the medium at large.

- GameSpot -









The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is evocative, exhilarating, and a masterclass in open-world design, and a watershed game that reinvents a 30-year-old franchise. It presents a wonderful sandbox full of mystery, dangling dozens upon dozens of tantalizing things in front of you that just beg to be explored.

- IGN -









Nintendo made its own mark on open-world games, letting players plan and carve their own path across Hyrule without dozens of icons goading them to explore. As such, each new discovery feels like a surprise rather than an expected treat. In a year packed with landmark titles, our Game of the Year debate was intense and difficult, but Breath of the Wild's reimagining of how we explore video game worlds won out.

- Game Informer -









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