Mod Edit (Torillian): Here are the updated numbers:
* The Winners of this year *
Dragon Age: Inquisition - 85
The Critics' Picks - 73
The Readers' Picks - 12
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - 29
The Critics' Picks - 28
The Readers' Picks - 1
Mario Kart 8 - 20
The Critics' Picks - 16
The Readers' Picks - 4
Far Cry 4 - 20
The Critics' Picks - 9
The Readers' Picks - 11
Super Smash Bros. - 19
The Critics' Picks - 15
The Readers' Picks - 4
Alien: Isolation - 19
The Critics' Picks - 15
The Readers' Picks - 4
Bayonetta 2 - 17
The Critics' Picks - 14
The Readers' Picks - 3
Dark Souls II - 11
The Critics' Picks - 9
The Readers' Picks - 2
Destiny - 7
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft - 5
Kentucky Route Zero - Act III - 5
Forza Horizon 2 - 4
Sunset Overdrive - 4
The Walking Dead: Season Two - 2
This War of Mine - 2
Titanfall - 2
Wolfenstein: The New Order - 2
Assassin's Creed Unity - 1
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare - 1
Child of Light - 1
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc - 1
Diablo III: Reaper of Souls - 1
Divinity: Original Sin - 1
Elite: Dangerous - 1
FIFA 15 - 1
Hohokum - 1
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes - 1
Papers, Please - 1
Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth - 1
Shovel Knight - 1
South Park: The Stick of Truth - 1
Sportsfriends - 1
The Banner Saga - 1
The Evil Within - 1
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter - 1
Transistor - 1
TxK - 1
Valiant Hearts: The Great War - 1
80 Days - 1
The current order of Game of the Year awards picks (critics):
-Dragon Age: Inquisition - 13 awards
-Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - 11
-Super Smash Bros. - 8
-Alien: Isolation - 7
-Dark Souls II - 6
-Destiny - 5
-Mario Kart 8 - 5
-Bayonetta 2 - 3
-Far Cry 4 - 2
-Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare - 1
-Child of Light - 1
-Forza Horizon 2 - 1
-Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft - 1
-Kentucky Route Zero - Act III - 1
-Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes - 1
-Papers, Please - 1
-Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth - 1
-South Park: The Stick of Truth - 1
-Sunset Overdrive - 1
-Transistor - 1
-Valiant Hearts: The Great War - 1
-80 Days - 1
For more info:
http://gotypicks.blogspot.com/?m=1
Third parties are the lifestream of the industry. Interesting to see the (current) top 3 are third party games. Hopefully we can stop pretending that they "don't count" :)