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enrageorange on 13 December 2012
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ethomaz said:

enrageorange said:

http://gotypicks.blogspot.com/2008/12/2004-game-of-year.html

http://gotypicks.blogspot.com/2008/12/2007-game-of-year.html

http://gotypicks.blogspot.com/2010/10/2010-game-of-year.html

http://gotypicks.blogspot.com/2012/10/2012-game-of-year.html

Every single mainline Halo has won game of the year from someone. It's too bad the first two were the most critically acclaimed when there was no where near as many publications giving out GOTY awards as there are nowadays.

For GOTY Editions you need a award from a known and highly regarded publication...

Or did you expect to put in the cover "GOTY from unknown site".

And like you showed me Halo already received a GOTY Edition... the unique Halo to received expressives GOTY awards...  I fount it to buy in the Mercado Livre (aka eBay Brazil).

AMAZING game anyway... one of the best Halos for me (the best multiplayer is Halo 3 IMO or maybe Halo 2).

 

Games put accolades from unknown sites all the time. The problem with putting GOTY signs is that usually you don't get those GOTY awards until after the game is released. Thats why only repackaged editions of games are "GOTY" editions. It's just been a trend that GOTY repackages come with all dlc, and for whatever reason microsoft doesn't want to repackage the halo games with all dlc and so doesn't release GOTY editions.
Gamespy, 1UP, and Gamefly are not unknown sites btw.

As for proof to back up my claim that any ol game of the year award allows a publisher to make a "GOTY edition".

http://www.amazon.com/Borderlands-Game-Year-Xbox-360/dp/B0041OWQUI/ref=sr_1_1?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1355443030&sr=1-1&keywords=borderlands+game+of+the+year

Borderlands only won 2 game of the year award from some no name websites.

Dead Island is another example with a GOTY edition despites winning no "big" GOTY awards.