how many times has skyrim won game of the year
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Skyrim received awards from numerous gaming sites and publications. IGN and GameSpot named Skyrim "PC Game of the Year".[129][130] It also received GameSpot's "Readers' Choice" award.[130] The game received the "RPG of the Year" award from Spike TV,[131] IGN,[132] X-Play,[133] GameSpot[134] and GameSpy.[135] It received "Overall Game of the Year" wins from Spike TV,[131] Giant Bomb,[143] X-Play,[133] Machinima.com,[136] GameSpot,[137] 1UP.com,[138] Game Revolution,[139] GameSpy[140] Joystiq[141] and the Interactive Achievement Awards.[142] It was voted No. 1 in Good Game's top 100 video games of all time[144] and No. 1 in PC Gamer's "The 100 Greatest PC Games of All Time".[145] In Giant Bomb's 2017 Game of the Year Awards, the game was a runner-up for "2017's Old Game of the Year".[146] The VR version was nominated for "Best Virtual Reality Game" at the Gamescom 2017 Awards;[147] for the Coney Island Dreamland Award for Best Virtual Reality Game and the Tappan Zee Bridge Award for Best Remake (along with the Switch version) at the New York Game Awards 2018;[148] for "Excellence in Technical Achievement" and "VR Game of the Year" at the 2018 SXSW Gaming Awards;[149][150] and for "Best VR/AR Game" at the 2018 Game Developers Choice Awards.[151][152] At the 17th Annual National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Awards, the VR version was nominated for "Control Design, VR", "Direction in Virtual Reality", and "Sound Mixing in Virtual Reality", while the Switch version was nominated for "Costume Design".[153][154] The VR version was also nominated for "Best VR Game" at the 2018 Golden Joystick Awards.[155]