Please support Game Informer. Print magazine subscriptions are less than $2 per issue
Game Informer's End-Of-Generation Awards
Some games were the standard-bearing must-plays of the last generation, like those highlighted in our Best Games of the Generation piece. But other projects earn our praise for the features and experiences that set them apart, pushing technology, design, and overall fun to new heights. Here are our individual awards for the games that shaped the last generation of the hobby.
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/prod-media.gameinformer.com/styles/thumbnail/s3/2020/09/28/ce5c4212/gotgawards_fortnite.jpg)
Fortnite
Few would have guessed when Fortnite was first revealed as a cooperative fort builder that it would transform into the juggernaut it became in more recent years. From its defining role in growing the booming battle-royale scene to its games-as-service business model, this game crossed into the world's consciousness, and remains a fixture in gaming and popular culture.
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/prod-media.gameinformer.com/styles/thumbnail/s3/2020/09/28/a2bcb455/gotgawards_subnautica.jpg)
Subnautica
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/prod-media.gameinformer.com/styles/thumbnail/s3/2020/09/28/e3c46bc6/gotgawards_deadcells.jpg)
Dead Cells
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/prod-media.gameinformer.com/styles/thumbnail/s3/2020/09/28/d44cee12/gotgawards_beatsaber.jpg)
Beat Saber
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/prod-media.gameinformer.com/styles/thumbnail/s3/2020/09/28/dba17ca0/gotgawards_resogun.jpg)
Resogun
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/prod-media.gameinformer.com/styles/thumbnail/s3/2020/09/28/83cd1e80/gotgawards_halflifealyx.jpg)
Half-Life: Alyx
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/prod-media.gameinformer.com/styles/thumbnail/s3/2020/09/28/601d1a7a/gotgawards_fireemblemthreehouses.jpg)
Fire Emblem: Three Houses
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/prod-media.gameinformer.com/styles/thumbnail/s3/2020/09/28/c2e28b4c/gotgawards_horizonzerodawn.jpg)
Horizon Zero Dawn
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/prod-media.gameinformer.com/styles/thumbnail/s3/2020/09/28/cb0adfeb/gotgawards_supermarioodyssey.jpg)
Super Mario Odyssey
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/prod-media.gameinformer.com/styles/thumbnail/s3/2020/09/28/c3d59dd0/gotgawards_supermariomaker2.jpg)
Super Mario Maker 2
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/prod-media.gameinformer.com/styles/thumbnail/s3/2020/09/28/b2c8b212/gotgawards_sonicmania.jpg)
Sonic Mania
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/prod-media.gameinformer.com/styles/thumbnail/s3/2020/09/28/16b5f9d2/gotgawards_dragonquestbuilders2.jpg)
Dragon Quest Builders 2
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/prod-media.gameinformer.com/styles/thumbnail/s3/2020/09/28/744b6039/gotgawards_acodyssey.jpg)
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/prod-media.gameinformer.com/styles/thumbnail/s3/2020/09/28/b48f06ab/gotgawards_destiny.jpg)
Destiny 2
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/prod-media.gameinformer.com/styles/thumbnail/s3/2020/09/28/6fc4f7a8/gotgawards_overwatch.jpg)
Overwatch
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/prod-media.gameinformer.com/styles/thumbnail/s3/2020/09/28/60c64061/gotgawards_ffviiremake.jpg)
Final Fantasy VII Remake
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/prod-media.gameinformer.com/styles/thumbnail/s3/2020/09/28/fd2f88f9/gotgawards_shadowofthecolossus.jpg)
Shadow of the Colossus
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/prod-media.gameinformer.com/styles/thumbnail/s3/2020/09/28/6f2aeae5/gotgawards_gonehome.jpg)
Gone Home
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/prod-media.gameinformer.com/styles/thumbnail/s3/2020/09/28/0268d279/gotgawards_superhot.jpg)
Superhot
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/prod-media.gameinformer.com/styles/thumbnail/s3/2020/09/28/ebe65eb8/gotgawards_ghostoftsushima.jpg)
Ghost of Tsushima
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/prod-media.gameinformer.com/styles/thumbnail/s3/2020/09/28/ffd6f5d9/gotgawards_rainbowsixseige.jpg)
Rainbow Six Siege
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/prod-media.gameinformer.com/styles/thumbnail/s3/2020/09/28/ce8a994b/gotgawards_intothebreach.jpg)
Into the Breach
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/prod-media.gameinformer.com/styles/thumbnail/s3/2020/09/28/d6dd0120/gotgawards_bloodborne.jpg)
Bloodborne
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/prod-media.gameinformer.com/styles/thumbnail/s3/2020/09/28/3a315348/gotgawards_sekiro.jpg)
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/prod-media.gameinformer.com/styles/thumbnail/s3/2020/09/28/a0e51d2d/gotgawards_dishonored2.jpg)
Dishonored 2
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/prod-media.gameinformer.com/styles/thumbnail/s3/2020/09/28/a565bc8f/gotgawards_nomanssky.jpg)
No Man's Sky
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/prod-media.gameinformer.com/styles/thumbnail/s3/2020/09/28/d0e8ac85/gotgawards_worldofwarcraft.jpg)
World of Warcraft
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/prod-media.gameinformer.com/styles/thumbnail/s3/2020/09/28/8c668668/gotgawards_untildawn.jpg)
Until Dawn
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/prod-media.gameinformer.com/styles/thumbnail/s3/2020/09/28/54e31f9b/gotgawards_slimerancher.jpg)
Slime Rancher
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/prod-media.gameinformer.com/styles/thumbnail/s3/2020/09/28/99a81e0a/gotgawards_yakuza.jpg)
Yakuza
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/prod-media.gameinformer.com/styles/thumbnail/s3/2020/09/28/fbab3a01/gotgawards_theouterworlds.jpg)
The Outer Worlds
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/prod-media.gameinformer.com/styles/thumbnail/s3/2020/09/28/decf1fc3/gotgawards_slaythespire.jpg)
Slay the Spire
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/prod-media.gameinformer.com/styles/thumbnail/s3/2020/09/28/cf42e298/gotgawards_witcher3.jpg)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/prod-media.gameinformer.com/styles/thumbnail/s3/2020/09/28/997b292c/gotgawards_deathstranding.jpg)
Death Stranding
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/prod-media.gameinformer.com/styles/thumbnail/s3/2020/09/28/b018a6db/gotgawards_inside.jpg)