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Clearing the Competition as The Last of Us Wins over 200 GOTY Awards

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The Last of Us has devastated the Game of the Year Awards in 2013 across multiple review groups and organizations. Whilst it comes as no true surprise, it is still a testimony to the title as it combated against hard hitters such as BioShock Infinite and Grand Theft Auto V. Below through the work of an independent GOTY Blogspot blog you can see how it all broke down.

Game of the Year Winners:

The Last of Us – 203

The Critics’ Picks – 163
The Readers’ Picks – 40

Grand Theft Auto V – 126

The Critics’ Picks – 95
The Readers’ Picks – 31

Bioshock Infinite – 34

The Critics’ Picks – 33
The Readers’ Picks – 1

Super Mario 3D World – 10

The Critics’ Picks – 10
The Readers’ Picks –

Gone Home – 6

Tomb Raider – 6

Papers, Please – 5

The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds – 4

Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag – 3

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons – 3

Rayman Legends – 3

Battlefield 4 – 2

Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch – 2

Pokémon X and Y – 2

Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen – 1

Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon – 1

Shadowrun Returns – 1

Tearaway – 1

The Stanley Parable – 1

The Swapper – 1

Year Walk – 1

So what do you make of The Last of Us, do you agree with popular opinion that it was indeed game of the year? In terms of an overall package I can certainly see why the title won out.