| Year | Winners and nominees | Developer | Publisher |
2004
| Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | Rockstar North | Rockstar Games |
2004
| Call of Duty: Finest Hour | Spark Unlimited, Exakt Entertainment | Activision, Capcom |
2004
| Halo 2 | Bungie | Microsoft Game Studios |
2004
| Mortal Kombat: Deception | Midway Games | Midway Games |
2004
| Metroid Prime 2: Echoes | Retro Studios, Nintendo | Nintendo |
2004
| Doom 3 | id Software | Activision |
| 2005 | Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks | Midway Games | Midway Games |
| 2005 | Area 51 | Midway Studios Austin | Midway Games |
| 2005 | Battlefield 2: Modern Combat | Electronic Arts | Electronic Arts |
| 2005 | Call of Duty 2 | Infinity Ward | Activision, Konami |
| 2005 | Death by Degrees | Namco | Namco Bandai Games |
| 2005 | Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath | Oddworld Inhabitants, Just Add Water | Electronic Arts |
| 2005 | Psychonauts | Double Fine Productions | Majesco Entertainment |
| 2005 | Tak: The Great Juju Challenge | Avalanche Software, Altron, WayForward Technologies | THQ |
| 2006 | New Super Mario Bros. | Nintendo | Nintendo |
| 2006 | F.E.A.R. | Monolith Productions | Sierra Entertainment |
| 2006 | Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter | Ubisoft, Red Storm Entertainment, Darkworks, Grin | Ubisoft |
| 2006 | Metroid Prime Hunters | Nintendo | Nintendo |
| 2006 | Ōkami | Clover Studio | Capcom |
| 2007 | God of War II | Santa Monica Studio | Sony Computer Entertainment |
| 2007 | BioShock | 2K Boston, 2K Australia | 2K Games, Feral Interactive |
| 2007 | Gears of War | Epic Games, People Can Fly | Microsoft Studios |
| 2007 | Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops | Kojima Productions | Konami |
| 2007 | Zelda Twilight Princess | Nintendo | Nintendo |
| 2008 | Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots | Kojima Productions | Konami |
| 2008 | Dead Space | IronMonkey Studios | Electronic Arts |
| 2008 | LittleBigPlanet | Media Molecule | Sony Computer Entertainment |
| 2008 | Super Mario Galaxy | Nintendo | Nintendo |
| 2008 | Super Smash Bros. Brawl | Nintendo | Nintendo |
| 2011 | Batman: Arkham City | Rocksteady Studios | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment |
| 2011 | Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword | Nintendo | Nintendo |
| 2011 | Limbo | Playdead, Double Eleven | Microsoft Studios, Playdead |
| 2011 | Portal 2 | Valve | Valve |
| 2012 | Dishonored | Arkane Studios | Bethesda |
| 2012 | Assassin's Creed III | Ubisoft | Ubisoft |
| 2012 | Binary Domain | Yakuza Team, Devil's Details | Sega |
| 2012 | Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition | Mojang | Mojang, Microsoft Studios, Sony Computer Entertainment |
| 2012 | The Walking Dead Episode 5 | Telltale Games | Telltale Games, Square Enix |
| 2013 | Battlefield 4 | Electronic Arts | Electronic Arts |
| 2013 | Beyond: Two Souls | Quantic Dream | Sony Computer Entertainment |
| 2013 | BioShock Infinite | Irrational Games | 2K Games |
| 2013 | Crysis 3 | Crytek | Electronic Arts |
| 2013 | Grand Theft Auto V | Rockstar North | Rockstar Games |
| 2014 | Forza Horizon 2 | Playground Games | Microsoft Studios |
| 2014 | Assassin's Creed Unity | Ubisoft | Ubisoft |
| 2014 | Borderlands: The Pre-sequel | Gearbox Software | 2K Games |
| 2014 | Dark Souls II | FromSoftware | Bandai Namco Entertainment |
| 2014 | Mario Kart 8 | Nintendo | Nintendo |
| 2014 | Titanfall | Respawn Entertainment | Electronic Arts |
| 2015 | Rise of the Tomb Raider | Crystal Dynamics | Microsoft Studios, Square Enix |
| 2015 | Call of Duty: Black Ops III | Treyarch | Activision |
| 2015 | Fallout 4 | Bethesda | Bethesda |
| 2015 | Halo 5: Guardians | 343 Industries | Microsoft Studios |
| 2015 | The Room Three | Fireproof Games | Fireproof Games |
| 2015 | Star Wars Battlefront | Electronic Arts | Electronic Arts |
| 2015 | The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | CD Projekt Red | CD Projekt |
| 2016 | Dark Souls III | FromSoftware | Bandai Namco Entertainment |
| 2016 | Battlefield 1 | Electronic Arts | Electronic Arts |
| 2016 | Dishonored 2 | Arkane Studios | Bethesda |
| 2016 | Overwatch | Blizzard Entertainment | Blizzard Entertainment |
| 2016 | Titanfall 2 | Respawn Entertainment | Electronic Arts |