A First-Party PS5, PS4 Game Has Been Nominated for Game of the Year Ten Times in a Row 1
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Sony has had a first-party Game of the Year nomination at The Game Awards ten years in a row. In fact, the streak would be even longer if 2014 hadn’t been such a lean year for the industry as a whole.

Here are the titles that have been nominated:

2015
Bloodborne
2016
Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
2017
Horizon Zero Dawn
2018
God of War (Winner), Marvel's Spider-Man
2019
Death Stranding
2020
Ghost of Tsushima, The Last of Us: Part 2 (Winner)
2021
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
2022
God of War Ragnarok, Horizon Forbidden West
2023
Marvel's Spider-Man 2
2024
Astro Bot

We suppose some pedantic readers may argue Bloodborne and Death Stranding are not first-party games, as Sony doesn’t own the developers that made them. While this is technically true, platform holders generally consider the titles they publish to be first-party.

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In the case of Bloodborne, the Japanese giant still wholly owns the FromSoftware favourite. Death Stranding was later ported to PC and, earlier this year, Xbox Series X|S – and its rights have reverted to Kojima Productions. Nevertheless, at the time of its nomination in 2019, it was very much considered a first-party title.

Irrespective of any caveats and pedantry, this is a remarkable run. Even more incredible is that Sony is highly likely to make it 11 years on the bounce, as we’d be utterly staggered if neither Ghost of Yotei nor Death Stranding 2: On the Beach got nominated in 2025. (Again, as things stand right now, PlayStation is the publisher of Kojima’s sequel.)

Which of the nominations above do you think is the pinnacle of PlayStation first-party? Let us know in the comments section below.

[source reddit.com]