the second oldest gaming award ceremony and is the longest-running video game award. The inaugural ceremony took place in 1984 in London's Berkeley Square. Japan Game Awards (formerly CESA Awards) The winners of the Grand Award annually given by the Japan Game Awards, formerly known as the CESA Awards, since 1996. There are some years where two games shared the Grand Award. New York Game Awards The New York Videogame Critics Circle hosts an annual award show that recognizes the best contributions to the video game industry from the previous year. Spike Video Game Awards The winners of the Spike Video Game Awards, hosted by Spike between 2003 and 2013, awarded the Game of the Year using an advisory council featuring over 20 journalists from media outlets. The show's title was changed to VGX in 2013 before Spike TV dropped the show entirely. Host and producer Geoff Keighley created The Game Awards in 2014. SXSW Gaming Awards The winners of the SXSW Gaming Awards are judged by the SXSW Gaming Advisory Board, which is composed of over 40 industry members. VSDA Awards The Video Software Dealers Association's VSDA Awards for home entertainment handed out awards for the best video games of the year until 2001. Publications and media Ars Technica Destructoid Easy Allies (formerly GameTrailers) Edge Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM) Empire Entertainment Weekly Eurogamer Game Informer During their earlier years of publication they would give awards for the best game on each console available at the time, occasionally giving an award to the overall best game of the year. In 2017, they retroactively awarded a GOTY award for each past year that did not have an overall best game. GameSpot GamesRadar+ Gamest Giant Bomb Hardcore Gamer IGN Polygon Time USgamer Yahoo! See also List of video games considered the best List of video game awards References Video game awards Video game culture Video game lists by reception or rating Game of the Year awards