 Halo 3 was nominated for seven awards from the Spike TV Awards , of which it won " Best Multiplayer Game " and " Most Addictive Video Game Fueled by Dew " . It won Time 's " Game of the Year " and IGN chose it as the Best Xbox 360 Online Multiplayer Game and Innovative Design of 2007 . The Visual Effects Society awarded Bungie the " Best Real Time Visuals in a Video Game " for Halo 3 . Halo 3 took the Calvin Award for " Best Videogame " as selected by Box Office Prophets . Halo 3 also took the award for Xbox 360 Game of the Year 2007 from GameTrailers , and was voted by fans as Game of the Year on G @-@ Phoria . Halo 3 won the Edge Award For Interactive Innovation in August 2008 . In 2010 , the game was included as one of the titles in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die . 
