GTA V voted BEST GAME of 2013 as well as the biggest seller

No big surprise perhaps, but it was revealed today that Rockstar's GTA V was the biggest selling game of 2013.

Biggest selling doesn't necessarily mean it's the best title of the year, but Harris Interactive's recent "Best of 2013" entertainment poll delivers exactly that accolade.

Indeed GTA V pretty much trounced the competition with 30.6% of gamers who voted in the nationally representative poll of people in GB aged 16-64 in early January this year.

Runners-up, FIFA 14 and Call of Duty: Ghosts managed a creditable 19.3% and 13.4% of voters respectively, well behind the giant Rockstar title.

The full report can be found here and downloaded for free.

Game research: Call of Duty tops our gaming poll

Following on from my last post about films, let's take a look at which games have topped our poll across all 19 Harris Buzz reports we've conducted over the last two years.

The same caveat applies as for the film poll: we don't test each and every video game release. While the list is arbitrary, let's take a look at which games most excite the GB public. Also bear in mind this is a national poll, not just among gamers.

We see another clear winner in the Call of Duty series. Remember this is a national poll, not just gamers, so the series that garners the most media attention, and this certainly helps CoD. 

This data comes is collated from our series of Harris Buzz reports. All are free to download here.