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On occasion, when a game is good enough to gain critical Game of the Year Award mass, preferably at the [[E3]] game expo, it will come out with a series of [[Downloadable Content|DLCs]], which, typically about a month after the release of the last one, will be bundled with the main game at a reduced price, typically to the chagrin of major fans of the games who had already bought the [[Downloadable Content|DLCs]]. It is often abbreviated as GOTY.
This trend probably started with ''[[The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind]]'',{{verify}} which came out with the Tribunal and Blood Moon expansions, which were later coupled with the game.
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== [[Role Playing Game]]s ==
* ''[[Fallout 3]]'' GOTY was released with all five of its expansions, ''Operation: Anchorage'', ''The Pitt'', ''Broken Steel'', ''Point Lookout'', and ''Mothership Zeta'', retailing for $80 at release, the original price of ''Fallout 3'' at release.
* ''[[The Elder Scrolls III:
** ''[[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion]]'' GOTY came out with only two of its numerous expansions, ''The Shivering Isles'' ($30 on Xbox live marketplace,) and ''Knights of the Nine'' ($10 on Xbox live,) for $30, making a massive price differential.
* ''[[Marvel Ultimate Alliance]]'' had a Gold Edition all the DLC characters from both the Hero Pack <ref>[[The Avengers (Comic Book)|Hawkeye]], [[X-Men (Comic Book)|Cyclops, Nightcrawler]], and [[Incredible Hulk|The Hulk]]</ref> and the Villain Pack.<ref>[[X-Men (Comic Book)|Magneto, Sabertooth,]] [[Doctor Doom]] and [[Spider-Man|Venom]]</ref> This is now the only way to get these DLC packs since Activision lost its Marvel license.
* ''[[Fable II]]''
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