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2012

Borderlands 2: 28 Game of the Year awards

No: Borderlands 2 collected 28 Game of the Year awards in 2012 and finished No. 6; the season went to The Walking Dead: The Game with 75. Spike Video Game Awards named The Walking Dead: The Game its Game of the Year.

Borderlands 2 is a 2012 action role-playing first-person shooter video game developed by Gearbox Software and published by 2K. Taking place five years following the events of Borderlands (2009), the game is again set on the planet of Pandora.

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Borderlands 2 finished #6 in the 2012 race, with 28 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

  • 28Total awards
  • 16Media outlets
  • 12Readers' choice
  • 8Countries

Also in the 2012 season: The Walking Dead: The Game (75), Journey (58), Far Cry 3 (53), Dishonored (52), Mass Effect 3 (32), Assassin's Creed III (26), Halo 4 (21), XCOM: Enemy Unknown (21) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Borderlands 2 win?

Borderlands 2 won 28 Game of the Year awards in the 2012 season — 7.0% of every award tracked that season. 16 came from editorial picks and 12 from readers' polls, across 8 countries.

Did Borderlands 2 win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 6 in 2012, behind The Walking Dead: The Game, which collected 75 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts Hand-verified

How the co-op works. The whole campaign is co-op: two players split screen on console, four online.

  • Single-playerYes
  • Co-opYes
  • Couch co-opYes
  • Split screenYes
  • Online co-opYes
  • Players on one console2
  • Players online4
  • MultiplayerYes
  • Online multiplayerYes
  • Released18 September 2012
  • DeveloperGearbox Software, Iron Galaxy Studios, Aspyr
  • Publisher2K
  • first-person shooter
  • action role-playing game
  • LGBT-themed video game
  • video game with LGBT character
  • Microsoft Windows
  • PlayStation 3
  • X-BOX 360
  • macOS
  • PlayStation Vita
  • Linux
  • PlayStation 4
  • Android (operating system)

Where the awards came from

CountryAwards
United States14
Australia4
South Africa3
Spain2
United Kingdom2
Finland1
Netherlands1
Canada1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

OutletCountry Year
2Old2PlayUnited States2012
Battle Creek EnquirerUnited States2012
BigPond GameArenaAustralia2012
BigPond GameArena Editor's Choice GOTYAustralia2012
Box Office Prophet - Calvin AwardsUnited States2012
Dusty Cartridge Readers' Choice GOTY ReadersAustralia2012
El33tonlineSouth Africa2012
Freakin' Awesome NetworkUnited States2012
G4TV Videogame DeathmatchUnited States2012
GameFAQsUnited States2012
GamereactorFinland2012
GamereactorSpain2012
Games TM MagazineUnited Kingdom2012
GeekNationUnited States2012
Generacion Pixel (timestamp: 56:30)Spain2012
IGN Readers' Choice GOTY ReadersUnited States2012
InsideGamerNetherlands2012
Kotaku AU Readers' Choice GOTY ReadersAustralia2012
Kotaku Readers' Choice GOTY ReadersUnited States2012
LazygamerSouth Africa2012
Neoseeker Readers' Choice GOTY ReadersCanada2012
News10 Gamers' Choice Awards ReadersUnited States2012
Press PlayUnited States2012
TbreakingPUnited States2012
TechCentralSouth Africa2012
The Gaming ExperienceUnited States2012
VideoGamer Community Choice GOTY ReadersUnited Kingdom2012
X-PlayUnited States2012

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Updated 2 October 2026 · Source: the Meta Awards database, where every award row cites where it was published.