Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel!: 1 Game of the Year award

No: Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! collected 1 Game of the Year award in 2014 and finished No. 29; the season went to Dragon Age: Inquisition with 139. The Game Awards named Dragon Age: Inquisition its Game of the Year.

Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel is a 2014 action role-playing first-person shooter game developed by 2K Australia with assistance from Gearbox Software and published by 2K. It is the third game in the Borderlands series, and is a spin-off set after 2009's Borderlands and before 2012's Borderlands 2.

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Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! finished #29 in the 2014 race, with 1 GOTY award from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

1Total awards
1Media outlets
0Readers' choice
1Countries

Also in the 2014 season: Dragon Age: Inquisition (139), Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (52), Mario Kart 8 (31), The Walking Dead: Season Two (2), Diablo III: Reaper of Souls (1) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! win?

Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! won 1 Game of the Year award in the 2014 season — 0.2% of every award tracked that season. 1 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 29 in 2014, behind Dragon Age: Inquisition, which collected 139 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerYes
Online multiplayerNo
Released14 October 2014
Developer2K Australia, Gearbox Software, Aspyr
Publisher2K

first-person shooter
action role-playing game
LGBT-themed video game
video game with LGBT character
Microsoft Windows
macOS
Linux
PlayStation 3
X-BOX 360
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Android (operating system)

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
United States	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
Creative Loafing Tampa	United States	2014

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