Borderlands: 2 Game of the Year awards

No: Borderlands collected 2 Game of the Year awards in 2009 and finished No. 8; the season went to Uncharted 2: Among Thieves with 117. Spike Video Game Awards named Uncharted 2: Among Thieves its Game of the Year.

Borderlands is a 2009 action role-playing first-person shooter video game developed by Gearbox Software and published by 2K. It is the first game in the Borderlands series.

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Borderlands finished #8 in the 2009 race, with 2 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

2Total awards
2Media outlets
0Readers' choice
2Countries

Also in the 2009 season: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (117), Batman: Arkham Asylum (30), Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (27), Assassin's Creed II (14), Demon's Souls (5), Fallout 3 (3) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Borderlands win?

Borderlands won 2 Game of the Year awards in the 2009 season — 0.9% of every award tracked that season. 2 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 2 countries.

Did Borderlands win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 8 in 2009, behind Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, which collected 117 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerYes
Online multiplayerNo
Released20 October 2009
DeveloperGearbox Software, Feral Interactive
Publisher2K

first-person shooter
video game with LGBT character
looter shooter
post-apocalyptic video game
Microsoft Windows
macOS
PlayStation 3
X-BOX 360

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
United States	1
Australia	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
EastBayRI	United States	2009
GamesPoint	Australia	2009

← Full 2009 results

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