Jade Empire: 1 Game of the Year award

No: Jade Empire collected 1 Game of the Year award in 2005 and finished No. 14; the season went to Resident Evil 4 with 38. Spike Video Game Awards named Resident Evil 4 its Game of the Year.

Jade Empire is an action role-playing game developed by BioWare, originally published by Microsoft Game Studios in 2005 as an Xbox exclusive. It was later ported to Microsoft Windows personal computers (PC) and published by 2K in 2007.

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Jade Empire finished #14 in the 2005 race, with 1 GOTY award from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

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

Also in the 2005 season: Resident Evil 4 (38), Shadow of the Colossus (6), God of War (4), Guild Wars (1), Guitar Hero (1), Halo 2 (1), Myst V: End of Ages (1), Tekken 5 (1) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Jade Empire win?

Jade Empire won 1 Game of the Year award in the 2005 season — 1.4% of every award tracked that season. 1 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did Jade Empire win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 14 in 2005, behind Resident Evil 4, which collected 38 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerNo
Online multiplayerNo
Released12 April 2005
DeveloperBioWare
PublisherXbox Game Studios

action role-playing game
LGBT-themed video game
video game with LGBT character
Xbox (console)
Microsoft Windows
X-BOX 360
Mac operating system
macOS
IOS
Android (operating system)

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
Canada	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
Canadian New Media Awards	Canada	2005

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