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World of Warcraft: 4 Game of the Year awards

No: World of Warcraft collected 3 Game of the Year awards in 2004 (4 counting every season) and finished No. 5; the season went to Half-Life 2 with 26. Spike Video Game Awards named Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas its Game of the Year.

World of Warcraft (WoW) is a 2004 massively multiplayer online role-playing (MMORPG) video game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment for Windows and macOS. Set in the Warcraft fantasy universe, World of Warcraft takes place within the fictional planet Azeroth, approximately four years after the events of the previous game in the series, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne.

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World of Warcraft finished #5 in the 2004 race, with 4 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

  • 4Total awards
  • 4Media outlets
  • 0Readers' choice
  • 2Countries

Also in the 2004 season: Half-Life 2 (26), Halo 2 (13), Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (9), Katamari Damacy (3), Doom 3 (3), Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (2), Call of Duty (1) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did World of Warcraft win?

World of Warcraft won 3 Game of the Year awards in the 2004 season — 4.6% of every award tracked that season. Counting every season it holds 4: 1 more was filed under another year. 4 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 2 countries.

Did World of Warcraft win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 5 in 2004, behind Half-Life 2, which collected 26 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

  • massively multiplayer online role-playing game
  • high fantasy
  • fantasy video game
  • Microsoft Windows
  • macOS

Where the awards came from

CountryAwards
United States3
Sweden1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

OutletCountry Year
ActiontripUnited States2004
Game-RevolutionUnited States2004
GameSpotUnited States2004
FZSweden2005

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