PlayGround.ru: 15 Game of the Year awards

PlayGround.ru is a website from Russia, founded in 2001. It appears in this database with 15 Game of the Year picks across 15 award seasons (2004–2019); its most frequent pick was BioShock Infinite.

In the seasons tracked at full breadth, 5 of its 15 picks went to the game that won the season overall; the most recent was Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice in 2019.

Half-Life 2 was named 2004 Game of the Year; the outlet explicitly declined to name a 2005 Game of the Year.

What "2004–2019" means.

It is the first and last year this outlet appears in our award data — not necessarily its founding or closing date. An outlet may have existed longer, or simply skipped a year's award.

Every Game of the Year it picked

Year	Game of the Year	Vote type
2019	Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice	Editorial
2018	Frostpunk	Editorial
2017	Prey	Editorial
2016	Uncharted 4: A Thief's End	Editorial
2015	The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	Editorial
2014	Wolfenstein: The New Order	Editorial
2013	BioShock Infinite	Editorial
2012	Journey	Editorial
2011	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim	Editorial
2010	Enslaved: Odyssey to the West	Editorial
2009	Dragon Age: Origins	Editorial
2008	Left 4 Dead	Editorial
2007	The Witcher	Editorial
2006	The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion	Editorial
2004	Half-Life 2	Editorial

References

Primary sources cited while researching this outlet's award history.

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