Blade & Soul: 1 Game of the Year award

No: Blade & Soul collected 1 Game of the Year award in 2012 and finished No. 17; the season went to The Walking Dead: The Game with 75. Spike Video Game Awards named The Walking Dead: The Game its Game of the Year.

Blade & Soul (Korean: 블레이드 앤 소울; RR: Beulleideu aen soul) is a Wuxia-themed massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Korean NCSoft (Team Bloodlust). Blade & Soul was released in Western territories on January 19, 2016.

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Blade & Soul finished #17 in the 2012 race, with 1 GOTY award from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

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

Also in the 2012 season: The Walking Dead: The Game (75), Journey (58), Far Cry 3 (53), The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings (3), Sleeping Dogs (2), Xenoblade Chronicles (2), Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition (1) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Blade & Soul win?

Blade & Soul won 1 Game of the Year award in the 2012 season — 0.2% of every award tracked that season. 1 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did Blade & Soul win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 17 in 2012, behind The Walking Dead: The Game, which collected 75 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerNo
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerYes
Online multiplayerNo
Released30 June 2012
DeveloperTeam Bloodlust
PublisherNC, Tencent, Garena

massively multiplayer online role-playing game
Microsoft Windows
PlayStation 3
Android (operating system)
IOS

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
South Korea	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
GameShot	South Korea	2012

← Full 2012 results

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