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2012

Guild Wars 2: 5 Game of the Year awards

Guild Wars 2 is a free-to-play, massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by ArenaNet and published by NCSoft. Set in the fantasy world of Tyria, the core game follows the re-emergence of Destiny's Edge, a disbanded guild dedicated to fighting Elder Dragons, colossal Lovecraftian-esque entities that have seized control of Tyria in the time since the original Guild Wars (2005), a plot line that concludes in the third expansion End of Dragons (2023).

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Guild Wars 2 finished #10 in the 2012 race, with 5 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

  • 5Total awards
  • 5Media outlets
  • 0Readers' choice
  • 3Countries

Game facts

  • Campaign lengthNot documented
  • Single-playerNo
  • Co-opNo
  • Couch co-opNot documented
  • Split screenNo
  • Online co-opNot documented
  • Players on one consoleNot documented
  • Players onlineNot documented
  • MultiplayerYes
  • Online multiplayerNo
  • Released28 August 2012
  • DeveloperArenaNet
  • PublisherNC
  • massively multiplayer online role-playing game
  • LGBT-themed video game
  • video game with LGBT character
  • Microsoft Windows
  • macOS

Where the awards came from

CountryAwards
United States3
Portugal1
Netherlands1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

OutletCountry Year
Combo CasterPortugal2012
Gamer.nlNetherlands2012
Quarter to ThreeUnited States2012
The Angry Joe ShowUnited States2012
TIMEUnited States2012

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