Akihabara Blues: 18 Game of the Year awards

Akihabara Blues is a website from Spain, founded in 2006 that is no longer regularly publishing. It appears in this database with 18 Game of the Year picks across 12 award seasons (2012–2024); its most frequent pick was Baldur's Gate 3.

In the seasons tracked at full breadth, 10 of its 18 picks went to the game that won the season overall; the most recent was Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree in 2024.

What "2012–2024" 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
2024	Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree	Readers' choice
2024	Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth	Editorial
2023	Baldur's Gate 3	Editorial
2023	Baldur's Gate 3	Readers' choice
2022	Elden Ring	Editorial
2022	Elden Ring	Readers' choice
2021	It Takes Two	Editorial
2021	Lost Judgment	Readers' choice
2020	The Last of Us Part II	Editorial
2020	The Last of Us Part II	Readers' choice
2019	Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice	Editorial
2017	The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild	Editorial
2017	Horizon: Zero Dawn	Readers' choice
2016	Uncharted 4: A Thief's End	Editorial
2015	Bloodborne	Editorial
2014	Sunset Overdrive	Editorial
2013	The Last of Us	Editorial
2012	Dishonored	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.