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2011

Batman: Arkham City: 42 Game of the Year awards

No: Batman: Arkham City collected 42 Game of the Year awards in 2011 and finished No. 3; the season went to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim with 230. Spike Video Game Awards named The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim its Game of the Year.

Batman: Arkham City is a 2011 action-adventure game developed by Rocksteady Studios and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment.

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Batman: Arkham City finished #3 in the 2011 race, with 42 awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

  • 42Total awards
  • 38Media outlets
  • 4Readers' choice
  • 13Countries

Also in the 2011 season: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (230), Portal 2 (59), Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (20), The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (20), Battlefield 3 (8) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Batman: Arkham City win?

Batman: Arkham City won 42 Game of the Year awards in the 2011 season — 10.1% of every award tracked that season. 38 came from editorial picks and 4 from readers' polls, across 13 countries.

Did Batman: Arkham City win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 3 in 2011, behind The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, which collected 230.

Game facts

  • action-adventure game
  • beat 'em up
  • stealth game
  • action game
  • X-BOX 360
  • PlayStation 3
  • Wii U
  • macOS
  • PlayStation 4
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Xbox One

Where the awards came from

CountryAwards
United States21
United Kingdom5
Spain3
Sweden3
South Africa2
Australia1
Italy1
Greece1
Poland1
South Korea1
Germany1
Oman1
New Zealand1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

OutletCountry YearSource
BigPond GameArena Editor's Choice GOTYAustralia2011Internet Archive
Canal FreakSpain2011Internet Archive
CNETUnited States2011Internet Archive
Comic BookedUnited States2011Internet Archive
CraveOnlineUnited States2011Internet Archive
Diehard GamefanUnited States2011Internet Archive
E! OnlineUnited States2011Internet Archive
El Destilador CulturalSpain2011Internet Archive
Empty LifebarUnited States2011Internet Archive
Eurogamer.it Editors' Choice GOTYItaly2011Internet Archive
Eurogamer.se Readers' Choice GOTY ReadersSweden2011Internet Archive
G3ARSouth Africa2011Internet Archive
Game 2.0Greece2011Internet Archive
GameDynamoSpain2011Internet Archive
GameFactionPoland2011Internet Archive
GamerFitNationUnited States2011Internet Archive
GamerLive.TVUnited States2011Internet Archive
Gamers XTREME Readers' Choice GOTY ReadersUnited States2011Internet Archive
GamerSushiUnited States2011Internet Archive
GameShotSouth Korea2011Internet Archive
GamesweltGermany2011Internet Archive
Global GrindUnited States2011Internet Archive
Golden4GamesOman2011Internet Archive
MegazineSweden2011Internet Archive
MTV GeekUnited States2011Internet Archive
MuveezUnited Kingdom2011Internet Archive
Nerd ReactorUnited States2011Internet Archive
NGBUnited Kingdom2011Internet Archive
NY Times SyndicationUnited States2011Internet Archive
OMGNUnited States2011Internet Archive
Pocket-lint Gadget AwardsUnited Kingdom2011Internet Archive
PrylportalenSweden2011Internet Archive
Push Start SelectUnited States2011Internet Archive
ReverbUnited States2011Internet Archive
StuffNew Zealand2011Internet Archive
TelegraphUnited Kingdom2011Internet Archive
The Electric PlaygroundUnited States2011Internet Archive
The Video Game WritersUnited States2011Internet Archive
Times LIVESouth Africa2011Internet Archive
WhatCulture Readers' Choice GOTY ReadersUnited States2011Internet Archive
Yahoo! GamesUnited States2011Internet Archive
ZavviUnited Kingdom2011Internet Archive

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Updated 13 October 2026 · Source: the Meta Awards database, where every award row cites where it was published.