Spec Ops: The Line: 1 Game of the Year award

No: Spec Ops: The Line collected 1 Game of the Year award in 2012 and finished No. 23; 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.

Spec Ops: The Line is a 2012 third-person shooter video game developed by Yager Development and published by 2K. It is the seventh installment and a reboot of the Spec Ops series.

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Spec Ops: The Line finished #23 in the 2012 race, with 1 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), Hitman: Absolution (1), The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (1) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Spec Ops: The Line win?

Spec Ops: The Line 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 Spec Ops: The Line win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 23 in 2012, behind The Walking Dead: The Game, which collected 75.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerYes
Online multiplayerNo
Released26 June 2012
DeveloperYager Development, Darkside Game Studios
Publisher2K

third-person shooter
X-BOX 360
PlayStation 3
Microsoft Windows
macOS
Linux

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
United States	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year	Source
VGW	United States	2012	Internet Archive

← Full 2012 results

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