List of accolades received by Mass Effect 2

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List of accolades received by Mass Effect 2
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Developer of Mass Effect 2, BioWare
Total number of wins and nominations
Totals 68 159
Footnotes

Mass Effect 2 is an action role-playing video game developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts. It was released for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360 on January 26, 2010, and for PlayStation 3 on January 18, 2011. Upon release, the game received considerable acclaim from video game publications. At the review aggregate websites GameRankings and Metacritic, the Xbox 360 version of the game holds an average review score of 95.69% and 96 out of 100 respectively.[1][2] The game received numerous awards and nominations, with most nominations recognizing the game itself, writing, and story.

At the 14th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards, formerly known as the Interactive Achievement Awards, Mass Effect 2 won awards for Game of the Year, Role-Playing/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year, and Outstanding Achievement in Story. At the 2010 Spike Video Game Awards, the game won for Best Xbox 360 Game and Best RPG; BioWare was also recognized for its work on the game and was awarded Studio of the Year. At the 2011 Canadian Videogame Awards, the game was awarded Game of the Year, Best Console Game, Best Game Design, and Best Writing. Mass Effect 2 also received several other notable awards, including Best Game at the 2011 British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Best Writing at the 2011 Game Developers Choice Awards, and two Golden Joystick Awards: Best RPG of the Year and Ultimate Game of the Year.

Mass Effect 2 is frequently cited as one of the greatest video games of all time. In 2011, Mass Effect 2 was selected as one of 80 titles from the past 40 years to be placed in the Art of Video Games exhibit in the Smithsonian American Art Museum,[3] and IGN ranked it #1 on its "Top 100 Modern Video Games" list.[4] In 2014, entertainment site WatchMojo.com placed Mass Effect 2 at #1 on its list of "Top 10 Electronic Arts Games" and Empire listed the game at #18 in its readership poll of "The 100 Greatest Video Games of All Time".[5][6] The game was also included as one of the titles in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die.[7]

Pre-release awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipient Result Ref.
2009 Game Critics Awards Best of Show Mass Effect 2 Nominated [8][9]
Best Console Game Mass Effect 2 Nominated
Best Role Playing Game Mass Effect 2 Won
IGN's Best of E3 2009 Awards Best Role Playing Game Mass Effect 2 Won [10]
Best Graphics Technology Mass Effect 2 Nominated [11]
Best Console Game Mass Effect 2 Won
Best PC Game Mass Effect 2 Nominated
Overall Game of Show Mass Effect 2 Nominated
GameSpot's E3 '09 Editors' Choice Awards Best Role-Playing Game Mass Effect 2 Won [12]
Best Xbox 360 Game Mass Effect 2 Nominated [13]
GameSpy's Best of E3 2009 Awards Overall Game of Show Mass Effect 2 Nominated [14]
Multiplatform Game of Show Mass Effect 2 Won
Role-Playing Game of Show Mass Effect 2 Won [15]
X-Play's Best of E3 2009 Awards Game of Show Mass Effect 2 Nominated [16]
Best Xbox 360 Game Mass Effect 2 Won
Best RPG Mass Effect 2 Won
Best Technical Achievement – Software Mass Effect 2 Nominated
IGN's Best of Gamescom 2009 Awards Best Xbox 360 Game Mass Effect 2 Won [17]
Game of Show Mass Effect 2 Won [18]
7th Annual Spike Video Game Awards Most Anticipated Game Mass Effect 2 Nominated [19][20]

Post-release awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipient Result Ref.
2010 Golden Joystick Awards RPG of the Year Mass Effect 2 Won [21]
Ultimate Game of the Year Mass Effect 2 Won [22]
8th Annual Spike Video Game Awards Game of the Year Mass Effect 2 Nominated [23][24]
Studio of the Year BioWare for Mass Effect 2 Won
Best Xbox 360 Game Mass Effect 2 Won
Best PC Game Mass Effect 2 Nominated
Best RPG Mass Effect 2 Won
Best Original Score Mass Effect 2 Nominated
Best Performance By A Human Male Martin Sheen as Illusive Man Nominated
Best Performance By A Human Female Jennifer Hale as Commander Shepard Nominated
Yvonne Strahovski as Miranda Lawson Nominated
Best DLC Mass Effect 2: Lair of the Shadow Broker Nominated
8th Annual Visual Effects Society Awards Outstanding Visual Effects in a Video Game Trailer Tim Miller, Brandon Riza, Dave Wilson Nominated [25]
Inside Gaming Awards Game of the Year Mass Effect 2 Nominated [26][27]
Most Compelling Character Jack (Subject Zero) Nominated
Best DLC Mass Effect 2: Lair of the Shadow Broker Won
Best Original Score Mass Effect 2 Nominated
Cheat Code Central's 4th Annual Cody Awards Game of the Year Mass Effect 2 Nominated [28][29]
Best Xbox 360 Game Mass Effect 2 Won [30]
Best RPG Mass Effect 2 Won [31]
Best DLC Mass Effect 2: Lair of the Shadow Broker Nominated [32][33]
Best Sound Mass Effect 2 Nominated [34][35]
Best Male Character John Shepard Nominated [36][37]
Best Female Character Jane Shepard Won [38]
GameFocus Awards Game of the Year Mass Effect 2 Won [39]
Best Role Playing Game Mass Effect 2 Won
Best Musical Score Mass Effect 2 Won
Achievement in Sound Mass Effect 2 Nominated
Achievement in Visuals Mass Effect 2 Won
Achievement in Story Writing Mass Effect 2 Nominated
Best DLC Mass Effect 2 DLC Nominated
IGN's Best of 2010 Awards Best Story (Xbox 360) Mass Effect 2 Won [40]
Most Innovative Gameplay (Xbox 360) Mass Effect 2 Nominated [41]
Best Character (Xbox 360) Mordin Solus Nominated [42]
Thane Won
Best Visuals (Xbox 360) Mass Effect 2 Nominated [43]
Most Bang for Your Buck (Xbox 360) Mass Effect 2 Nominated [44]
Best Sci-Fi Game (Xbox 360) Mass Effect 2 Won [45]
Best Blockbuster Game (Xbox 360) Mass Effect 2 Won [46]
Best Xbox 360 Game of the Year Mass Effect 2 Won [47]
Best Story (PC) Mass Effect 2 Won [48]
Coolest Atmosphere (PC) Mass Effect 2 Nominated [49]
Most Innovative Gameplay (PC) Mass Effect 2 Won [50]
Best Character (PC) Illusive Man Won [51]
Best Visuals (PC) Mass Effect 2 Won [52]
Best Soundtrack (PC) Mass Effect 2 Won [53]
Best Sci-Fi Game (PC) Mass Effect 2 Won [54]
PC Game of the Year Mass Effect 2 Nominated [55]
Best Story (Overall) Mass Effect 2 Won [56]
Coolest Atmosphere (Overall) Mass Effect 2 Nominated [57]
Best Boss (Overall) Reaper Nominated [58]
Most Memorable Moment (Overall) Destruction of the Normandy Nominated [59]
Most Addictive (Overall) Mass Effect 2 Nominated [60]
Most Innovative Gameplay (Overall) Mass Effect 2 Nominated [61]
Best Character (Overall) Thane Nominated [62]
Best Visuals (Overall) Mass Effect 2 Nominated [63]
Best Soundtrack (Overall) Mass Effect 2 Nominated [64]
Best Sci-Fi Game (Overall) Mass Effect 2 Won [65]
Best Blockbuster Game (Overall) Mass Effect 2 Won [66]
Game of the Year Mass Effect 2 Won [67]
GameSpy's Game of the Year 2010 Awards Overall Game of the Year Mass Effect 2 Nominated [68]
Role-Playing Game of the Year Mass Effect 2 Won [69]
Xbox 360 Game of the Year Mass Effect 2 Won [70]
GameSpot's Best of 2010 Awards Game of the Year Mass Effect 2 Nominated [71]
Best PC Game Mass Effect 2 Nominated [72]
Best Xbox 360 Game Mass Effect 2 Nominated [73]
Best RPG Mass Effect 2 Won [74]
Best Story Mass Effect 2 Nominated [75]
Best Graphics, Artistic Mass Effect 2 Nominated [76]
Best New Character Mordin Solus Nominated [77]
Best Downloadable Content Mass Effect 2: Lair of the Shadow Broker Nominated [78]
Best Voice Acting Mass Effect 2 Nominated [79]
Most Memorable Moment Opening scene Nominated [80]
Best Writing/Dialogue Mass Effect 2 Nominated [81]
GameTrailers' Game of the Year 2010 Awards Game of the Year Mass Effect 2 Won [82]
Best Role-Playing Game Mass Effect 2 Won
Best Story Mass Effect 2 Won
Best Expansion Mass Effect 2 DLC Nominated
Best Xbox 360 Game Mass Effect 2 Won
Best PC 360 Game Mass Effect 2 Won
Best Single-Player Campaign Mass Effect 2 Won
X-Play's Best of 2010 Awards Game of the Year Mass Effect 2 Won [83][84]
Best Writing Mass Effect 2 Won
Best Soundtrack Mass Effect 2 Nominated
Best DLC Mass Effect 2: Lair of the Shadow Broker Nominated
Best RPG Mass Effect 2 Won
1UP.com's 2010 Game Of The Year Awards Best 360 Game Mass Effect 2 Nominated [85]
Best Expansion Mass Effect 2 DLC Nominated [86]
Best RPG Mass Effect 2 Won
Game of the Year Mass Effect 2 Nominated [87]
Destructoid's Game of the Year 2010 Award Game of the Year Mass Effect 2 Nominated [88]
Giant Bomb's Game of the Year 2010 Awards Best New Character Mordin Solus Nominated [89]
Best Downloadable Add-On Mass Effect 2: Lair of the Shadow Broker Nominated [90]
Character We'd Most Like To Party With The Illusive Man Won [91]
Best Story Mass Effect 2 Nominated
Best Multiplatform Game & Game of the Year, 2010 Mass Effect 2 Won [92]
Eurogamer's Game of the Year 2010 Award Game of the Year Mass Effect 2 Won [93]
Game Rant's 2010 Video Game Awards Best Gameplay Mass Effect 2 Nominated [94][95]
Game of the Year Mass Effect 2 Won
2011 14th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards Game of the Year Mass Effect 2 Won [96]
Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction Mass Effect 2 Nominated
Outstanding Achievement in Story Mass Effect 2 Won
Outstanding Character Performance Mark Meer as Male Shepard Nominated
Role-Playing/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year Mass Effect 2 Won
British Academy Video Games Awards Artistic Achievement Mass Effect 2 Nominated [97]
Best Game Mass Effect 2 Won
Gameplay Mass Effect 2 Nominated
Original Music Mass Effect 2 Nominated
Story Mass Effect 2 Nominated
GAME Award of 2010 Mass Effect 2 Nominated
11th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards Game of the Year Mass Effect 2 Nominated [98]
Best Writing Mass Effect 2 Won
Best Game Design Mass Effect 2 Nominated
Best Technology Mass Effect 2 Nominated
Best Audio Mass Effect 2 Nominated
National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Awards Game of the Year Mass Effect 2 Nominated [99]
Animation Mass Effect 2 Nominated
Art Direction, Fantasy Mass Effect 2 Won
Character Design Mass Effect 2 Nominated
Direction in a Game Cinema Mass Effect 2 Nominated
Lead Performance in a Drama Mark Meer, Mass Effect 2 Nominated
Original Dramatic Score, Franchise Mass Effect 2 Nominated
Sound Editing in a Game Cinema Mass Effect 2 Won
Writing in a Drama Mass Effect 2 Nominated
Game Sequel RPG Mass Effect 2 Won
9th Annual Game Audio Network Guild Awards Best Soundtrack Album Mass Effect 2 Nominated [100][101]
Canadian Videogame Awards Best Canadian Made Game of the Year Mass Effect 2 Won [102]
Best Console Game Mass Effect 2 Won
Best Audio Mass Effect 2 Nominated
Best Game Design Mass Effect 2 Won
Best Technology Mass Effect 2 Nominated
Best Visual Arts Mass Effect 2 Nominated
Best Writing Mass Effect 2 Won
9th Annual Spike Video Game Awards Best DLC Mass Effect 2: Arrival Nominated [103]
IGN's Best of 2011 Awards Best PS3 Role-Playing Game Mass Effect 2 Won [104]
Best PS3 Sound Mass Effect 2 Nominated [105]
Best PS3 Story Mass Effect 2 Nominated [106]
PS3 Game of the Year Mass Effect 2 Nominated [107]
2012 10th Annual Spike Video Game Awards EW and Spike VGA Best Game of the Decade Mass Effect 2 Nominated [108][109]

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