GEARBOX AWARDS

Gearbox Entertainment, our co-founder Randy Pitchford, and many of our developers, artists, actors, and characters have received dozens of awards and award nominations over the last two-plus decades, highlighting the industry-leading contributions its creators have made to the entertainment industry. We don’t want to bore you with a full list, but here are a few we’re especially proud of.

Gameplay & Genre

• Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands — thegameHERS Awards: Winner: Best Triple A Game
• Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands — DevGAMM Awards: Winner: Best Desktop Game
• Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands — Twinfinite: Winner: Best Co-Op Game
• Borderlands 3 — Shacknews: Winner: Best FPS Game
• Borderlands 3 — Game Informer: Winner: Best Cooperative Game / Reader's Choice: Best Cooperative Multiplayer & Best Shooting Game
• Borderlands 3 — NYX Game Awards: Grand Winner: Shooting Game, Role-Playing Game, and Action Game
• Risk of Rain 2 — NYX Game Awards: Grand Winner: Best Ongoing Game, Action Game, Best Gameplay, Adventure Game, and Multiplayer Game
• Risk of Rain 2 — NYX Game Awards: Gold Winner: Indie Game
• Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition — PAX East Marooners’ Rock Awards: Winner: Best AAA Game
• Battleborn — Beerbecue Awards: Winner: Best Game of Gamescom 2015
• Borderlands 2 — Spike Video Game Awards: Winner: Best Shooter and Best Multiplayer
• Borderlands 2 — Rocket & Raygun Awards: Winner: Best Role-Playing Game
• Borderlands 2 — Fun & Serious Game Festival: Winner: Best PlayStation 3 Game
• Borderlands 2 — Machinima E3: Winner: Best Role Playing Game
• Borderlands — Game Informer: Winner: Best Co-Op Game
• Borderlands — Edge / Games Group: Winner: Game of the Year
• Borderlands — IGN.com: Editor’s Choice Award
• Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway — GamingExcellence.com: Winner: Best First Person Shooter
• Blanc — Overcome Game Awards: Winner: Game of the Year
• Godfall — NYX Game Awards: Grand Winner: Action Game, Multiplayer Game, and Best Gameplay
• Halo: Combat Evolved — 1 Up Awards: Winner: Shooter Game of the Year
• Half-Life: Opposing Force — DICE Awards: Computer Action Game of the Year
• Half-Life: Opposing Force — GameStar Awards: Winner: Best Add-on

Art, Design & Audio

• Homeworld 3 — Clio Entertainment Awards: Gold Winner: Voiceover
• Homeworld 3 — Clio Entertainment Awards: Bronze Winner: Music
• Godfall — NYX Game Awards: Grand Winner: Best Art Direction and Best Visual Art
• Godfall — NYX Game Awards: Gold Winner: Best Audio Design
• Risk of Rain 2 — NYX Game Awards: Grand Winner: Best Art Direction
• Risk of Rain 2 — NYX Game Awards: Gold Winner: Best Visual Art, Animation, Audio Design, Best Game Direction, and Music
• Risk of Rain 2: Survivors of the Void — Game Maker’s Sketchbook: Winner: Environment Art: Void Locus
• Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands — DevGAMM Awards: Winner: Excellence in Audio
• Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands — Chainsaw Festival: Winner: Best Voice Actors & Supporting Cast (Multiple Categories)
• Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands — Clio Entertainment Awards: Bronze Winner: Digital Key Art and Music
• New Tales from the Borderlands — The Gayming Awards: Winner: Best LGBTQ+ Character: Lor
• Borderlands 2 — Spike Video Game Awards: Best Performance: Handsome Jack
• Borderlands 2 — IDG Game Marketing Awards: Gold Winner: Best Use of Music in a Promotional Piece

Workplace, Culture & Innovation

• The Gearbox Entertainment Company — Top Workplaces: Winner: Best Place to Work: Dallas/Fort Worth
• The Gearbox Entertainment Company — Top Workplaces: Winner: Work-Life Flexibility
• Gearbox Québec — GamesIndustry.biz: Winner: Best Large Company
• Gearbox Studio Quebec — Design & Make Awards: Winner: Accelerating Transformation
• Randy Pitchford and Gearbox Entertainment — Equality Texas: Winner: Business Leadership Award
• Gearbox Gives — PR Daily Media Relations Awards: Winner: Corporate Social Responsibility
• Gearbox Software — TXMPA Impact Awards: Winner: Video Game/Animation Award
• Risk of Rain 2 — The Dreamies: Winner: Luscious Loot
• Borderlands — GamesRadar Platinum Chalice Awards: Winner: Most Potent Video Game Crack
• Half-Life: Opposing Force — Roper Starch Worldwide: Winner: PC Accelerator

Marketing & Media

• Homeworld 3 — Clio Entertainment Awards: Silver Winner: Gameplay Trailer and Editing
• Blanc — Clio Entertainment Awards: Silver Winner: CGI Trailer
• Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands — Clio Entertainment Awards: Bronze Winner: Editing
• Borderlands 3 — Unreal E3 Awards: Winner: Biggest Buzz
• Borderlands 3 — Webby Awards: Honoree: Action and Adventure
• Aliens: Colonial Marines — EBX: Winner: Game of Show
• Duke Nukem Forever — EBX: Winner: Game of Show
• Borderlands — Destructoid’s PAX 2009: Winner: Game of the Show
• Borderlands — M16 Awards: Gold Winner: Best Video
• Borderlands — M16 Awards: Silver Winner: Outstanding Promotional Trailer, Funniest Ad, and Overall Marketing Campaign
• Borderlands 2 — IDG Game Marketing Awards: Bronze Winner: Standout Outdoor Advertising and Best Game Footage Trailer

2023

• Blanc: TIGA Awards – Nominee: Casual Game
• Blanc: TIGA Awards – Nominee: Social Game
• Blanc: TIGA Awards – Nominee: Visual Design
• Homeworld Mobile: TIGA Awards – Nominee: Social Game
• Homeworld Mobile: TIGA Awards – Nominee: Strategy Game
• Homeworld Mobile: Mobile Games Awards – Nominee: Game of the Year
• Homeworld Mobile: Mobile Games Awards – Nominee: Best Audio/Visual Accomplishment
• New Tales from the Borderlands: NAVGTR Awards – Nominee: Animation, Technical
• New Tales from the Borderlands: NAVGTR Awards – Nominee: Art Direction, Period Influence
• New Tales from the Borderlands: NAVGTR Awards – Nominee: Direction in a Game Cinema
• New Tales from the Borderlands: NAVGTR Awards – Nominee: Use of Sound
• New Tales from the Borderlands: NAVGTR Awards – Nominee: Writing in a Comedy
• New Tales from the Borderlands: NAVGTR Awards – Nominee: Game, Franchise Adventure
• Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands: The Gayming Awards – Nominee: Best LGBTQ+ Character: Bones Three-Wood
• Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands: The Gayming Awards – Nominee: Authentic Representation Award
• Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands: GLAAD Media Awards – Nominee: Outstanding Video Game
• Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands: NAVGTR Awards – Nominee: Art Direction, Fantasy
• Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands: NAVGTR Awards – Nominee: Costume Design
• Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands: NAVGTR Awards – Nominee: Lighting & Texturing
• Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands: NAVGTR Awards – Nominee: Original Dramatic Score
• Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands: NAVGTR Awards – Nominee: Sound Effects
• Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands: NAVGTR Awards – Nominee: Game of the Year, Franchise Action

2022

• Homeworld 3: Clio Entertainment Awards – Shortlist: Digital Key Art
• Risk of Rain 2: Survivors of the Void: Concept Art Awards – Nominee: Environment Concept Art: Aphelian Sanctuary
• Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands: Golden Joystick Awards – Nominee: Best Multiplayer Game
• Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands: DevGAMM Awards – Nominee: Grand Prize
• Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands: TIGA Awards – Nominee: Action and Adventure Game
• Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands: TIGA Awards – Nominee: Visual Design

2021

• Risk of Rain 2: SXSW Gaming Awards – Nominee: Indie Game of the Year
• Risk of Rain 2: SXSW Gaming Awards – Nominee: Excellence in Multiplayer

2020

• Borderlands 3: Game Audio Awards – Nominee: Best Music
• Borderlands 3: Game Audio Awards – Nominee: Best Sound Design
• Borderlands 3: GANG Awards – Nominee: Audio of the Year
• Borderlands 3: GANG Awards – Nominee: Sound Design of the Year
• Borderlands 3: GANG Awards – Nominee: Best Audio Mix
• Borderlands 3: GANG Award – Nominee: Music of the Year
• Borderlands 3: GANG Award – Nominee: Best Interactive Score
• Borderlands 3: NAMM TEC Awards – Nominee: Best Sound Production Interactive Entertainment
• Borderlands 3: NAVGTR – Nominee: Best Use of Sound in a Franchise
• Borderlands 3: MPSE Golden Reel Award – Nominee: Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Interactive Gameplay
• Borderlands 3: Music+Sound Awards – Nominee: Best Sound Design In Gaming

2019

• Borderlands 3: Destructoid’s E3 2019 Game of the Show – Nominee: Game of the Show
• Borderlands 3: IGN’s Best of E3 – Nominee: Best Game
• Borderlands 3: IGN’s Best of E3 – Nominee: Best PS4 Game
• Borderlands 3: IGN’s Best of E3 – Nominee: Best Xbox One Game
• Borderlands 3: IGN’s Best of E3 – Nominee: Best PC Game
• Borderlands 3: IGN’s Best of E3 – Nominee: Best Shooter
• Borderlands 3: Unreal E3 Awards – Nominee: Most Engaging
• Borderlands 3: Unreal E3 Awards – Nominee: Eye Candy

2017 & Prior

• Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition (2017): PAX East: Marooners’ Rock Awards – Nominee: Best Console Game
• Borderlands 2 (2014): DICE Awards – Finalist: Online Game of the Year
• Borderlands 2 (2013): BAFTA Games Award for Best Action Game – Nominee
• Randy Pitchford, Paul Hellquist, and Jeramy Cooke (2013): BAFTA Games Award for Artistic Achievement – Nominee
• Borderlands 2 (2013): DICE Awards – Finalist: Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay
• Borderlands 2 (2013): DICE Awards – Finalist: Outstanding Achievement in Character (Tiny Tina)
• Borderlands 2 (2013): DICE Awards – Finalist: Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction
• Borderlands 2 (2013): DICE Awards – Finalist: Game of the Year
• Borderlands 2 (2012): Spike Video Game Awards – Nominee: Best Xbox 360 Game
• Borderlands 2 (2012): Spike Video Game Awards – Nominee: Best PS3 Game
• Borderlands 2 (2012): Destructoid Game of the Year 2012 – Nominee: Game of the Year
• Gearbox Software (2012): Spike Video Game Awards – Nominee: Studio of the Year
• Borderlands (2010): D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay – Nominee
• Borderlands (2010): Game Developers Choice Award for Best Visual Art – Nominee
• Borderlands (2010): Interactive Achievement Awards – Finalist: Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay
• Borderlands (2010): Interactive Achievement Awards – Finalist: Role-Playing/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year
• Borderlands (2009): IGN’s Best of E3 – Nominee: Best Role-Playing Game
• Borderlands (2009): GamingExcellence.com – Best of E3 – Nominee: Best Graphics (Artistic)
• Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway (2009): Interactive Achievement Awards – Finalist: Outstanding Achievement in Original Story
• Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway (2008): GamingExcellence.com – Best of E3 – Nominee: Best Audio
• Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 (2006): D.I.C.E. Award for First Person Action Game of the Year – Nominee
• Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood (2006): D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Story and Character Development – Nominee
• Brothers in Arms: GameSpot (2004): Best of E3 – Finalist: Best Shooter

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