List of accolades received by BioShock Infinite

List of accolades received by BioShock Infinite

Creative director Ken Levine and his work on the game received awards and nominations.
Accolades Award Won Nominated 1UP 1 3 Ars Technica 0 1 Associated Press 1 1 The A.V. Club 0 1 British Academy Video Games Awards 1 4 Canada.com 0 1 Cheat Code Central 1 7 cnet 0 1 CNN 1 1 Destructoid 1 10 D.I.C.E. Awards 2 6 Digital Spy 0 1 The Escapist 1 2 Edge 0 1 Electronic Gaming Monthly 1 1 Entertainment Weekly 1 1 Forbes 0 1 Game Audio Network Guild 3 7 Game Critics Awards 4 4 Game Developers Choice Awards 2 3 Game Informer 8 8 Game Revolution 0 4 Games 1 1 GameSpot 0 5 GamesRadar 0 1 GameTrailers 2 5 Giant Bomb 1 4 Golden Joystick Award 1 5 Good Game 1 2 Hardcore Gamer 4 13 IGN 15 27 IGN Australia 2 6 Inside Gaming Awards 2 7 Metacritic 0 1 National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers 6 12 New York Videogame Critics Circle 1 5 The New Zealand Herald 0 1 Official Xbox Magazine 2 4 Polygon 0 1 Satellite Awards 0 1 Slant Magazine 0 1 Spike Video Game Awards 1 3 Spike VGX 3 9 SXSW Gaming Awards 1 7 Telegraph 0 2 VG247 0 1 Wired 0 1
Total number of awards and nominations
Totals	71	193
Footnotes

BioShock Infinite is a first-person shooter video game developed by Irrational Games and published by 2K Games. Players assume control of Booker DeWitt (Troy Baker), who is sent to rescue Elizabeth (Courtnee Draper) from her captivity on the floating air city of Columbia. The game's development was led by creative director Ken Levine. The game was officially announced on August 12, 2010,^[1] and was widely anticipated. At the Spike Video Game Awards, it was nominated Most Anticipated Game three times.^[2][3][4]

Following its previews at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, the game won numerous awards, including Best of Show from several gaming publications.^{[5][6][7][8][9]} It was released worldwide on March 26, 2013 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.^{[10][lower-alpha 1]} Review aggregator Metacritic assigned the game a normalized score of 94 out of 100, indicating "universal acclaim", based on 27 and 68 reviews for the Windows and PlayStation 3 versions, respectively;^[13][14] the Xbox 360 version received 93 out of 100 based on 33 reviews.^[15] Within four months of its release, BioShock Infinite sold approximately four million copies,^[16] and eleven million by June 2015.^[17]

BioShock Infinite garnered awards and nominations in a variety of categories with particular praise for its music, story, visual design, characters, and the acting of its cast. At the 17th Annual DICE Awards, the game received six nominations and went on to win two awards: Action Game of the Year, and Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition.^[18] The game earned four nominations at the 10th British Academy Video Games Awards, winning Original Music.^[19] At IGN's Best of 2013, the game garnered twenty nominations and went on to win nine awards, including Best Overall Shooter Game^[20] and Best Overall Graphics for Art Design.^[21]

At the 14th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards, BioShock Infinite won Best Audio and Best Visual Art.^[22] The game received nine nominations at the Spike VGX, winning Best Shooter, Best Song in a Game and Character of the Year.^[23] At the National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Awards, the game received eleven nominations, with Courtnee Draper winning Supporting Performance in a Drama.^[24] The game appeared on several year-end lists of the best games of 2013, receiving Game of the Year wins from the Associated Press,^[25] CNN,^[26] Electronic Gaming Monthly,^[27] Entertainment Weekly,^[28] Forbes,^[29] and Games.^[30]

Accolades

Notes and references

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External links

• Official website