Dota 2 Awards

Following its reveal in 2011, Dota 2 won IGN's People's Choice Award.^[203] In December 2012, PC Gamer listed Dota 2 as a nominee for their Game of the Year award, as well as the best esports game of the year.^[204] In 2013, Dota 2 won the esport game of the year award from PC Gamer^[205] and onGamers.^[206] GameTrailers also awarded the game the award for Best PC Game of 2013,^[207] with IGN also awarding it the Best PC Strategy & Tactics Game, Best PC Multiplayer Game, and People's Choice Award.^[208][209] Similarly, Game Informer recognized Dota 2 for the categories of Best PC Exclusive, Best Competitive Multiplayer and Best Strategy of 2013.^[210] The same year, Dota 2 was nominated for several awards by Destructoid. While the staff selected StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, Dota 2 received the majority of the votes distributed between the nine nominees.^[211] Dota 2 was later nominated for the best multiplayer game at the 10th British Academy Games Awards in 2014, but lost to Grand Theft Auto V,^[212] and was nominated for Esports Game of the Year at The Game Awards at its events from 2015–2019,^{[213][214][215][216]} while winning the award for best MOBA at the 2015 Global Game Awards.^[217] The game was also nominated for the community created "Love/Hate Relationship" award at the inaugural Steam Awards in 2016.^[218] In the late 2010s, the game was nominated for Choice Video Game at the 2017 Teen Choice Awards,^[219] for Esports Game of the Year at the Golden Joystick Awards and NAVGTR Awards,^{[220][221][222][223][224]} and as IGN's best spectator game.^[225]