Winners of the 21st D. I. C. E. Awards were announced last night. The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) announced the D. I. C. E. Awards winners during a ceremony on Thursday, February 22 in Las Vegas. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild won game of the year, and walked off with three other awards. Cuphead also…
Winners of the 21st D. I. C. E. Awards were announced last night.
The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) announced the D. I. C. E. Awards winners during a ceremony on Thursday, February 22 in Las Vegas.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild won game of the year, and walked off with three other awards.
Cuphead also took home three awards, Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds took home two, and as did Horizon: Zero Dawn which lead the group with ten nominations, one of which was Game of the Year.
Nintendo’s Genyo Takeda was honored with a lifetime achievement award during the ceremony. Takeda, who retired last year, was general manager of Nintendo’s Integrated R&D division, and designed the save system for The Legend of Zelda.
He also produced various games for Nintendo such as arcade game EVR Race, Punch-Out!!, Super Punch-Out!! (arcade and SNES), StarTropics, Pokemon Puzzle League, and Dr. Mario 64. Takeda was also director on various titles.
The full list of winners and nominees are posted below. Winners are posted in bold.
Outstanding Achievement in Animation Cuphead For Honor Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice Horizon Zero Dawn Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction Cuphead Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice Horizon Zero Dawn Little Nightmares The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Outstanding Achievement in Character Assassin’s Creed Origins – Bayek Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice – Senua Horizon Zero Dawn – Aloy Star Wars Battlefront2 – Iden Versio Uncharted: The Lost Legacy – Chloe Fraiser
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition Call of Duty: WW2 Cuphead Horizon Zero Dawn RiME Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design Destiny 2 Injustice 2 Star Wars Battlefront 2 Super Mario Odyssey Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
Outstanding Achievement in Story Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice Horizon Zero Dawn Night in the Woods What Remains of Edith Finch Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus
Outstanding Technical Achievement Assassin’s Creed Origins Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice Horizon Zero Dawn Lone Echo/Echo Arena The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Action Game of the Year Call of Duty: WW2 Cuphead Destiny 2 PUBG Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus
Adventure Game of the Year Assassin’s Creed Origins Horizon Zero Dawn Super Mario Odyssey The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
Family Game of the Year DropMix GNOG Just Dance 2018 SingStar Celebration Snipperclips
Fighting Game of the Year ARMS Injustice 2 Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite Nidhogg 2 Tekken 7
Racing Game of the Year DiRT 4 Forza Motorsport 7 Gran Turismo Sport Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Project CARS 2
Role-Playing Game of the Year Divinity: Original Sin 2 Middle-earth: Shadow of War NieR:Automata Persona 5 Torment: Tides of Numenera
Sports Game of the Year Everybody’s Golf FIFA 18 Golf Clash Madden NFL 18 MLB The Show 17
Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year Endless Space 2 Halo Wars 2 Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle Total War: Warhammer 2 XCOM 2: War of the Chosen
Immersive Reality Technical Achievement Lone Echo/Echo Arena Robo Recall Star Trek Bridge Crew The Invisible Hours Wilson’s Heart
Immersive Reality Game of the Year Lone Echo/Echo Arena Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin Robo Recall Space Pirate Trainer Wilson’s Heart
D. I. C. E. Sprite Award Everything Gorogoa Night in the Woods Pyre Snipperclips
Handheld Game of the Year Dragon Quest 8: Journey of the Cursed King Etrian Odyssey 5: Beyond the Myth Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia Metroid: Samus Returns Monster Hunter Stories
Mobile Game of the Year Cat Quest Fire Emblem Heroes Gorogoa Monument Valley 2 Splitter Critters
Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay Call of Duty: WW2 Destiny 2 Fortnite PUBG Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands
Outstanding Achievement in Game Design Gorogoa Horizon Zero Dawn PUBG Super Mario Odyssey The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction Gorogoa Horizon Zero Dawn The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Uncharted: The Lost Legacy What Remains of Edith Finch
Game of the Year Cuphead Horizon Zero Dawn PUBG Super Mario Odyssey The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
