The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) is pleased to announce the nominees for its 27th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards (#DICEAwards), the video game industry’s premier, peer-juried awards show co-hosted by Greg Miller (Kinda Funny Games) and Stella Chung (IGN). The winners will be revealed at the 27th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards ceremony, the culmination of the week-long industry gathering at the 2024 D.I.C.E. Summit (#DICE2024) that will be livestreamed by our official media partner, IGN, on Thursday, Feb. 15 from the Aria Resort in Las Vegas.
A total of 56 games released in 2023 are nominated. Topping the list with an impressive 9 nominations, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 takes the lead, closely followed by Alan Wake 2 with 8 nominations. Baldur’s Gate 3 secures 7 nominations, while COCOON is close behind with 6.
Finalists for 2023’s top honor, Game of the Year, are: Alan Wake 2, Baldur’s Gate 3, COCOON, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
The Academy and its Board of Directors thank all of the people who serve as Peer Panelists and generously volunteer their time to determine finalists. View a full list of Peer Panelists here.
27th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards Finalists:
Outstanding Achievement in Animation |
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FINAL FANTASY XVI |
Hi-Fi RUSH |
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 |
Mortal Kombat 1 |
Super Mario Bros. Wonder |
| SQUARE ENIX | Tango Gameworks | Insomniac Games | NetherRealm Studios | Nintendo |
| Bethesda Softworks | Sony Interactive Entertainment | Warner Bros. Games | ||
| Lead Animators Ryouhei Sakai Takaharu Aono Lead Cutscene Motion Artist Hirotaka Sawada |
Lead Animator Koichi Hatakeyama |
Senior Director of Animation Bobby Coddington Gameplay Animation Director Danny Garnett |
Sr. Advanced Animator Tony Zeffiro Advanced Animator Fredy Palma |
Lead Animators Tatsuya Sakai Takahiro Nishigaki |
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction |
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Alan Wake 2 |
Hogwarts Legacy |
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 |
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor |
Starfield |
| Remedy Entertainment | Avalanche Software | Insomniac Games | Respawn Entertainment | Bethesda Game Studios |
| Epic Games | Warner Bros. Games | Sony Interactive Entertainment | Electronic Arts | Bethesda Softworks |
| Art Director Janne Pulkkinen Live Action & Cinematics Director Anssi Määttä Lead Environment Artist Nazareno Urbano Lead Lightning Artist Damian Stempniewski Lead Character Artist John Crossland Lead VFX Artist Johannes Richter Lead Hard Surface Artist Ron Frölich Lead Vegetation Artist Antti Puomio |
Director of Art Jeff Bunker Art Directors Mike Thompson Tyler Lybbert |
Studio Art Director Jacinda Chew Art Director D. Carvalho |
Art Directors Nate Stephens Chris Sutton |
Art Director Istvan Pely |
Outstanding Achievement in Character |
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Alan Wake 2 |
Baldur's Gate 3 |
Baldur's Gate 3 |
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 |
Thirsty Suitors |
Saga Anderson |
Astarion |
Karlach |
Miles Morales
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Jala
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| Remedy Entertainment | Larian Studios |
Larian Studios | Insomniac Games | Outerloop Games |
| Epic Games | Sony Interactive Entertainment |
Annapurna Interactive | ||
| Actor Melanie Liburd Lead Writer Sam Lake Lead Narrative Designer Simon Wasselin Lead Mission Designer Anne-Marie Grönroos Cinematics Lead Mircea Purdea Cinematic Animation Lead Matias Leminen Lead Narrative Animator Kaj Lydecken Principal Writer Clay Murphy Lead Character Artist John Crossland Performance Director Hannah Price Principal Narrative Designer Molly Maloney Live Action & Cinematics Director Anssi Määttä Principal Gameplay Animator Ilkka Kuusela |
Actor Neil Newbon Writing Director Adam Smith Lead Writer Chrystal Ding Senior Writer Stephen Rooney |
Actor Samantha Béart Writing Director Adam Smith Lead Writer Chrystal Ding Principal Writer Sarah Baylus |
Actor Nadji Jeter Senior Narrative Director Jon Paquette Narrative Director Ben Arfmann Advanced Senior Writer Lauren Mee |
Actor Farah Merani Writing Meghna Jayanth Nadia Shammas Sunny Dube Phillip Russell |
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition |
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Alan Wake 2 |
Diablo IV |
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 |
Planet of Lana |
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor |
| Remedy Entertainment | Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. | Insomniac Games | Wishfully | Respawn Entertainment |
| Epic Games | Sony Interactive Entertainment | Thunderful | Electronic Arts | |
| Composer Petri Alanko Audio Director Richard Lapington |
Senior Composer II Ted Reedy Senior Composer Leo Kaliski Music Director Derek Duke |
Composer John Paesano Senior Score Producers Scott Hanau Keith Leary Senior Music Designer Rob Goodson |
Composer Takeshi Furukawa |
Composers Stephen Barton Gordy Haab Music Director Nick Laviers Producers Steve Schnur Alan Meyerson |
Outstanding Achievement in Audio Design |
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Alan Wake 2 |
COCOON |
Hi-Fi RUSH |
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 |
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor |
| Remedy Entertainment | Geometric Interactive | Tango Gameworks | Insomniac Games | Respawn Entertainment |
| Epic Games | Annapurna Interactive | Bethesda Softworks | Sony Interactive Entertainment | Electronic Arts |
| Audio Director Richard Lapington Audio Team Joshua Bell Adam Butterworth Kit Challis Gulli Gunnarsson Thomas Holmes Pauli Ondruska Tazio Schiesari Henry Scott Ville Sorsa Taneli Suoranta Arthur Tisseront |
Audio Direction |
Audio Lead Shuichi Kobori Sound Designer Makoto Yamaguchi |
Senior Audio Directors Paul Mudra Jerry Berlongieri Senior Audio Director - Cinematics Dwight Okahara |
Audio Director |
Outstanding Achievement in Story |
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Alan Wake 2 |
Baldur's Gate 3 |
DAVE THE DIVER |
Thirsty Suitors |
Venba |
| Remedy Entertainment | Larian Studios | MINTROCKET | Outerloop Games | Visai Games |
| Epic Games | Annapurna Interactive | |||
| Lead Writer Sam Lake Lead Narrative Designer Simon Wasselin Lead Mission Designer Anne-Marie Grönroos Cinematics Lead Mircea Purdea Cinematic Animation Lead Matias Leminen Lead Narrative Animator Kaj Lydecken Principal Writer Clay Murphy Writer Tyler Burton Smith Principal Narrative Designer Molly Maloney Live Action & Cinematics Director Anssi Määttä |
Writing Director Adam Smith Lead Writer Chrystal Ding |
Game Director Jaeho Hwang |
Story by Meghna Jayanth Chandana Ekanayake Nadia Shammas Narrative Editing Phillip Russell |
Writer Abhi |
Outstanding Technical Achievement |
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Alan Wake 2 |
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 |
Hogwarts Legacy |
THE FINALS |
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom |
| Remedy Entertainment | Insomniac Games | Avalanche Software | Embark-studios | Nintendo |
| Epic Games | Sony Interactive Entertainment | Warner Bros. Games | ||
| Technology Director Antti Kerminen Lead Technical Designer Anssi Hyytiäinen Lead Gameplay Programmer Timo Sihvo Lead UI/UX Designer Riho Kroll Lead Graphics Programmer Tatu Aalto Principal Engine Programmer Sami Hakkarainen |
Senior Programming Director Doug Sheahan Director, Core Technology Management Mike Fitzgerald Director, Gameplay Management Jess Scott |
Tech Directors Rob Nelson Jose Villeta Rendering Director Jeff Gosztyla |
Destruction Feature Team: Support: |
Technical Director Takuhiro Dohta |
Action Game of the Year |
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ARMORED CORE VI FIRES OF RUBICON |
Dead Space |
Hi-Fi RUSH |
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 |
Remnant II |
| FromSoftware Inc. | Motive Studios | Tango Gameworks | Insomniac Games | Gunfire Games |
| Bandai Namco Entertainment Americas, Inc |
Electronic Arts | Bethesda Softworks | Sony Interactive Entertainment | Gearbox Publishing |
| Game Director Masaru Yamamura Gameplay Director Shohei Shimokobe Producer Yasunori Ogura |
Creative Director Roman Campos-Oriola Game Director Eric Baptizat Senior Producer Philippe Ducharme |
Creative Director & Game Director John Johanas Producer Shinji Mikami |
Senior Creative Director Bryan Intihar Senior Game Director Ryan Smith Project Director Jeannette Lee |
Executive Producer Ben Gabbard Creative Director David Adams |
Adventure Game of the Year |
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Alan Wake 2 |
COCOON |
DAVE THE DIVER |
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor |
The Legend of Zelda:
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| Remedy Entertainment | Geometric Interactive | MINTROCKET | Respawn Entertainment | Nintendo |
| Epic Games | Annapurna Interactive | Electronic Arts | ||
| Creative Director Sam Lake Game Director Kyle Rowley Executive Producer Joonas Tamminen |
Production Mads Engberg Hansen Game Direction Jeppe Carlsen |
Game Director Jaeho Hwang Lead Game Designer Chanhee Woo Lead Programmer Bosung Seo |
Game Director Stig Asmussen Design Directors Jeff Magers Jason de Heras |
Creative Director & Game Director Hidemaro Fujibayashi Producer Eiji Aonuma |
Family Game of the Year |
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Disney Illusion Island |
Fae Farm |
Hello Kitty Island Adventure |
Midnight Girl |
Super Mario Bros. Wonder |
| Dlala Studios | Phoenix Labs | Sunblink | Italic | Nintendo |
| Disney Games | ||||
| Creative Director & Writer Aj Grand-Scrutton Lead Designer Grant Allen Technical Director Ben Waring |
Creative Director Kate De Sousa Game Director Isaac Epp Producer Ed Tam |
Game Director Tom Blind Chief Product Officer Chelsea Howe VP of Engineering Andy Vella |
Creative Director & Game Director Thomas Ryder Producer Camilla Pedersen |
Creative Director & Game Director Shiro Mouri Producer Takashi Tezuka |
Fighting Game of the Year |
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Granblue Fantasy
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Mortal Kombat 1 |
Nickelodeon
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Pocket Bravery |
Street Fighter 6 |
| Arc System Works | NetherRealm Studios | Fair Play Labs | Statera Studio | Capcom |
| Cygames, Inc. | Warner Bros. Games | GameMill Entertainment | Pqube | |
| Creative Director Tetsuya Fukuhara Producer Kazuhiro Tsuchiya |
Creative Director & Game Director Ed Boon Producer Graeme Bayless |
Game Director Diego Rodriguez Development Director Sergio Chacón |
Creative Director & Producer Jonathan Silva Game Director Anderson Halfeld |
Game Director Takayuki Nakayama Producers Shuhei Matsumoto Kansuke Sakurai Art Director Kaname Fujioka |
Racing Game of the Year |
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F-ZERO 99 |
Forza Motorsport |
Hot Wheels Unleashed 2
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LEGO 2K Drive |
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| Nintendo Software Technology | Turn 10 Studios | Milestone | Visual Concepts | |
| Nintendo | Xbox Game Studios | 2K | ||
| Creative Director & Game Director Chris Polney Producers Shinya Saito Takao Nakano Technical Producer Takeshi Hayakawa |
Creative Director Chris Esaki Game Director Andy Beaudoin Producers Kyle Emtman Srirekha Matety Brian Yu |
Creative Director Michele Caletti Game Director & Producer Domenico Celenza |
Creative Director Brian Silva Design Director David Msika General Manager Steve Ranck |
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Role-Playing Game of the Year |
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Baldur's Gate 3 |
Cyberpunk 2077:
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Diablo IV |
FINAL FANTASY XVI |
Starfield |
| Larian Studios | CD PROJEKT RED | Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. | SQUARE ENIX | Bethesda Game Studios |
| Bethesda Softworks | ||||
| Director Swen Vincke Producer David Walgrave |
Executive Producer Maciej Włodarkiewicz Narrative Director Igor Sarzyński Game Director Gabriel Amatangelo |
General Manager, Diablo Rod Fergusson Executive Producer Gavian Whishaw Game Director Joe Shely |
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Game Director Todd Howard Producers Angela Browder Timothy Lamb |
Sports Game of the Year |
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EA SPORTS FC 24 |
MLB® The Show™ 23 |
WWE 2K23 |
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| EA Vancouver, EA Romania | SD Studio | Visual Concepts | ||
| EA SPORTS | Sony Interactive Entertainment, MLB Advanced Media |
2K | ||
| VP, Executive Producer John Shepherd Head of Design Adam Shaikh Group Technical Director Karim Versi |
Senior Director of San Diego Studio Product Development Chris Cutliff Director of Gameplay Chris Gill Product Development Director Jason Villa Design Director Steve Merka |
President Greg Thomas Creative Director Lynell Jinks Executive Producer Colin O'Hara |
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Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year |
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Against the Storm |
Cobalt Core |
Dune: Spice Wars |
The Last Spell |
Wartales |
| Eremite Games | Rocket Rat Games | Shiro Games | Ishtar Games | Shiro Games |
| Hooded Horse | Brace Yourself Games | Funcom, Shiro Games | The Arcade Crew | Shiro Unlimited |
| Creative Director & Game Director Michał Ogłoziński Producer Aron Pietroń |
Co-Creators John Guerra Ben Driscoll |
Game Director Sebastien Vidal |
Creative Director & Game Director Matthieu Richez Producer Benjamin Coquelle |
Game Director Nicolas Cannasse |
Immersive Reality Technical Achievement |
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Asgard's Wrath 2 |
Assassin's Creed Nexus VR |
Horizon: Call of the Mountain |
Vertigo 2 |
We Are One |
| Sanzaru Games | Red Storm Entertainment | Guerrilla, Firesprite | Zulubo Productions | Flat Head Studio |
| Oculus Studios | Ubisoft | Sony Interactive Entertainment | Fast Travel Games | |
| Technical Director Evan Arnold |
Technical Director Andrew Davies Clark Cibson Associate Technical Director Bobby Stewart Technical Art Director Robert Hexter Art Directors Jack Couvela Peter Grinbergs Vincent Maury Optimization & Performance Rodrigo Cano Steven Proctor Sam Bigos Jonas De Maeseneer Martin Strohacker |
Principal Programmers (Firesprite) Tom Vernon Pantelis Lekakis Technical Director (Guerrilla) Michiel van der Leeuw |
Developer Zach Tsiakalis-Brown |
Lead Game Designer Philipp Sigl Art Director Melanie Bartl Lead Engineer Daniel Wiendl 3D and VFX Engineer Fabian Linzbauer Audio Christian Höll UI and UX Engineer Arnold Holler |
Immersive Reality Game of the Year |
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Asgard's Wrath 2 |
Assassin's Creed Nexus VR |
Horizon: Call of the Mountain |
Vampire: The Masquerade
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Vertigo 2 |
| Sanzaru Games | Red Storm Entertainment | Guerrilla, Firesprite | Fast Travel Games | Zulubo Productions |
| Oculus Studios | Ubisoft | Sony Interactive Entertainment | ||
| Game Director Bill Spence Creative Director Mat Kraemer Technical Director Evan Arnold |
Senior Creative Director |
Studio Director & Studio Art Director (Guerrilla) Jan-Bart van Beek Game Director (Firesprite) Alex Barnes Studio Creative Director (Firesprite) Stu Tilley |
Creative Director Erik Odeldahl Producer Andrea Wästlund |
Developer Zach Tsiakalis-Brown |
Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game |
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COCOON |
DREDGE |
El Paso, Elsewhere |
Thirsty Suitors |
Venba |
| Geometric Interactive | Black Salt Games | Strange Scaffold | Outerloop Games | Visai Games |
| Annapurna Interactive | Team17 | Annapurna Interactive | ||
| Production Mads Engberg Hansen Game Direction Jeppe Carlsen |
Creative Director Alex Ritchie Head of Game Development Joel Mason Producer Nadia Thorne |
Creative Director & Game Director Xalavier Nelson Jr. Producer Candace Hudert |
Production Sunny Dube Direction Chandana Ekanayake |
Creative Director & Game Director Abhi Producer Shahrin Khan |
Mobile Game of the Year |
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Gubbins |
Hello Kitty Island Adventure |
Honkai: Star Rail |
Terra Nil |
WHAT THE CAR? |
| Studio Folly | Sunblink | HoYoverse | Free Lives | Triband |
| Devolver Digital | ||||
| Creative Director Jessica Shipard Game Director Darcy Smith |
Game Director Tom Blind Chief Product Officer Chelsea Howe VP of Engineering Andy Vella |
Producer David Jiang |
Design Lead Sam Alfred Art Lead Jonathan Hau-Yoon Senior Artist Marcelle Marais |
Game Director Tim Garbos Gameplay Design Lasse Astrup Technical Direction Martin Dohnal Level Design Oscar Losada Art Lead Joachim Bruel Gerber |
Online Game of the Year |
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Call of Duty:
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Diablo IV |
Omega Strikers |
Street Fighter 6 |
THE FINALS |
| Sledgehammer Games | Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. | Odyssey Interactive | Capcom | Embark-studios |
| Activision Publishing Inc. | ||||
| MP Creative Director Greg Reisdorf Design Director, MP Zach Hodson Senior Development Director, MP Adam Iscove Art Director, MP Matt Abbott Technical Director Mike Prestia Lead Sound Designer, MP Robbie Elias Design Director, UI Ben Furneaux |
Game Director Joe Shely Lead Software Engineer, Online Nick Rivera Production Director Tiffany Wat |
Executive Producers Dax Andrus Thomas Bourus Design Director David Capurro Lead Online Designer Alex Huang Art Director Jesse Li Lead Online Engineer Chris Shankland |
Lead Network Programmer Yuta Kawamura Lead Server Programmers Takuya Ishibashi Jumpei Nakajima Lead Designer Mitsugu Ashida Game Director Takayuki Nakayama Battle Director Ryuichi Shigeno |
Creative Director Gustav Tilleby |
Outstanding Achievement in Game Design |
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Baldur's Gate 3 |
COCOON |
DAVE THE DIVER |
Super Mario Bros. Wonder |
The Legend of Zelda:
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| Larian Studios | Geometric Interactive | MINTROCKET | Nintendo | Nintendo |
| Annapurna Interactive | ||||
| Lead Systems Designer Nick Pechenin Lead Combat Designer Eduoard Imbert Level Design Director Fahrang Namdar |
Gameplay Design Jeppe Carlsen Asger Kirkemann Strandby Martin Fasterholdt |
Game Director Jaeho Hwang Lead Game Designer Chanhee Woo |
Lead Designers Koichi Hayashida Masanobu Sato Design Director Shiro Mouri |
Lead Designer & Design Director Hidemaro Fujibayashi |
Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction |
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Baldur's Gate 3 |
COCOON |
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 |
Super Mario Bros. Wonder |
The Legend of Zelda:
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| Larian Studios | Geometric Interactive | Insomniac Games | Nintendo | Nintendo |
| Annapurna Interactive | Sony Interactive Entertainment | |||
| Director Swen Vincke |
Game Direction Jeppe Carlsen |
Senior Creative Director Bryan Intihar Senior Game Director Ryan Smith |
Creative Director & Game Director Shiro Mouri |
Creative Director & Game Director Hidemaro Fujibayashi |
Game of the Year |
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Alan Wake 2 |
Baldur's Gate 3 |
COCOON |
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 |
The Legend of Zelda:
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| Remedy Entertainment | Larian Studios | Geometric Interactive | Insomniac Games | Nintendo |
| Epic Games | Annapurna Interactive | Sony Interactive Entertainment | ||
| Creative Director Sam Lake Game Director Kyle Rowley Executive Producer Joonas Tamminen |
Director Swen Vincke Producer David Walgrave |
Production Mads Engberg Hansen Game Direction Jeppe Carlsen |
Senior Creative Director Bryan Intihar Senior Game Director Ryan Smith Project Director Jeannette Lee |
Creative Director & Game Director Hidemaro Fujibayashi Producer Eiji Aonuma |