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Congratulations to the 22nd Annual D.I.C.E. Awards Finalists! 

The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) is pleased to announce the nominees for its 22nd Annual D.I.C.E. Awards (#DICEAwards), co-hosted for the third year by Greg Miller of Kinda Funny, and Jessica Chobot of Nerdist News. Academy members will begin general voting for the video game industry’s premier peer-based awards show on Friday, Jan. 11th at 2:00 PM PST. 

Fifty-six of the most exciting games from 2018 received a nomination. God of War leads the nominees with 12 total nominations, followed by AAA blockbuster hits Marvel's Spider-Man with 11, Red Dead Redemption 2 with eight and indie title Return of the Obra Dinn with six nods. Tying with four nominations include ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission, Detroit: Become Human, Florence and Into the Breach while Assassin's Creed Odyssey, and Moss each receive three. Finalists for the top honor, Game of the Year, are: God of War, Into the Breach, Marvel's Spider-Man, Red Dead Redemption 2, and Return of the Obra Dinn

The winners will be revealed at the D.I.C.E. Awards ceremony on Wednesday, February 13th at Aria Resort & Hotel Las Vegas as the culmination of the week-long industry gathering at the 2019 D.I.C.E. Summit (#DICE19). Honored this year as the Hall of Fame recipient will be Bonnie Ross, Microsoft Corporate Vice President and Head of 343 Industries. The ceremony will once again be live streamed in its entirety beginning at 8:00 pm PT/11:00 pm ET via multi-year media partner IGN Entertainment.

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.

Register now for the 22nd Annual D.I.C.E. Awards and 2019 D.I.C.E. Summit.

Outstanding Achievement in Animation
         
God of War GRIS Marvel's Spider-Man Moss Red Dead Redemption 2
Sony Interactive Entertainment Devolver Digital Sony Interactive Entertainment Polyarc Rockstar Games
SIE Santa Monica Studio Nomada Studio Insomniac Games    

 

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction
         
Detroit: Become Human God of War GRIS Marvel's Spider-Man Red Dead Redemption 2
Sony Interactive Entertainment Sony Interactive Entertainment Devolver Digital Sony Interactive Entertainment Rockstar Games
Quantic Dream SIE Santa Monica Studio Nomada Studio Insomniac Games  

 

Outstanding Achievement in Character
         
Assassin's Creed Odyssey God of War God of War Marvel's Spider-Man Red Dead Redemption 2
Kassandra Atreus Kratos Peter Parker/Spider-Man Arthur Morgan
Ubisoft Sony Interactive Entertainment Sony Interactive Entertainment Sony Interactive Entertainment Rockstar Games
Ubisoft Quebec SIE Santa Monica Studio SIE Santa Monica Studio Insomniac Games  

 

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition
         
Detroit: Become Human Forgotton Anne God of War Marvel’s Spider-Man Tetris Effect
Sony Interactive Entertainment Square Enix Collective Sony Interactive Entertainment Sony Interactive Entertainment Enhance, Inc.
Quantic Dream ThroughLine Games SIE Santa Monica Studio Insomniac Games Monstars Inc. and Resonair

 

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design
         
Battlefield V Detroit: Become Human God of War Marvel's Spider-Man Moss
Electronic Arts Sony Interactive Entertainment Sony Interactive Entertainment Sony Interactive Entertainment Polyarc
EA DICE Quantic Dream SIE Santa Monica Studio Insomniac Games

 

Outstanding Achievement in Story
         
Assassin's Creed: Odyssey Florence God of War Marvel’s Spider-Man Return of Obra Dinn
Ubisoft Annapurna Interactive Sony Interactive Entertainment Sony Interactive Entertainment 3909 LLC
Ubisoft Quebec Mountains SIE Santa Monica Studio Insomniac Games Lucas Pope

 

Outstanding Achievement in Technical Achievement
         
ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission Battlefield V God of War Marvel's Spider-Man Red Dead Redemption 2
Sony Interactive Entertainment Electronic Arts Sony Interactive Entertainment Sony Interactive Entertainment Rockstar Games
SIE JAPAN Studio EA DICE SIE Santa Monica Studio Insomniac Games  

 

Action Game of the Year
         
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Celeste Destiny 2: Forsaken Far Cry 5 Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Activision Matt Makes Games Activision Ubisoft Square Enix Inc.
Treyarch   Bungie and High Moon Studios Ubisoft Montreal Eidos-Montréal

 

Adventure Game of the Year
         
Detroit: Become Human God of War Marvel's Spider-Man Red Dead Redemption 2 Return of the Obra Dinn
Sony Interactive Entertainment Sony Interactive Entertainment Sony Interactive Entertainment Rockstar Games 3909 LLC
Quantic Dream SIE Santa Monica Studio Insomniac Games   Lucas Pope

 

Family Game of the Year
         
ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission Kirby Star Allies LEGO DC Super-Villains Starlink: Battle for Atlas Unravel Two
Sony Interactive Entertainment Nintendo of America Warner Bros. Games Ubisoft Electronic Arts
SIE JAPAN Studio HAL Laboratory, Inc. and Nintendo EPD TT Games Ubisoft Toronto ColdWood Interactive

 

Fighting Game of the Year
       
BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle Dragon Ball FighterZ SOULCALIBUR VI Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Arc System Works Co., Ltd. BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc. BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc. Nintendo of America
  Arc System Works Co., Ltd. BANDAI NAMCO Studios Nintendo, Sora Ltd., and BANDAI NAMCO Studios Inc.

 

Racing Game of the Year
     
F1 2018 Forza Horizon 4 Wreckfest
Codemasters Microsoft Studios THQ Nordic

 Playground Games Bugbear Entertainment

 

Role-Playing Game of the Year
         
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age Monster Hunter: World Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire
Ubisoft Square Enix CAPCOM BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc. Versus Evil, LLC
Ubisoft Quebec     LEVEL-5 Inc. Obsidian Entertainment

 

Sports Game of the Year
     
FIFA 19 Mario Tennis Aces MLB The Show 18
Electronic Arts Nintendo Co. Ltd. Sony Interactive America
EA Vancouver and EA Bucharest Camelot Co. Ltd. and Nintendo Co. Ltd. SIE San Diego Studio

 

Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year
         
Bad North Frostpunk Into the Breach Northgard RimWorld
Raw Fury 11 bit studios Subset Games Shiro Games Ludeon Studios
Plausible Concept        

 

Immersive Reality Technical Achievement
         
ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission Beat Saber Dr. Grordbort's Invaders Tónandi Torn
Sony Interactive Entertainment Beat Games Magic Leap Magic Leap Aspyr Media
SIE JAPAN Studio   Weta Workshop and Magic Leap Magic Leap Studios and Sigur Ros  

 

Immersive Reality Game of the Year
         
ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission Beat Saber Moss Sprint Vector Transference
Sony Interactive Entertainment Beat Games Polyarc Survios, Inc. Ubisoft
SIE JAPAN Studio       Ubisoft Montreal and SpectreVision

 

Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game
         
Celeste Florence Into the Breach Minit Return of the Obra Dinn
Matt Makes Games Annapurna Interactive Subset Games Devolver Digital 3909 LLC
  Mountains   Kitty, JW, Jukio and Dom Lucas Pope

 

Portable Game of the Year
         
Dandara Donut County Dragalia Lost Florence Oddmar
Raw Fury Annapurna Interactive Nintendo Co. Ltd. Annapurna Interactive Mobge Ltd
Long Hat House Ben Esposito Cygames, Inc. and Nintendo Co. Ltd Mountains  

 

Online Game of the Year
         
Destiny 2: Forsaken Fortnite Laser League Red Dead Redemption 2 Sea of Thieves
Activision Epic Games 505 Games Rockstar Games Microsoft Studios
Bungie and High Moon Studios
Roll7   Rare

 

Outstanding Achievement in Game Design
         
God of War Into the Breach Marvel's Spider-Man Return of the Obra Dinn Subnautica
Sony Interactive Entertainment Subset Games Sony Interactive Entertainment 3909 LLC Unknown Worlds Entertainment, Inc
SIE Santa Monica Studio   Insomniac Games Lucas Pope  

 

Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction
         
Florence God of War Marvel's Spider-Man Red Dead Redemption 2 Return of the Obra Dinn
Annapurna Interactive Sony Interactive Entertainment Sony Interactive Entertainment Rockstar Games 3909 LLC
Mountains SIE Santa Monica Studio Insomniac Games   Lucas Pope

 

Game of the Year
         
God of War Into the Breach Marvel's Spider-Man Red Dead Redemption 2 Return of the Obra Dinn
Sony Interactive Entertainment Subset Games Sony Interactive Entertainment Rockstar Games 3909 LLC
SIE Santa Monica Studio   Insomniac Games   Lucas Pope

 

Register now for the 22nd Annual D.I.C.E. Awards and 2019 D.I.C.E. Summit.