Gaming News: DICE Award Winners Announced

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The Awards mark the end of this year’s DICE Summit.

The winners of this year’s DICE Awards have been announced. Held in Las Vegas, the awards – now in it’s 20th year – celebrated the best games of 2016. Overwatch was crowned Game of The Year, while Inside and Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End also picked up multiple awards.

See a full list of nominees and winners below:

Outstanding Achievement in Animation

  • Inside
  • The Last Guardian
  • Overwatch
  • Street Fighter V
  • Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction

  • Battlefield 1
  • Firewatch
  • Inside
  • The Last Guardian
  • Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End

Outstanding Achievement in Character

  • Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare – Nick Reyes
  • Firewatch – Delilah
  • Firewatch – Henry
  • The Last Guardian – Trico
  • Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End – Nathan Drake

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition

  • Abzu
  • Battlefield 1
  • Doom
  • The Last Guardian
  • Titanfall 2

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design

  • Battlefield 1
  • Inside
  • The Last Guardian
  • Quantum Break
  • Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End

Outstanding Achievement in Story

  • Firewatch
  • Inside
  • Oxenfree
  • That Dragon, Cancer
  • Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End

Outstanding Technical Achievement

  • Battlefield 1
  • No Man’s Sky
  • Overwatch
  • Titanfall 2
  • Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End

Action Game of the Year

  • Battlefield 1
  • Doom
  • Gears of War 4
  • Overwatch
  • Titanfall 2

Adventure Game of the Year

  • Firewatch
  • Inside
  • King’s Quest: The Complete Collection
  • The Last Guardian
  • Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End

Family Game of the Year

  • Dragon Quest Builders
  • Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens
  • Ratchet and Clank
  • Rock Band Rivals
  • Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS

Fighting Game of the Year

  • EA Sports UFC 2
  • Guilty Gear Xrd – Revelator –
  • Killer Instinct: Season 3
  • Pokken Tournament
  • Street Fighter V

Racing Game of the Year

  • Driveclub VR
  • Forza Horizon 3

Role-playing/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year

  • Dark Souls 3
  • Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
  • Hyper Light Drifter
  • Tom Clancy’s The Division
  • World of Warcraft: Legion

Sports Game of the Year

  • FIFA 2017
  • Madden NFL 2017
  • MLB 16 The Show
  • NBA 2K17
  • Steep

Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year

  • The Banner Saga 2
  • Deus Ex GO
  • Fire Emblem Fates
  • Sid Meier’s Civilization VI
  • XCOM 2

Immersive Reality Technical Achievement

  • Eagle Flight
  • I Expect You to Die
  • Job Simulator
  • Superhot VR
  • Tilt Brush

Immersive Reality Game of the Year

  • Eagle Flight
  • I Expect You to Die
  • Job Simulator
  • The Lab
  • Superhot VR

DICE Sprite Award

  • 1979 Revolution: Black Friday
  • Firewatch
  • Inside
  • Superhot
  • That Dragon, Cancer

Handheld Game of the Year

  • Dragon Quest Builders
  • Fire Emblem Fates
  • Kirby: Planet Robobot
  • Pokemon Sun and Moon
  • Severed

Mobile Game of the Year

  • Clash Royale
  • Crashlands
  • Gardenscapes – New Acres
  • Pokemon GO
  • Reigns

Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay

  • Battlefield 1
  • Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
  • Overwatch
  • Titanfall 2
  • Tom Clancy’s The Division

Outstanding Achievement in Game Design

  • I Expect You to Die
  • Inside
  • Overwatch
  • Owlboy
  • Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End

Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction

  • 1979 Revolution: Black Friday
  • Battlefield 1
  • Inside
  • The Last Guardian
  • Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End

Game of the Year

  • Battlefield 1
  • Inside
  • Overwatch
  • Pokemon GO
  • Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End

Watch the ceremony in full here:

Words by Megan Roxburgh

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