The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) presented the 20th D.I.C.E. awards on February 23 at a ceremony following the 2017 D.I.C.E. (Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain) Summit.
The AIAS membership honored video games in 24 award categories.
Game of the Year
Overwatch
- Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment
- Developer: Blizzard Entertainment
Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction
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- Publisher: Playdead
- Developer: Playdead
Outstanding Achievement in Game Design
Overwatch
- Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment
- Developer: Blizzard Entertainment
Immersive Reality Technical Achievement
Eagle Flight
- Publisher: Ubisoft
- Developer: FunHouse
Immersive Reality Game of the Year
SUPERHOT VR
- Publisher: SUPERHOT Sp. z o.o.
- Developer: SUPERHOT Sp. z o.o.
Mobile Game of the Year
Pokémon GO
- Publisher: Niantic Labs
- Developer: Niantic Labs
Handheld Game of the Year
Pokémon Sun and Moon
- Publisher: The Pokémon Company
- Developer: Game Freak
D.I.C.E. Sprite Award
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- Publisher: Playdead
- Developer: Playdead
Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay
Overwatch
- Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment
- Developer: Blizzard Entertainment
Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year
Sid Meier’s Civilization VI
- Publisher: 2K Games
- Developer: Firaxis Games
Sports Game of the Year
Steep
- Publisher: Ubisoft
- Developer: Ubisoft Annecy
Role-Playing/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year
Dark Souls III
- Publisher: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc.
- Developer: FromSoftware, Inc.
Racing Game of the Year
Forza Horizon 3
- Publisher: Microsoft Studios
- Developer: Playground Games, Turn 10 Studios
Fighting Game of the Year
Street Fighter V
- Publisher: Capcom U.S.A., Inc.
- Developer: Capcom
Family Game of the Year
Ratchet & Clank
- Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Developer: Insomniac Games
Adventure Game of the Year
Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
- Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment America
- Developer: Naughty Dog
Action Game of the Year
Overwatch
- Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment
- Developer: Blizzard Entertainment
Outstanding Technical Achievement
Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
- Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment America
- Developer: Naughty Dog
Outstanding Achievement in Story
Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
- Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment America
- Developer: Naughty Dog
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design
Battlefield 1
- Publisher: Electronic Arts
- Developer: EA Dice
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition
DOOM
- Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
- Developer: id Software
Outstanding Achievement in Character
The Last Guardian – Trico
- Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment America
- Developer: JAPAN Studio
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction
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- Publisher: Playdead
- Developer: Playdead
Outstanding Achievement in Animation
Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
- Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment America
- Developer: Naughty Dog
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Steep for Sports game? My friend and I played that game for a couple of hours together mostly laughing at how badly it was designed and trading the controller back and forth when the game would glitch one of us through the environment. The always online portions seemed more irritating than interesting.
Must’ve been a rough year for sports games.
I’m not at all surprised that Overwatch ran away with awards, given the huge amount of talk about it. can’t complain, even though I’m utterly horrible at Shooters.The games efforts toward diversity evidently helped a lot in increasing its appeal.
Overwatch is great even if you’re not good at shooters, there’s a lot of support chacters who have important roles. I am not a big fan of the game but diversity both of character and variety of styles certainly increased the exposure and popularity of it.
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