D.I.C.E. Awards
| D.I.C.E. Awards | |
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 25th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards |
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| Venue | Aria Convention Center (Las Vegas, Nevada) |
| Country | United States |
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| Host | Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences |
| Former name | Interactive Achievement Awards (1998–2013) |
| First awarded | May 28, 1998 |
| Last awarded | February 24, 2022 |
| Official website | https://www.interactive.org/ |
The D.I.C.E. Awards (formerly the Interactive Achievement Awards) is an award show in the video game industry started in 1998 and commonly referred to in the industry as the "video games Oscar".[1][2][3] The awards are arranged by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) and held during the AIAS' annual D.I.C.E. Summit in Las Vegas. "D.I.C.E." is a backronym for "Design Innovate Communicate Entertain". The D.I.C.E. Awards recognize games, individuals, and development teams that have contributed to the advancement of the multi-billion dollar worldwide entertainment software industry.[4]
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Contents
- 1 Format
- 2 Award categories
- 2.1 Game of the Year
- 2.1.1 Overall
- 2.1.2 Action Game of the Year
- 2.1.3 Adventure Game of the Year
- 2.1.4 Cellular/Mobile Game of the Year
- 2.1.5 Downloadable Game of the Year
- 2.1.6 Family Game of the Year
- 2.1.7 Handheld/Portable Game of the Year
- 2.1.8 Immersive Reality Game of the Year
- 2.1.9 Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year
- 2.1.10 Racing Game of the Year
- 2.1.11 Role-Playing Game of the Year
- 2.1.12 Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year
- 2.1.13 Sports Game of the Year
- 2.1.14 Fighting Game of the Year
- 2.1.15 Casual Game of the Year
- 2.1.16 Social Networking Game/Web Based Game of the Year
- 2.2 "Outstanding" Awards
- 2.2.1 Outstanding Animation
- 2.2.2 Outstanding Game Direction
- 2.2.3 Outstanding Art Direction
- 2.2.4 Outstanding Character Performance
- 2.2.5 Outstanding Achievement in Character
- 2.2.6 Outstanding Game Design
- 2.2.7 Outstanding Gameplay Engineering
- 2.2.8 Immersive Reality Technical Achievement
- 2.2.9 Outstanding Licensed Soundtrack
- 2.2.10 Outstanding Online Gameplay
- 2.2.11 Outstanding Original Music Composition
- 2.2.12 Outstanding Sound Design
- 2.2.13 Outstanding Character or Story Development
- 2.2.14 Outstanding Story
- 2.2.15 Outstanding Visual Engineering
- 2.2.16 Outstanding Technical Achievement
- 2.2.17 Innovation in Gaming
- 2.3 Console Awards
- 2.4 Computer Awards
- 2.5 D.I.C.E. Sprite Award
- 2.6 Technical Impact Award
- 2.1 Game of the Year
- 3 Award show hosts
- 4 Special categories
- 5 Milestones
- 6 References
Format
The nominees in each category are selected by a peer panel, assembled by AIAS, of over 100 video game professionals across several facets of the industry, including developers, programmers, artists, and publishers, which is published on the AIAS website each year. The nominees are then voted on by the full membership of AIAS (approximately 22,000 members) via a confidential and secured voting system, and winners are subsequently announced during the D.I.C.E. Summit in Las Vegas, typically the February of that year.[5][6] Due to this approach, the D.I.C.E. awards are considered the main peer-based recognition within the video games compared to other major awards.[7]
Award categories
The tables below are based on the awards cycle for the calendar year preceding the award ceremony date; for example, all awards given for "1997" were presented to winners in a 1998 ceremony.
Game of the Year
Overall
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Action Game of the Year
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Adventure Game of the Year
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Cellular/Mobile Game of the Year
Downloadable Game of the Year
Family Game of the Year
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Handheld/Portable Game of the Year
Immersive Reality Game of the Year
The Immersive Reality Game of the Year was added for consideration of 2016 games to award those in the growing area of virtual reality and augmented reality games.[17]
| Year | Winner | |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Superhot VR[10] | |
| 2017 | Lone Echo/Echo Arena[11] | |
| 2018 | Beat Saber[12] | |
| 2019 | Pistol Whip[13] | |
| 2020 | Half-Life: Alyx[14] | |
| 2021 | Lone Echo II[15] | |
Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year
Referred to in the past as "Persistent World", "Online", or "Online Role-Playing" Game of the Year.
Racing Game of the Year
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Role-Playing Game of the Year
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Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year
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Sports Game of the Year
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Fighting Game of the Year
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Casual Game of the Year
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2008 | Braid |
| 2009 | Flower |
| 2010 | Angry Birds |
| 2011 | Fruit Ninja Kinect |
| 2012 | Journey |
| 2013 | Plants vs. Zombies 2 |
Social Networking Game/Web Based Game of the Year
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2011 | Cityville |
| 2012 | SimCity Social |
"Outstanding" Awards
Outstanding Animation
Outstanding Game Direction
Outstanding Art Direction
Outstanding Character Performance
| Year | Overall | |
|---|---|---|
| Female | Male | |
| 2003 | Jada Pinkett Smith as Niobe in Enter the Matrix & Tara Strong as Rikku in Final Fantasy X-2 |
Elijah Wood as Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
| 2004 | Judi Dench as M in GoldenEye: Rogue Agent | Robert Guillaume as Eli Vance in Half-Life 2 |
| 2005 | Jade Empire | God of War |
| 2006 | Viva Piñata | Gears of War |
| 2007 | Ellen McLain as GLaDOS in The Orange Box: Portal | |
| 2008 | Stephen Fry as Narrator in LittleBigPlanet | |
| 2009 | Mark Hamill as The Joker in Batman: Arkham Asylum | |
| 2010 | Rob Wiethoff as John Marston in Red Dead Redemption | |
| 2011 | Stephen Merchant as Wheatley in Portal 2 | |
| 2013 | Ashley Johnson as Ellie in The Last of Us | |
Outstanding Achievement in Character
| Year | Winner | |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Lee Everett in The Walking Dead | |
| 2014 | Talion in Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor | |
| 2015 | Lara Croft in Rise of the Tomb Raider | |
| 2016 | Trico in The Last Guardian[10] | |
| 2017 | Senua in Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice[11] | |
| 2018 | Kratos in God of War[12] | |
| 2019 | The Goose in Untitled Goose Game[13] | |
| 2020 | Miles Morales in Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales[14] | |
| 2021 | Lady Dimitrescu in Resident Evil Village[15] | |
Outstanding Game Design
Outstanding Gameplay Engineering
Immersive Reality Technical Achievement
This award was added to honor games from 2016 onward in technical achievements for virtual reality and augmented reality.[17]
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2016 | Eagle Flight[10] |
| 2017 | Lone Echo/Echo Arena[11] |
| 2018 | Tónandi[12] |
| 2019 | Blood & Truth[13] |
| 2020 | Half-Life: Alyx[14] |
| 2021 | Lone Echo II[15] |
Outstanding Licensed Soundtrack
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2004 | SSX 3 |
| 2010 | Rock Band 3 |
Outstanding Online Gameplay
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| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 1997/1998 | Ultima Online |
| 1998/1999 | Multiplayer Jeopardy! Online (Online Family/Board Game of the Year) Starsiege: Tribes (Online Action/Strategy Game of the Year) Ultima Online: The Second Age (Online Role Playing Game of the Year) |
| 1999/2000 | EverQuest |
| 2000 | MechWarrior 4: Vengeance |
| 2001 | Return to Castle Wolfenstein |
| 2002 | Battlefield 1942 |
| 2003 | Not awarded |
| 2004 | Halo 2 |
| 2005 | Battlefield 2 |
| 2006 | Gears of War |
| 2007 | Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare |
| 2008 | Left 4 Dead |
| 2009 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 |
| 2010 | StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty |
| 2011 | Star Wars: The Old Republic |
| 2012 | Journey |
| 2013 | World of Tanks |
| 2014 | Destiny |
| 2015 | Rocket League |
| 2016 | Overwatch |
| 2017 | PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds[11] |
| 2018 | Fortnite[12] |
| 2019 | Apex Legends[13] |
| 2020 | Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout[14] |
| 2021 | Halo Infinite[15] |
Outstanding Original Music Composition
Outstanding Sound Design
Outstanding Character or Story Development
Outstanding Story
Outstanding Visual Engineering
Outstanding Technical Achievement
Innovation in Gaming
Console Awards
Console Game of the Year
Console Innovation
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2000 | Shenmue |
| 2001 | Pikmin |
| 2002 | Animal Crossing |
| 2003 | EyeToy |
| 2004 | Katamari Damacy |
Console Children's
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 1999/2000 | Pokémon Snap |
| 2000 | Mario Tennis |
| 2001 | Mario Party 3 |
| 2002 | Mario Party 4 |
| 2003 | Mario Party 5 |
| 2004 | Sly 2: Band of Thieves |
| 2005 | We Love Katamari |
Console First Person Action
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2002 | Metroid Prime |
| 2003 | Rainbow Six 3 |
| 2004 | Halo 2 |
| 2005 | Battlefield 2 |
| 2006 | Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas |
Console Sports Simulation
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2004 | ESPN NFL 2K5 |
Console Action Sports
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2003 | SSX 3 |
| 2004 | Tony Hawk's Underground 2 |
Computer Awards
Computer Game of the Year
Computer Innovation
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 1997/1998 | Orly's Draw-A-Story |
| 1998/1999 | Barbie Photo Designer Digital Camera & CD-ROM and 3-D Castle Creator |
| 1999/2000 | Disney's Magic Artist Studio |
| 2000 | Deus Ex |
| 2001 | Black & White |
| 2002 | Battlefield 1942 |
| 2003 | Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time |
| 2004 | Half-Life 2 |
Computer Educational/Skills
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 1997/1998 | Orly's Draw-A-Story |
| 1998/1999 | Carmen Sandiego Word Detective (skills) and Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego? (educational) |
| 1999/2000 | Jump Start Preschool (under 8) and Thinkin' Science ZAP! (age 9–16) |
| 2000 | Jump Start Phonics Learning System |
| 2002 | Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? Treasures of Knowledge |
Computer Family/Children's
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 1998/1999 | Lego Island |
| 1999/2000 | National Geographic Maps' (family) and Disney/Pixar's A Bug's Life Action Game (children) |
| 2000 | 3D Ultra Lionel Traintown (family) and Disney's Villains' Revenge (children) |
| 2001 | Return of the Incredible Machine: Contraptions |
| 2002 | Backyard Basketball |
| 2004 | Zoo Tycoon: Complete Collection |
| 2005 | Zoo Tycoon 2 (family) and Backyard Skateboarding (children) |
Computer First Person Action
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2002 | Medal of Honor: Allied Assault |
| 2003 | Call of Duty |
| 2004 | Half-Life 2 |
| 2005 | Battlefield 2 |
| 2006 | Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas |
D.I.C.E. Sprite Award
The D.I.C.E. Sprite Award was introduced in the 2015 awards ceremony. It is intended to honor "a game having disproportionate resources for development and exposure (as compared to AAA titles), represent a higher degree of risk tolerance and advances our industry with innovative gameplay and experiences".[21]
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2014 | Transistor[22] |
| 2015 | Rocket League[23] |
| 2016 | Inside[10] |
| 2017 | Snipperclips[11] |
Technical Impact Award
The Technical Impact Award was added for the 2015 awards ceremony to recognize "unique innovations that contribute to the ongoing progress of interactive media".[21]
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2015 | Apple App Store |
| 2016 | Visual Basic[23] |
Award show hosts
Since 2000, the annual award show has been hosted by many notable figures from the entertainment world.
- 2000 — Martin Short
- 2001 — Martin Lewis
- 2002 — Patton Oswalt
- 2003 — Dave Foley
- 2004 — Diane Mizota
- 2005 — Cory Rouse and Kurt Scholler
- 2006 — Jay Mohr
- 2007 — Jay Mohr
- 2008 — Jay Mohr
- 2009 — Jay Mohr
- 2010 — Jay Mohr
- 2011 — Jay Mohr
- 2012 — Jay Mohr
- 2013 — Charles Hardwick
- 2014 — Freddie Wong and Felicia Day
- 2015 — Pete Holmes
- 2016 — Pete Holmes
- 2017 — Greg Miller and Jessica Chobot
- 2018 — Greg Miller and Jessica Chobot
- 2019 — Greg Miller and Jessica Chobot
- 2020 — Greg Miller and Jessica Chobot
- 2021 — Greg Miller, Jessica Chobot and Kahlief Adams
- 2022 — Greg Miller and Jessica Chobot
Special categories
Hall of Fame
The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences has annually inducted into its "Hall of Fame" video game developers that have made revolutionary and innovative achievements in the video game industry.[24]
Lifetime Achievement Awards
The Lifetime Achievement Award is given "for individuals whose accomplishments span a broad range of disciplines over a lengthy career in the industry".[25]
| Year | Person | Company/role |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Minoru Arakawa and Howard Lincoln | Former presidents of Nintendo of America |
| 2008 | Ken Kutaragi | Former Chairman/CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment and considered the "Father of the PlayStation". |
| 2010 | Doug Lowenstein | Launched and served as president of the Interactive Digital Software Association, which became the Entertainment Software Association |
| 2011 | Bing Gordon | Former Chief Creative Officer of Electronic Arts |
| 2016 | Satoru Iwata | Former president of Nintendo |
| 2018 | Genyo Takeda | Former General Manager of Nintendo Integrated Research & Development[26] |
| 2022 | Phil Spencer | CEO of Microsoft Gaming[27] |
Pioneer Awards
The Pioneer Award is given "for individuals whose career spanning work has helped shape and define the interactive entertainment industry".[25]
| Year | Person | Company/role |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | David Crane | Founder of Activision |
| 2011 | Bill Budge | Developer of Raster Blaster and Pinball Construction Set |
| 2012 | Ed Logg | Co-developer of many arcade games including Asteroids, Centipede and Gauntlet |
| 2013 | Dave Lebling & Marc Blank | Co-founders of Infocom |
| 2014 | Eugene Jarvis | Developer of arcade games Defender and Robotron: 2084 |
| 2015 | Allan Alcorn | Developer of Pong and co-developed several Atari home consoles |
| Ralph H. Baer | Creator of the first home console, the Magnavox Odyssey | |
| 2018 | Dan Edwards, Martin “Shag” Graetz, Steven Winer, Steve “Slug” Russell, Peter Samson, Robert Sanders, and Wayne Wiitanen | Surviving developers of Spacewar![28] |
Milestones
Games with multiple wins
The following games received six or more D.I.C.E. Awards:
References
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