Nintendo reigned supreme at the 21st Annual DICE Awards in Las Vegas on Thursday night. Among the publisher’s 11 wins, four were for Zelda: Breath of the Wild including Game of the Year. The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences also awarded longtime Nintendo Developer and current Special Corporate Advisor Genyo Takeda with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Hired in 1972, Takeda has been hailed as Nintendo’s first video game designer, having worked on their first game EVR Race.
Takeda’s other career highlights include developing games like Punch-Out, and Star Tropics, amongst designing multiple forms of hardware for Nintendo. This year’s DICE Awards also saw many wins for indie developers as well. With Studio MDHR’s Cuphead winning three awards, and Ninja Theory’s HellBlade: Senua’s Sacrifice winning Outstanding Achievement in Character. See the full list of DICE Awards winners below!
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN ANIMATION
Cuphead (Winner)
For Honor
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
Horizon Zero Dawn
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION
Cuphead (Winner)
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
Horizon Zero Dawn
Little Nightmares
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN CHARACTER
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice – Senua (Winner) Assassin’s Creed Origins – Bayek Horizon Zero Dawn – Aloy
Star Wars Battlefront II – Iden Versio
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy – Chloe Fraiser
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN ORIGINAL MUSIC COMPOSITION
Cuphead (Winner) Call of Duty: WWII
Horizon Zero Dawn
RiME
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND DESIGN
Super Mario Odyssey (Winner) Destiny 2
Injustice 2
Star Wars Battlefront II
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN STORY
Horizon Zero Dawn (Winner) Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
Night in the Woods
What Remains of Edith Finch
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
Horizon Zero Dawn (Winner) Assassin’s Creed Origins
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
Lone Echo/Echo Arena
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
ACTION GAME OF THE YEAR
PLAYERUNKOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS (Winner) Call of Duty: WWII Cuphead
Destiny 2
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
ADVENTURE GAME OF THE YEAR
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Winner) Assassin’s Creed Origins
Horizon Zero Dawn Super Mario Odyssey
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
FAMILY GAME OF THE YEAR
Snipperclips (Winner)
DropMix GNOG
Just Dance 2018
SingStar Celebration
FIGHTING GAME OF THE YEAR
Injustice 2 (Winner) ARMS
Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite
Nidhogg 2
Tekken 7
RACING GAME OF THE YEAR
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Winner) DiRT 4
Forza Motorsport 7
Gran Turismo Sport
Project CARS 2
ROLE-PLAYING GAME OF THE YEAR
NieR: Automata (Winner) Middle-earth: Shadow of War
Persona 5
Torment: Tides of Numenera Divinity: Original Sin 2
SPORTS GAME OF THE YEAR
FIFA 18 (Winner) Everybody’s Golf
Golf Clash
Madden NFL 18
MLB The Show 17
STRATEGY/SIMULATION GAME OF THE YEAR
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle (Winner)
Endless Space 2
Halo Wars 2
Total War: Warhammer II
XCOM 2: War of the Chosen
IMMERSIVE REALITY TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
Lone Echo/Echo Arena (Winner) Robo Recall
Star Trek Bridge Crew
The Invisible Hours
Wilson’s Heart
IMMERSIVE REALITY GAME OF THE YEAR
Lone Echo/Echo Arena (Winner) Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin
Robo Recall
Space Pirate Trainer
Wilson’s Heart
D.I.C.E. SPRITE AWARD
Snipperclips (Winner) Everything
Gorogoa
Night in the Woods
Pyre
HANDHELD GAME OF THE YEAR
Metroid: Samus Returns (Winner) Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
Etrian Odyssey V: Beyond the Myth
Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
Monster Hunter Stories
MOBILE GAME OF THE YEAR
Fire Emblem Heroes (Winner) Cat Quest
Gorogoa
Monument Valley 2
Splitter Critters
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN ONLINE GAMEPLAY
PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS (Winner) Call of Duty: WWII
Destiny 2
Fortnite
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN GAME DESIGN
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Winner) Gorogoa
Horizon Zero Dawn
PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS
Super Mario Odyssey
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN GAME DIRECTION
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Winner) Gorogoa
Horizon Zero Dawn
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
What Remains of Edith Finch
GAME OF THE YEAR
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Winner) Cuphead
Horizon Zero Dawn
PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS
Super Mario Odyssey
