The annual DICE awards are due to take place on Wednesday, February 13th at the Aria Resort & Hotel Las Vegas and this year’s nominees have been announced by the The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. There were a number of great titles released on multiple formats last year so it will be interesting to see which games win when the winners from each category are announced on February 13th.
Game of the Year
God of War
Into the Breach
Marvel’s Spider-Man
Red Dead Redemption 2
Return of the Obra Dinn
Outstanding Achievement in Animation
God of War
GRIS
Marvel’s Spider-Man
Moss
Red Dead Redemption 2
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction
Detroit: Become Human
God of War
GRIS
Marvel’s Spider-Man
Red Dead Redemption 2
Outstanding Achievement in Character
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Kassandra)
God of War (Atreus)
God of War (Kratos)
Marvel’s Spider-Man (Peter Parker/Spider-Man)
Red Dead Redemption 2 (Arthur Morgan)
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition
Detroit: Become Human
Forgotton Anne
God of War
Marvel’s Spider-Man
Tetris Effect
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design
Battlefield V
Detroit: Become Human
God of War
Marvel’s Spider-Man
Moss
Outstanding Achievement in Story
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
Florence
God of War
Marvel’s Spider-Man
Return of the Obra Dinn
Outstanding Technical Achievement
ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission
Battlefield V
God of War
Marvel’s Spider-Man
Red Dead Redemption 2
Action Game of the Year
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
Celeste
Destiny 2: Forsaken
Far Cry 5
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Adventure Game of the Year
Detroit: Become Human
God of War
Marvel’s Spider-Man
Red Dead Redemption 2
Return of the Obra Dinn
Family Game of the Year
ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission
Kirby Star Allies
LEGO DC Super-Villains
Starlink: Battle for Atlas
Unravel Two
Fighting Game of the Year
BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle
Dragon Ball Fighter Z
SOULCALIBUR VI
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Racing Game of the Year
Forza Horizon 4
F1 2018
Wreckfest
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
Sports Game of the Year
FIFA 19
Mario Tennis Aces
MLB The Show 18
Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year
Bad North
Frostpunk
Into the Breach
Northgard
RimWorld
Immersive Reality Technical Achievement
ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission
Beat Saber
Dr. Grordbort’s Invaders
Tónandi
Torn
Immersive Reality Game of the Year
ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission
Beat Saber
Moss
Sprint Vector
Transference
Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game
Celeste
Florence
Into the Breach
Minit
Return of the Obra Dinn
Portable Game of the Year
Dandara
Donut County
Dragalia Lost
Florence
Oddmar
Online Game of the Year
Fortnite
Destiny 2: Forsaken
Laser League
Red Dead Redemption 2
Sea of Thieves
Outstanding Achievement in Game Design
God of War
Into the Breach
Marvel’s Spider-Man
Return of the Obra Dinn
Subnautica
Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction
Florence
God of War
Marvel’s Spider-Man
Red Dead Redemption 2
Return of the Obra Dinn
Most Nominations:
God of War – 12
Marvel’s Spider-Man – 11
Red Dead Redemption 2 – 8
Return of the Obra Dinn – 6
Can’t believe starlink is in family game of the year.
Should be rip off game of the year.
I really hope we get a proper starfox from Nintendo soon
I understand the request of a proper Star Fox game for the Switch but for now there are other franchise that must take the spot now like:
– Yoshi
– Metroid Prime
– Bayonetta
To be honest starlink is not a BAD game. I’ve just spent little time with it and have too much other stuff I’d rather play.
It’s great that Nintendo have done something with Ubisofts game with the addition of starfox to try and keep fans happy, but we all know what we truly want from starfox.
I’m just a little p****ed coz I bought it on release with the add ons which is for collecting.( by the way ). Broke one of the guns because the packaging is practically glued to the parts and then they go and knock 50% off the original price.
Really looking forward to bayanetta and prime though.
And would love a new f Zero and another dk from retro.
Indeed Starlink isn’t a bad game but it feels repetitive sometimes.
I’m glab that Ubisoft has done some free update for adding more content.
Probably a new DK game is on the way but about F-Zero I cannot be 100% sure that Nintendo is working on it. Someone sended a letter, last year, to Nintendo of America about Star Fox and F-Zero, during that period the Team Star Fox wasn’t announce in Starlink, and Nintendo answered that they weren’t working on both franchise but they will consider the requests from fans.
After the letter 2 or 3 month passed and there was the rumour of Star Fox Grand Prix which to me is a strange idea make a Star Fox racing game while there is F-Zero.
I’ve actually read up on this about an apparent axed star fox racing game from retro, but yeah an actual proper f Zero would be so good with online. I loved gx on the GameCube and that was like 20yrs ago nearly. It’s time, it’s time for f zero and starfox to be reignited.
@Bra10do I also would like to see an announce of DK Country game. Another I would to see, is a 3D Donkey Kong since this year is the 20th anniversary of Donkey Kong 64. Hopefully they release a 3D game, even if is Switch remake of DK 64.
God damn! xD Nintendo games are in this like maybe 5 or 6 times! DICE aren’t very big fans of Nintendo, are they? Nothing wrong with that, really. People just like what they like. Of course certain people will feel slighted but sucks for them.
Wow, Octopath was ignored…
Overlord, nothing to nominate for Nintendo at all. What games should have been nominated?
Some would argue Smash Ultimate but having a big roster of characters to choose from isn’t really something new to me. (Warriors Orochi 2 (3 outside of Japan) had over 100 (I think it was around 120 last I checked) characters to choose from. Maybe if Ultimate had brought back every mode, stage, mini-game, & trophies (along with a couple of new modes (which we got), stages, mini-games, & trophies along with the spirits we got), I’d be more inclined to suggest Smash Ultimate. Oh & if they brought back custom moves for non-Mii Fighter characters. (The game falls just a tad bit short of the Ultimate moniker for me.)
So honestly, to answer your question, I got nothing to suggest from Nintendo for nominations as most of the games from them were ports & I don’t think ports of games that came out before 2018 (so therefore are not original 2018 games) should be nominated. Now if they want to add a “Best Port of *insert year here*” award, I’m all for that. As for the non-ports they did release this year, none of them interested me. Not a big Kirby or Yoshi fan (outside of the Super Mario games, that is.)
I think smash missed the deadline. It will probably be nominated for next years.
I wouldn’t be surprised. Like magazines, award ceremonies aren’t always of that year as sometimes the year for them starts in December of 2017 & ends in November of 2018, for example.
It’s a shame ssb wasn’t released earlier in the year, prob would of picked up loads more rewards. Possibly even goty at the game awards if it wasn’t released the day after. Such a good game!
I am not betting on it but I HOPE KIRBY STAR ALLIES WINS
There are some places Nintendo definitely got the shoulder – no “Torna” for best RPG – but this really drives home what a “between” year this was for Nintendo after BotW, Odyssey, and XC2. Onward to 2019!
Even though Torna: The Golden Country can be played as a standalone game, I guess DICE still considers it as part of Xenoblade Chronicles 2 which came out in 2017 so it’s disqualified since it’s being considered as part of a 2017 game.
I can’t remember which one but there was an awards thingy that gave an award to Witcher 3’s Blood & Wine DLC (which came out a year or two after Witcher 3 released) but that might have been a category for best DLC/Expansion award.
Smash is being overlooked, because Smash Bros on 3DS and Wii U cleaned up the award shows and everyone considers Smash Ultimate a “clone” of the previous entry.
Poor game is getting shafted.
Into the Breach? GOTY contender?
I can’t even wrap my head around why that game is so highly praised. Such a shallow, repetitive game.
Them realistic horse balls.
Smash left in the cold again.