Elden Ring took home the prestigious Game of the Year award.
The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) has announced the winners of the 26th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards, the video game industry's peer-juried awards show. The awards were voted on by AIAS's membership base of over 30,000 industry professionals and were given across 23 categories, which included technology, art, animation, story, and audio.
God of War Ragnarök dominated the ceremony taking home 7 awards, including Adventure Game of the Year and Outstanding Achievement awards across the Animation, Art Direction, Character, Original Music Composition, Audio Design, and Story categories.
The winner of the prestigious Game of the Year award became Elden Ring. FromSoftware's action RPG received a total of five awards at the event, which included Outstanding Technical Achievement, Outstanding Achievement in Game Design, Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction, Role-Playing Game of the Year, and the highly-coveted Game of the Year award.
The AIAS also acknowledged the independent developer community by presenting awards to Isometricorp Games LTD for their game Tunic, which won the Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game award, and to developer Poncle for their fast-paced time survival game Vampire Survivors, which won the Action Game of the Year award.
Here is the full list of this year's winners:
Game of the Year
- Elden Ring (winner)
- God of War Ragnarök
- Horizon Forbidden West
- Stray
- Vampire Survivors
Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction
- Elden Ring (winner)
- God of War Ragnarök
- Horizon Forbidden West
- IMMORTALITY
- TUNIC
Outstanding Achievement in Game Design
- Elden Ring (winner)
- God of War Ragnarök
- MARVEL SNAP
- TUNIC
- Vampire Survivors
Outstanding Achievement in Animation
- Cuphead – The Delicious Last Course
- Elden Ring
- God of War Ragnarök (winner)
- Horizon Forbidden West
- Moss: Book II
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction
- Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare ll
- God of War Ragnarök (winner)
- Horizon Forbidden West
- Stray
- The Callisto Protocol
Outstanding Achievement in Character
- Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare ll – Alejandro Vargas
- God of War Ragnarök – Atreus
- God of War Ragnarök – Kratos (winner)
- Horizon Forbidden West – Aloy
- Return to Monkey Island – Guybrush Threepwood
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition
- A Plague Tale: Requiem
- God of War Ragnarök (winner)
- Horizon Forbidden West
- Metal: Hellsinger
- Moss: Book II
Outstanding Achievement in Audio Design
- A Plague Tale: Requiem
- Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare ll
- God of War Ragnarök (winner)
- Gotham Knights
- Somerville
Outstanding Achievement in Story
- Elden Ring
- God of War Ragnarök (winner)
- I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
- IMMORTALITY
- NORCO
Outstanding Technical Achievement
- A Plague Tale: Requiem
- Elden Ring (winner)
- God of War Ragnarök
- Horizon Forbidden West
- Teardown
Action Game of the Year
- Bayonetta 3
- Grounded
- Neon White
- Sifu
- Vampire Survivors (winner)
Adventure Game of the Year
- God of War Ragnarök (winner)
- Horizon Forbidden West
- NORCO
- Stray
- TUNIC
Family Game of the Year
- Disney Dreamlight Valley
- Kirby's Dream Buffet
- Lost in Play
- Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (winner)
- Trombone Champ
Fighting Game of the Year
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R
- MultiVersus (winner)
- Rumbleverse
- SpiderHeck
- THE KING OF FIGHTERS XV
Racing Game of the Year
- F1® 22
- Gran Turismo 7 (winner)
- Need for Speed™ Unbound
Role-Playing Game of the Year
- Citizen Sleeper
- Elden Ring (winner)
- Weird West
- World of Warcraft®: Dragonflight
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Sports Game of the Year
- EA SPORTS™ FIFA 23
- Mario Strikers: Battle League
- MLB® The Show™ 22
- NBA 2k23
- OlliOlli World (winner)
Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year
- Dwarf Fortress (winner)
- IXION
- Marvel's Midnight Suns
- Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator
- Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters
Online Game of the Year
- Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare ll
- EA SPORTS™ FIFA 23
- FINAL FANTASY XIV: Endwalker (winner)
- MARVEL SNAP
- Rumbleverse
Immersive Reality Technical Achievement
- Among Us VR
- Cosmonious High
- Moss: Book II
- Red Matter 2 (winner)
- The Last Clockwinder
Immersive Reality Game of the Year
- Cosmonious High
- Moss: Book II
- Red Matter 2 (winner)
- Tentacular
- The Last Clockwinder
Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game
- IMMORTALITY
- Neon White
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
- TUNIC (winner)
- Vampire Survivors
Mobile Game of the Year
- Diablo Immortal
- Gibbon: Beyond the Trees
- IMMORTALITY
- MARVEL SNAP (winner)
- Poinpy
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