The 19th annual DICE Awards took place last night, with the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences shining a light on some of the best videogames and individual developers from the past year.
In addition to videogames being honored, a few actual humans took some awards. Shigeru Miyamoto was given a much deserved Lifetime Achievement Award, and Hideo Kojima entered the Hall of Fame.
Anyway, below is a round-up of what games won, and what games got drunk and threw up on the red carpet (hint: none). Winner on top, and the other nominations for the category below. You probably don’t need to be told that, but better safe than sorry.
GAME OF THE YEAR
Winner: Fallout 4
Bloodborne, Ori and the Blind Forest, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN VIDEOGAME DESIGN
Winner: Fallout 4
Life is Strange, Rise of the Tomb Raider, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Undertale
Adventure Game Of The Year
Winner: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Batman: Arkham Knight, Life is Strange, Ori and the Blind Forest, Rise of the Tomb Raider
Action Game Of The Year
Winner: Star Wars Battlefront
Destiny: The Taken King, Helldivers, Just Cause 3, Splatoon
Mobile Game Of The Year
Winner: Fallout Shelter
Dominations, Lara Croft GO, Pac-Man 256, The Room Three
DICE SPRITE AWARD
Winner: Rocket League
Her Story, Galak-Z, Kerbal Space Program,Undertale
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN ANIMATION
Winner: Ori and the Blind Forest
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, Batman: Arkham Knight, Rise of the Tomb Raider, The Order: 1886
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION
Winner: Ori and the Blind Forest
Lara Croft Go, Rise of the Tomb Raider, The Order: 1886, Star Wars Battlefront
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN CHARACTER
Winner: Rise of the Tomb Raider (Lara Croft)
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate (Evie Frye), Her Story (Hannah Smith), Life is Strange (Max), The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Geralt of Rivia)
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN ORIGINAL MUSIC COMPOSITION
Winner: Ori and the Blind Forest
Batman: Arkham Knight, Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture, Starcraft II: Legacy Of The Void, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND DESIGN
Winner: Star Wars Battlefront
Destiny: The Taken King, Ori and the Blind Forest, Rise of the Tomb Raider, The Order: 1886
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN STORY
Winner: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Fallout 4, Her Story, Tales from the Borderlands: A Telltale Game Series, Rise of the Tomb Raider
OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
Winner: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Just Cause 3, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Star Wars Battlefront, The Order: 1886
FAMILY GAME OF THE YEAR
Winner: Super Mario Maker
Guitar Hero Live, Lego Dimensions, Rock Band 4, Tearaway Unfolded
FIGHTING GAME OF THE YEAR
Winner: Mortal Kombat X
Dead or Alive 5 Last Round, Rising Thunder
RACING GAME OF THE YEAR
Winner: Forza Motorsport 6
Need for Speed, Project Cars
ROLE-PLAYING/MASSIVELY MULTIPLAYER GAME OF THE YEAR
Winner: Fallout 4
Bloodborne, Pillars of Eternity, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Undertale
SPORTS GAME OF THE YEAR
Winner: Rocket League
FIFA 2016, Madden NFL 2016, MLB 15 The Show, NBA 2K16
STRATEGY/SIMULATION GAME OF THE YEAR
Winner: Heroes of the Storm
Cities: Skylines, Fallout Shelter, Grey Goo, Kerbal Space Program
HANDHELD GAME OF THE YEAR
Winner: Helldivers,
Earth Defense Force 2: Invaders from Planet Space, Pokemon: Super Mystery Dungeon, Yo-Kai Watch
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN ONLINE GAMEPLAY
Winner: Rocket League
Destiny: The Taken King, Halo 5: Guardians, Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, Splatoon
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN GAME DESIGN
Winner: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Fallout 4, Her Story, Lara Croft Go, Massive Chalice
Ewan Moore is a journalist at UNILAD Gaming who still quite hasn’t gotten out of his mid 00’s emo phase. After graduating from the University of Portsmouth in 2015 with a BA in Journalism & Media Studies (thanks for asking), he went on to do some freelance words for various places, including Kotaku, Den of Geek, and TheSixthAxis, before landing a full time gig at UNILAD in 2016.