The 22nd Annual D.I.C.E. Awards was the 22nd edition of the D.I.C.E. Awards, an annual awards event that honored the best games in the video game industry during 2018. The awards were arranged by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) and were held at the Aria Resort and Casino in Paradise, Nevada on February 13, 2019 (2019-02-13). It was also held as part of the Academy's 2019 D.I.C.E. Summit, and was co-hosted by Jessica Chobot of Nerdist News, and Kinda Funny co-founder Greg Miller.[1]
The award for "Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay" was relabeled as "Online Game of the Year". The categories for "Handheld Game of the Year" and "Mobile Game of the Year" were merged into the category "Portable Game of the Year". The "D.I.C.E. Sprite Award" was replaced with "Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game", given how similar the category descriptions are.[2][3]
God of War received the most nominations and won the most awards including "Game of the Year". Sony Interactive Entertainment was the most nominated and award-winning publisher, which published the most nominated games, along with their Santa Monica Studio being the most nominated and award-winning developer. Nintendo was the only other publisher with more than one award-winning game.
Bonnie Ross, co-founder and head of 343 Industries, was inducted into the Academy's Hall of Fame.[4]
Winners and Nominees
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).[5]
Game of the Year Awards
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- Fortnite (Epic Games) — Donald Mustard‡
- Destiny 2: Forsaken (Bungie, High Moon Studios, Activision) — Brad Fish, Del Chafe III, Mario Olivencia
- Laser League (Roll7, 505 Games) — John Ribbins, Thomas Hegarty, Simon Bennett
- Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games) — Josh Needleman, Tarek Hamad, John Sripan
- Sea of Thieves (Rare, Microsoft Studios) — Mike Chapman, Rich Semmens
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- Celeste (Matt Makes Games) — Pedro Medeiros, Noel Berry, Matt Thorson‡
- Florence (Mountains, Annapurna Interactive) — Kamina Vincent, Ken Wong
- Into the Breach (Subset Games) — Matthew Davis, Justin Ma
- Minit (Kitty, JW, Jukio, & Dom, Devolver Digital) — Kitty Calis, Jan Willem Nijman, Jukio Kallio, Dominik Johann
- Return of the Obra Dinn (Lucas Pope, 3909) — Lucas Pope
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Immersive Reality Awards
- Beat Saber (Beat Games) — Jan Ilavsky‡
- Astro Bot Rescue Mission (Japan Studio, Sony Interactive Entertainment) — Nicolas Doucet, Sebastian Brueckner, Gento Morita, Takumi Yoshida
- Moss (Polyarc) — Chris Alderson, Tam Armstrong, Danny Bulla, Rick Lico
- Sprint Vector (Survios) — Nathan Burba, James Iliff, Alexander Silkin, Mike McTyre, Andrew Abedian, Chris Thompson
- Transference (Ubisoft Montreal, SpectreVision) — Kevin Racape, Elijah Wood, Daniel Noah, Lisa Whalen, Josh Waller, Kyle McCullough, Benoit Richer
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- Tónandi (Magic Leap) — Mike Tucker, Stephen Mangiat‡
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Craft Awards
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- God of War (SIE Santa Monica) — Mike Niederquell, Leilani Ramirez‡
- Battlefield V (DICE, Electronic Arts) — Bence Pajor, Olof Stromqvist, Andreas Almstrom, Mari Saastamoinen Mino
- Detroit: Become Human (Quantic Dream, Sony Interactive Entertainment) — Aurelien Baguerre, Xavier Despas, Alexis Antoni, Sylvian Buffet, Carl Malherbe
- Marvel's Spider-Man (Insomniac Games, Sony Interactive Entertainment) — Dwight Okahara, Paul Mudra
- Moss (Polyarc) — Stephen Hodde
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- Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games) — Rob Nelson, Imran Sarwar, Aaron Garbut, Phil Hooker, Stuart Petri, Dave Hynd‡
- Astro Bot Rescue Mission (Japan Studio, Sony Interactive Entertainment) — Yuki Miyamae, Sebastian Brueckner, Takumi Yoshida, Nicolas Doucet
- Battlefield V (DICE, Electronic Arts) — Christian Holmquist, Johannes Deligiannis, Yasin Uludang
- God of War (SIE Santa Monica) — Florian Strauss, Josh Hobson, Jeet Shroff
- Marvel's Spider-Man (Insomniac Games, Sony Interactive Entertainment) — Cameron Christian, Gil Doron
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Genre Awards
- Celeste (Matt Makes Games) — Pedro Medeiros, Noel Berry, Matt Thorson‡
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Treyarch, Activision) — Jonathan Moses, Dan Bunting, Mark Gordon
- Destiny 2: Forsaken (Bungie, High Moon Studios, Activision) — Scott Taylor, Steve Cotton, Jason Harris, Shi Kai Wang
- Far Cry 5 (Ubisoft Montreal) — Darryl Long, Dan Hay, Patrik Methe
- Shadow of the Tomb Raider (Eidos-Montréal, Square Enix) — Mario Chabtini, Daniel Chayer-Bisson
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- God of War (SIE Santa Monica) — Cory Barlog, Yumi Yang, Shannon Studstill‡
- Detroit: Become Human (Quantic Dream, Sony Interactive Entertainment) — Guillaume de Fondaumière, David Cage
- Marvel's Spider-Man (Insomniac Games, Sony Interactive Entertainment) — Scott Michalek, Bryan Intihar, Ryan Smith
- Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games) — Sam Houser, Dan Houser, Rob Nelson, Aaron Garbut, Phil Hooker
- Return of the Obra Dinn (Lucas Pope, 3909) — Lucas Pope
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- Unravel Two (Coldwood Interactive, Electronic Arts) — Michael Gill, Martin Sahlin, Jakob Marklund, Josh Baldwin‡
- Astro Bot Rescue Mission (Japan Studio, Sony Interactive Entertainment) — Nicolas Doucet, Sebastian Brueckner, Gento Morita, Takumi Yoshida
- Kirby Star Allies (HAL Laboratory, Nintendo) — Tadashi Kamitake, Hitoshi Yamagami, Shinya Kumazaki
- Lego DC Super-Villains (Traveller's Tales, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment) — Matthew Ellison, Anna Bailey, Stephen Sharples
- Starlink: Battle for Atlas (Ubisoft Toronto) — Matthew Rose, Laurent Malville, Richard Carrillo
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- Monster Hunter: World (Capcom) — Ryozo Tsujimoto, Kaname Fujioka, Yuya Tokuda‡
- Assassin's Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec) — Marc-Alexis Cōté, Jonathan Dumont, Scott Phillips
- Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age (Square Enix) — Hokuto Okamoto, Yuji Horli, Takeshi Uchikawa
- Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom (Level-5, Bandai Namco Entertainment) — Hiroyuki Watanabe, Akihiro Hino, Yoshiaki Kusuda, Takafumi Koukami
- Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire (Obsidian Entertainment, Techland) — Justin Britch, Adam Brennecke, Josh Sawyer
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Special Awards
Hall of Fame
Multiple nominations and awards
Multiple Nominations
Multiple awards
External links
References
- ^ "22nd DICE Awards Nominations FINAL 1-10-19" (PDF). Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. January 10, 2019. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
- ^ "22nd Annual D.I.C.E. Awards Rules & Procedures" (PDF). Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
- ^ "21st Annual D.I.C.E. Award Rules & Procedures" (PDF). Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 15, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
- ^ "Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Special Awards". Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
- ^ Shanley, Patrick (February 13, 2019). "D.I.C.E. Awards: Full Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. The Hollywood Reporter, LLC. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
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