The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences announced the official list of finalists for the 26th annualDICE Awards. 61games released in 2022are competing across 23 different categories, including Game of the Year, Outstanding Achievement in Animation, Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition, Role-Playing Game of the Year, and more.
Founded in 1992, the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences is a non-profit organization best known for organizing the annual Design Innovate Communicate Entertain summit since 1998. The latter is also known as DICE and should not be confused with the game developer of the same name. The 26th annualDICE Awardswill be live-streamed from the Aria Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on February 23.
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The five finalists for the DICE Award’s Game of the Year areFrom Software’sElden Ring, Santa Monica Studio’sGod of War Ragnarok, Guerrilla Games’Horizon Forbidden West, BlueTwelve Studio’sStray, and Luca Galante’s solo-developedVampire Survivors.God of War Ragnarokhas 12 nominations overall, including two shots at Outstanding Achievement in Character, thanks to Kratos and Atreus’s separate nominations. Meanwhile,Horizon Forbidden Westhas eight nominations,Elden Ringhas seven, andCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2,Immortality,Moss: Book 2,Tunic, andVampire Survivorseach have four. Finally,Strayhas three nominations, including Game of the Year.
In addition to jockeying for the top spot,Elden Ring,God of War: Ragnarok, andHorizon Forbidden Westare also competing against and for the Outstanding Achievement in Animation award. Fellow nominees for that award includeMoss: Book 2andCuphead: The Delicious Last Course.God of War RagnarokandHorizon Forbidden Westare also in the running for Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction alongsideModern Warfare 2,Stray, andThe Callisto Protocol. Meanwhile, Atreus and Kratos competitors for Outstanding Achievement in Character includeMW2’s Alejandro Vargas,Forbidden West’s Aloy, and Guybrush Threepwood fromReturn to Monkey Island.
There are too many nominees and categories to do all of them justice here. However, notable categories includeImmortality,Neon White,TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge,Tunic, andVampire Survivorscompeting for Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game. Other interesting categories include Outstanding Achievement in Story, Mobile Game of the Year, Online Game of the Year, and the two categories for Immersive Reality Games. Gamers can find the complete list of categories and nominees on the AIAS website and tune into the official livestream hosted by IGN.
Source:Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences
