23rd Annual D.I.C.E. Awards

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The 23rd Annual D.I.C.E. Awards celebrate the best games of 2019, as voted by industry professionals.

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The 23rd annual D.I.C.E. Awards were held on February 13, 2020 at the Aria Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada during the D.I.C.E. Summit. The event was streamed live online via Twitch.TV, YouTube, and other services. For the fourth year in a row, the show was hosted by Greg Miller and Jessica Chobot.

Personal Awards

Hall of Fame

Connie Booth (Person)

• Presented by Ted Price (Person)

Game of the Year

Presented by

===Untitled Goose Game (Game)=== Developer: House House (Company) Publisher: Panic (Company) Runners-Up Control (Game) (Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games (Company)) Death Stranding (Game) (Kojima Productions / SIEA) Disco Elysium (Game) (ZA/UM Studio) Outer Wilds (Game) (Mobius Games (Company) / Annapurna Interactive (Company))||

Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction

===Control (Game)=== Developer: Remedy Entertainment Ltd. Publisher: 505 Games (Company) Runners-Up A Short Hike (Game) (Adam Robinson-Yu) Disco Elysium (Game) (ZA/UM Studio) Outer Wilds (Game) (Mobius Games (Company) / Annapurna Interactive (Company)) Untitled Goose Game (Game) (House House (Company) / Panic (Company))||

Outstanding Achievement in Game Design

===Baba Is You (Game)=== Developer/Publisher: Hempuli Oy (Company) Runners-Up Disco Elysium (Game) (ZA/UM Studio) Outer Wilds (Game) (Mobius Games (Company) / Annapurna Interactive (Company)) Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (FromSoftware / Activision (Company)) Slay the Spire (Game) (Mega Crit (Company) / Humble Bundle)||

Outstanding Achievement in Animation

===Luigi's Mansion 3=== Developer: Next Level Games Publisher: Nintendo (Company) Runners-Up Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward (Company) / Activision (Company)) Days Gone (Game) (Bend Game Studio / SIEA) Death Stranding (Game) (Kojima Productions / SIEA) Devil May Cry 5 (Game) (Capcom (Company))||

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction

===Control (Game)=== Developer: Remedy Entertainment Publisher: 505 Games (Company) Runners-Up Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward (Company) / Activision (Company)) Concrete Genie (Game) (Pixelopus (Company) / SIEA) Death Stranding (Game) (Kojima Productions / SIEA) Resident Evil 2 (Capcom (Company))||

Outstanding Achievement in Character

===The Goose for Untitled Goose Game (Game)=== Developer: House House (Company) Publisher: Panic (Company) Runners-Up Jesse Faden (Character) in Control (Game) (Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games (Company)) Clifford Unger (Character) in Death Stranding (Game) (Kojima Productions / SIEA) Sam Porter Bridges (Character) in Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / SIEA) Greez Dritus (Character) in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Respawn Entertainment (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company))||

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition

===Control (Game)=== Developer: Remedy Entertainment Ltd. Publisher: 505 Games (Company) Runners-Up Arise: A Simple Story (Piccolo (Company) / Techland) Erica (Game) (Flavourworks (Company) / SIEA) Golem (Game) (Highwire Games (Company)) Mortal Kombat 11 (Game) (NetherRealm Studios (Company) / WB Games (Company))||

Outstanding Achievement in Audio Design

===Death Stranding (Game)=== Developer: Kojima Productions Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment America (Company) Runners-Up Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward (Company) / Activision (Company)) Mortal Kombat 11 (Game) (NetherRealm Studios (Company) / WB Games (Company)) Resident Evil 2 (Capcom (Company)) Sayonara Wild Hearts (Game) (Simogo (Company) / Annapurna Interactive (Company))||

Outstanding Achievement in Story

===Disco Elysium (Game)=== Developer/Publisher: ZA/UM Studio Runners-Up Control (Game) (Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games (Company)) Outer Wilds (Game) (Mobius Games (Company) / Annapurna Interactive (Company)) The Outer Worlds (Game) (Obsidian Entertainment (Company) / Private Division (Company)) Telling Lies (Game) (Sam Barlow (Company))||

Outstanding Technical Achievement

===Death Stranding (Game)=== Developer: Kojima Productions (Company) Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment America (Company) Runners-Up Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward (Company) / Activision (Company)) Concrete Genie (Pixelopus / SIEA) Control (Game) (Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games (Company)) Metro Exodus (Game) (4A Games (Company) / Deep Silver (Company))||

Action Game of the Year

===Control (Game)=== Developer: Remedy Entertainment Ltd. Publisher: 505 Games (Company) Runners-Up ====Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward (Company) / Activision (Company))==== Devil May Cry 5 (Game) (Capcom (Company)) Gears 5 (Game) (The Coalition (Company) / Xbox Game Studios (Company)) Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (FromSoftware / Activision)||

Adventure Game of the Year

===Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order=== Developer: Respawn Entertainment (Company) Publisher: Electronic Arts (Company) Runners-Up Death Stranding (Game) (Kojima Productions / SIEA) The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Nintendo (Company) Luigi's Mansion 3 (Next Level Games / Nintendo) Resident Evil 2 (Capcom (Company))||

Family Game of the Year

===Super Mario Maker 2 (Game)=== Developer/Publisher: Nintendo (Company) Runners-Up Dragon Quest Builders 2 (Game) (Square Enix (Company)) Ring Fit Adventure (Game) (Nintendo (Company)) A Short Hike (Game) (Adam Robinson-Yu) Super Mario Maker 2 (Game) (Nintendo) Yoshi's Crafted World (Good Feel (Company) / Nintendo)||

Fighting Game of the Year

===Mortal Kombat 11 (Game)=== Developer: NetherRealm Studios (Company) Publisher WB Games (Company) Runners-Up Dead or Alive 6 (Game) (Team Ninja (Company) / Koei Tecmo (Company)) Jump Force (Game) (Spike Chunsoft (Company) / Bandai Namco) Samurai Shodown (SNK (Company))||

Racing Game of the Year

===Mario Kart Tour (Game)=== Developer/Publisher: Nintendo (Company) Runners-Up Crash Team Racing: Nitro Fueled (Beenox Studios (Company) / Activision (Company)) Dirt Rally 2.0 (Codemasters (Company)) F1 2019 (Game) (Codemasters) Trials Rising (Game) (RedLynx / Ubisoft)||

Role-Playing Game of the Year

===The Outer Worlds (Game)=== Developer: Obsidian Entertainment (Company) Publisher: Private Division (Company) Runners-Up Disco Elysium (Game) (ZA/UM Studio) Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers (Square Enix (Company)) Kingdom Hearts III (Game) (Square Enix) Pokémon Sword/Shield (Game Freak / Nintendo (Company))||

Sports Game of the Year

===FIFA 20 (Game)=== Developer: EA Vancouver (Company) Publisher: Electronic Arts (Company) Runners-Up Madden NFL 20 (Game) (EA Tiburon (Company) / Electronic Arts) MLB The Show 19 (Game) (SIE Studios San Diego / SIEA) NBA 2K20 (Game) (Visual Concepts (Company) / 2K Games (Company)) NHL 20 (Game) (EA Vancouver / Electronic Arts)||

Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year

===Fire Emblem: Three Houses=== Developer: Intelligent Systems Co., Ltd. / Koei Tecmo (Company) Publisher: Nintendo (Company) Runners-Up Anno 1800 (Game) (Ubisoft Mainz / Ubisoft) Oxygen Not Included (Game) (Klei Entertainment) Slay the Spire (Game) (Mega Crit (Company) / Humble Bundle) Total War: Three Kingdoms (The Creative Assembly (Company) / Sega (Company))||

Immersive Reality Technical Achievement

===Blood andamp;amp;amp; Truth=== Developer: SIE London Studio (Company) Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment America (Company) Runners-Up Asgard's Wrath (Sanzaru Games (Company) / Oculus Studios (Company)) Pistol Whip (Game) (Cloudhead Games (Company)) Stormland (Game) (Insomniac Games (Company) / Oculus Studios) Westworld Awakening (Game) (Survios (Company) / HBO)||

Immersive Reality Game of the Year

===Pistol Whip (Game)=== Developer/Publisher: Cloudhead Games (Company) Runners-Up Asgard's Wrath (Sanzaru Games (Company) / Oculus Studios (Company)) Blood andamp;amp;amp;amp; Truth (SIE London Studio (Company) / SIEA) The Curious Tale of Stolen Pets (Fast Travel Games (Company)) Trover Saves the Universe (Game) (Squanch Games (Company))||

Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game

===Untitled Goose Game (Game)=== Developer: House House (Company) Publisher: Panic (Company) Runners-Up Disco Elysium (Game) (ZA/UM Studio) Sayonara Wild Hearts (Game) (Simogo (Company) / Annapurna Interactive (Company)) A Short Hike (Game) (Adam Robinson-Yu) What the Golf? (Triband (Company) / The Label)||

Portable Game of the Year

===Sayonara Wild Hearts (Game)=== Developer: Simogo (Company) Publisher: Annapurna Interactive (Company) Runners-Up Call of Duty: Mobile (Timi Studio / Activision (Company)) Grindstone (Game) (Capy (Company)) Sky: Children of the Light (thatgamecompany (Company)) What the Golf? (Triband (Company) / The Label)||

Online Game of the Year

===Apex Legends (Game)=== Developer: Respawn Entertainment (Company) Publisher: Electronic Arts (Company) Runners-Up Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward (Company) / Activision (Company)) Destiny 2: Shadowkeep (Bungie (Company)) Tetris 99 (Game) (Arika / Nintendo (Company)) Wargroove (Game) (Chucklefish Games (Company))||

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• Apex Legends (Game)
• Baba Is You (Game)
• Blood & Truth (Game)
• Control (Game)
• Death Stranding (Game)
• Disco Elysium (Game)
• FIFA 20 (Game)
• Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Game)
• Luigi's Mansion 3 (Game)
• Mario Kart Tour (Game)
• Mortal Kombat 11 (Game)
• Pistol Whip (Game)
• Sayonara Wild Hearts (Game)
• Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Game)
• Super Mario Maker 2 (Game)
• Untitled Goose Game (Game)

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23rd Annual D.I.C.E. Awards

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DICE Awards 2020,D.I.C.E. Awards 2020,Twenty-Third Annual D.I.C.E. Awards

Games

• Apex Legends (Game)
• Baba Is You (Game)
• Blood & Truth (Game)
• Control (Game)
• Death Stranding (Game)
• Disco Elysium (Game)
• FIFA 20 (Game)
• Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Game)
• Luigi's Mansion 3 (Game)
• Mario Kart Tour (Game)
• Mortal Kombat 11 (Game)
• Pistol Whip (Game)
• Sayonara Wild Hearts (Game)
• Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Game)
• Super Mario Maker 2 (Game)
• Untitled Goose Game (Game)
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• Has characters: Goose (Character)

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• Has locations: Las Vegas (Location), Nevada (Location)

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• Has related concepts: D.I.C.E. Awards (Concept), Game Developers Choice Awards 2020 (Concept)