26th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards

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The 26th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards celebrate the best games of 2022, as voted by industry professionals.

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The 26th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards was held February 23, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada during the 2023 D.I.C.E. Summit. The show was hosted by Greg Miller and Stella Chung and streamed live online.

Personal Awards

Hall of Fame

• Tim Schafer (Person)

Game of the Year

====Elden Ring (Game)==== Developer: FromSoftware Publisher: Bandai Namco Entertainment (Company) Runners-Up God of War Ragnarök (SIE Santa Monica Studio (Company) / SIEA) Horizon Forbidden West (Game) (Guerrilla Games (Company) / SIEA) Stray (Game) (BlueTwelve Studio (Company) / Annapurna Interactive (Company)) Vampire Survivors (Game) (Poncle (Company))||

Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction

====Elden Ring (Game)==== Developer: FromSoftware Publisher: Bandai Namco Entertainment (Company) Runners-Up God of War Ragnarök (SIE Santa Monica Studio (Company) / SIEA) Horizon Forbidden West (Game) (Guerrilla Games (Company) / SIEA) Immortality (Game) (Half Mermaid (Company)) Tunic (Game) (Isometricorp Games (Company) / Finji (Company))||

Outstanding Achievement in Game Design

====Elden Ring (Game)==== Developer: FromSoftware Publisher: Bandai Namco Entertainment (Company) Runners-Up God of War Ragnarök (SIE Santa Monica Studio (Company) / SIEA) Marvel Snap (Game) (Second Dinner (Company) / Nuverse (Company)) Tunic (Game) (Isometricorp Games (Company) / Finji (Company)) Vampire Survivors (Game) (Poncle (Company))||

Outstanding Achievement in Animation

====God of War Ragnarök==== Developer: SIE Santa Monica Studio (Company) Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment America (Company) Runners-Up Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course (Studio MDHR (Company)) Elden Ring (Game) (FromSoftware / Bandai Namco) Horizon Forbidden West (Game) (Guerrilla Games (Company) / SIEA) Moss: Book II (Polyarc Games (Company))||

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction

====God of War Ragnarök==== Developer: SIE Santa Monica Studio (Company) Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment America (Company) Runners-Up Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (Infinity Ward (Company) / Activision (Company)) The Callisto Protocol (Game) (Striking Distance Studios (Company) / Krafton) Horizon Forbidden West (Game) (Guerrilla Games (Company) / SIEA) Stray (Game) (BlueTwelve Studio (Company) / Annapurna Interactive (Company))||

Outstanding Achievement in Character

====Kratos (Character) in God of War Ragnarök==== Developer: SIE Santa Monica Studio (Company) Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment America (Company) Runners-Up Alejandro Vargas in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (Infinity Ward (Company) / Activision (Company)) Aloy (Character) in Horizon Forbidden West (Game) (Guerrilla Games (Company) / SIEA) Atreus (Character) in God of War Ragnarök (SIE Santa Monica Studio / SIEA) Guybrush Threepwood (Character) in Return to Monkey Island (Game) (Terrible Toybox (Company) / Devolver Digital (Company)) Kratos (Character) in God of War Ragnarök (SIE Santa Monica Studio / SIEA)||

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition

====God of War Ragnarök==== Developer: SIE Santa Monica Studio (Company) Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment America (Company) Runners-Up Horizon Forbidden West (Game) (Guerrilla Games (Company) / SIEA) Metal: Hellsinger (The Outsiders (Company) / Funcom) Moss: Book II (Polyarc Games (Company)) A Plague Tale: Requiem (Asobo Studio (Company) / Focus Entertainment (Company))||

Outstanding Achievement in Audio Design

====God of War Ragnarök==== Developer: SIE Santa Monica Studio (Company) Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment America (Company) Runners-Up Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (Infinity Ward (Company) / Activision (Company)) Gotham Knights (Game) (WB Games Montréal / WB Games (Company)) A Plague Tale: Requiem (Asobo Studio (Company) / Focus Entertainment (Company)) Somerville (Game) (Jumpship (Company))||

Outstanding Achievement in Story

====God of War Ragnarök==== Developer: SIE Santa Monica Studio (Company) Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment America (Company) Runners-Up Elden Ring (Game) (FromSoftware / Bandai Namco) I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (Game) (Northway Games (Company) / Finji (Company)) Immortality (Game) (Half Mermaid (Company)) Norco (Game) (Geography of Robots (Company) / Raw Fury (Company))||

Outstanding Technical Achievement

====Elden Ring (Game)==== Developer: FromSoftware Publisher: Bandai Namco Entertainment (Company) Runners-Up God of War Ragnarök (SIE Santa Monica Studio (Company) / SIEA) Horizon Forbidden West (Game) (Guerrilla Games (Company) / SIEA) A Plague Tale: Requiem (Asobo Studio (Company) / Focus Entertainment (Company)) Teardown (Game) (Tuxedo Labs (Company))||

Action Game of the Year

====Vampire Survivors (Game)==== Developer: Poncle (Company) Publisher: Poncle Runners-Up Bayonetta 3 (Game) (PlatinumGames (Company) / Nintendo (Company)) Grounded (Game) (Obsidian Entertainment (Company) / Xbox Game Studios (Company)) Neon White (Game) (Angel Matrix (Company) / Annapurna Interactive (Company)) Sifu (Game) (Sloclap (Company) / Kepler Interactive (Company))||

Adventure Game of the Year

====God of War Ragnarök==== Developer: SIE Santa Monica Studio (Company) Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment America (Company) Runners-Up Horizon Forbidden West (Game) (Guerrilla Games (Company) / SIEA) Norco (Game) (Geography of Robots (Company) / Raw Fury (Company)) Stray (Game) (BlueTwelve Studio (Company) / Annapurna Interactive (Company)) Tunic (Game) (Isometricorp Games (Company) / Finji (Company))||

Family Game of the Year

====Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope==== Developer: Ubisoft Paris & Ubisoft Milan Publisher: Ubisoft Entertainment (Company) Runners-Up Disney Dreamlight Valley (Game) (Gameloft) Kirby's Dream Buffet (HAL Laboratory / Nintendo (Company)) Lost in Play (Happy Juice Games / Joystick Ventures (Company)) Trombone Champ (Game) (Holy Wow Studios (Company))||

Fighting Game of the Year

====MultiVersus (Game)==== Developer: Player First Games (Company) Publisher: WB Games (Company) Runners-Up JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R (CyberConnect2 / Bandai Namco) The King of Fighters XV (Game) (SNK (Company)) Rumbleverse (Game) (Iron Galaxy Studios (Company) / Epic Games (Company)) SpiderHeck (Game) (Neverjam (Company) / tinyBuild (Company))||

Racing Game of the Year

====Gran Turismo 7 (Game)==== Developer: Polyphony Digital Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment America (Company) Runners-Up F1 22 (Game) (Codemasters (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)) Need for Speed Unbound (Game) (Criterion Games (Company) / Electronic Arts)||

Role-Playing Game of the Year

====Elden Ring (Game)==== Developer: FromSoftware Publisher: Bandai Namco Entertainment (Company) Runners-Up Citizen Sleeper (Game) (Jump Over The Age (Company) / Fellow Traveller (Company)) Weird West (Game) (WolfEye Studios (Company) / Devolver Digital (Company)) World of Warcraft: Dragonflight (Blizzard Entertainment (Company)) Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Game) (Monolith Software / Nintendo (Company))||

Sports Game of the Year

====OlliOlli World (Game)==== Developer: Roll7 (Company) Publisher: Private Division (Company) Runners-Up FIFA 23 (Game) (EA Vancouver (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)) Mario Strikers: Battle League (Next Level Games / Nintendo (Company)) MLB The Show 22 (Game) (San Diego Studio (Company) / SIEA) NBA 2K23 (Game) (Visual Concepts (Company) / 2K Sports (Company))||

Strategy / Simulation Game of the Year

====Dwarf Fortress (Game)==== Developer: Bay 12 Games (Company) Publisher: Kitfox Games (Company) Runners-Up Ixion (Game) (Bulwark Studios (Company) / Kasedo Games (Company)) Marvel's Midnight Suns (Firaxis Games (Company) / 2K Games (Company)) Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator (niceplay games (Company) / tinyBuild (Company)) Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters (Complex Games (Company) / Frontier Foundry (Company))||

Immersive Reality Game of the Year

====Red Matter 2 (Game)==== Developer: Vertical Robot (Company) Publisher: Vertical Robot Runners-Up Cosmonious High (Game) (Owlchemy Labs (Company)) The Last Clockwinder (Game) (Pontoco (Company) / Cyan Ventures (Company)) Moss: Book II (Polyarc Games (Company)) Tentacular (Game) (Firepunchd Games / Devolver Digital (Company))||

Immersive Reality Technical Achievement

====Red Matter 2 (Game)==== Developer: Vertical Robot (Company) Publisher: Vertical Robot Runners-Up Among Us VR (Game) (Schell Games (Company) / Innersloth (Company)) Cosmonious High (Game) (Owlchemy Labs (Company)) The Last Clockwinder (Game) (Pontoco (Company) / Cyan Ventures) Moss: Book II (Polyarc Games (Company))||

Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game

====Tunic (Game)==== Developer: Isometricorp Games (Company) Publisher: Finji (Company) Runners-Up Immortality (Game) (Half Mermaid (Company)) Neon White (Game) (Angel Matrix (Company) / Annapurna Interactive (Company)) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge (Tribute Games (Company) / DotEmu (Company)) Vampire Survivors (Game) (Poncle (Company))||

Mobile Game of the Year

====Marvel Snap (Game)==== Developer: Second Dinner (Company) Publisher: Nuverse (Company) Runners-Up Diablo Immortal (Game) (NetEase (Company) / Blizzard Entertainment (Company)) Gibbon: Beyond the Trees (Broken Rules (Company)) Immortality (Game) (Half Mermaid (Company)) Poinpy (Game) (Moppin (Company) / Devolver Digital (Company))||

Online Game of the Year

====Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker==== Developer: Square Enix (Company) Publisher: Square Enix Runners-Up Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (Infinity Ward (Company) / Activision (Company)) FIFA 23 (Game) (EA Vancouver (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)) Marvel Snap (Game) (Second Dinner (Company) / Nuverse (Company)) Rumbleverse (Game) (Iron Galaxy Studios (Company) / Epic Games (Company))||

Presenters

• Jade Raymond (Person) (Action, Adventure)
• Andrea Rene (Role-Playing, Strategy/Simulation)
• Harry Krueger (Person) (Audio, Music)
• Greg Rice (Person) (Hall of Fame)
• Chandana Ekanayake (Person) (Family, Racing)
• Justin Woodward (Person) (Game Design, Independent)
• Mariel Cartwright (Person) (Art Direction, Animation)
• Ed Boon (Person) (Fighting, Sports)
• Karthik Bala (Person) (Immersive Reality, Mobile)
• Gary Whitta (Person) (Character, Story)
• Todd Howard (Person) (Direction)
• Vince Zampella (Person) (GOTY)

Games view all →]

• Dwarf Fortress (Game)
• Elden Ring (Game)
• Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker (Game)
• God of War Ragnarök (Game)
• Gran Turismo 7 (Game)
• Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope (Game)
• Marvel Snap (Game)
• MultiVersus (Game)
• OlliOlli World (Game)
• Red Matter 2 (Game)
• Tunic (Game)
• Vampire Survivors (Game)

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26th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards

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DICE Awards 2023,D.I.C.E. Awards 2023,Twenty-Sixth Annual D.I.C.E. Awards

Games

• Dwarf Fortress (Game)
• Elden Ring (Game)
• Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker (Game)
• God of War Ragnarök (Game)
• Gran Turismo 7 (Game)
• Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope (Game)
• Marvel Snap (Game)
• MultiVersus (Game)
• OlliOlli World (Game)
• Red Matter 2 (Game)
• Tunic (Game)
• Vampire Survivors (Game)
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