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From Software’s Elden Ring won Game of the Year at the prestigious Dice Awards on Thursday night, beating its rival of the year God of War: Ragnarök.
Sony’s God of War title won even more awards with a total of seven. But Elden Ring took home the grand prize, as well as the awards for Outstanding Technical Achievement, Outstanding Achievement in Game Design, Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction and Role-Playing Game of the Year.
The 26th annual Dice Awards were hosted this week by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) at the conclusion of the Dice Summit in Las Vegas.
Members of the academy also highly praised Sony Interactive Entertainment’s Santa Monica Studio for their work on God of War: Ragnarök, gracing the studio with 7 Outstanding Achievement awards in the Animation, Art Direction, Character, Original Music Composition categories , Audio Design and Story. .
Warner Bros. Games was awarded the Fighting Game of the Year award for their free-to-play mash-up, MultiVersus, while the team at Marvel Games won Mobile Game of the Year for their card fighter Marvel Snap.
Throughout the evening, the AIAS also took time to recognize the industry’s independent developer community, awarding developer Isometricorp Games LTD’s Tunic with an Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game award, as well as poncle with an Action Game of the Year award for their fast game. time survival game Vampire Survivors.
The AIAS also honored an industry legend – Tim Schafer of Double Fine Productions – for his contributions to the video game industry over his illustrious career spanning more than 30 years. Former colleague Greg Rice (Sony Interactive Entertainment) presented Schafer with the Academy’s prestigious Hall of Fame award.
“We are excited to celebrate a special 26th edition of the Dice Awards by bringing the interactive entertainment industry together to toast the developers who continue to surprise and delight us all with their talent, passion, innovation and hard work,” said Meggan Scavio, President of the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, said in a statement. “On behalf of the Academy and your colleagues across the industry, congratulations to all of the incredible 2022 nominees and winners.”
Kinda Funny’s Greg Miller and IGN’s Stella Chung hosted the event.
The full list of DICE Awards 2022 winners is below:
Game of the year
Elder ring
Outstanding achievement in game direction
Elder ring
Outstanding Achievement in Game Design
Elder ring
Outstanding Achievement in Animation
God of War: Ragnarok
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction
God of War: Ragnarok
Outstanding Achievement in Character
God of War: Ragnarok – Kratos
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition
God of War: Ragnarok
Outstanding Achievement in Audio Design
God of War: Ragnarok
Outstanding Achievement in Story
God of War: Ragnarok
Outstanding technical achievement
Elder ring
Action game of the year
Vampire survivors
Adventure Game of the Year
God of War: Ragnarok
Family Game of the Year
Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope
Fighting Game of the Year
MultiVersus
Racing Game of the Year
Gran Turismo 7
Roleplay of the Year
Elder ring
Sports Game of the Year
OlliOlli World
Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year
Dwarf Fortress
Online game of the year
Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker
Immersive Reality technical achievement
Red fabric 2
Immersive Reality Game of the Year
Red fabric 2
Outstanding performance for an independent game
Tunic
Mobile Game of the Year
Marvel Snap
I enjoyed the awards ceremony and the Dice Summit, which I have been coming to since the mid-1990s.
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