The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences has announced their list of nominees to obtain one of the game of the year recognitions the organization will present on February 22nd in Las Vegas during the 2018 D.I.C.E. (Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain) Summit. Guerrilla Games’ Horizon: Zero Dawn is the production to get more nominations, getting a spot on 10 of the categories, while other of the most acclaimed games of the year, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, follows with a total of six nominations, and has many chances to get some of the top honors considering its previous success at the Golden Joystick Awards and The Game Awards.
Horizon developers Guerrilla responded to the news with a message on Twitter: “We are so honored to be nominated in so many categories.” Other titles to collect various mentions include Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, Cuphead, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, and Super Mario Odyssey.
Below you have the full list of nominees. D.I.C.E. Awards are decided by a panel of developers and publishers, making them the video game industry’s premier peer-based awards show. The ceremony will be hosted by Greg Miller from Kinda Funny and Jessica Chobot of Nerdist News.
For more information, visit the official website of The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences.
Outstanding Achievement in Animation Cuphead For Honor Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice Horizon Zero Dawn Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction Cuphead Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice Horizon Zero Dawn Little Nightmares The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Outstanding Achievement in Character Assassin’s Creed Origins – Bayek Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice – Senua Horizon Zero Dawn – Aloy Star Wars Battlefront II – Iden Versio Uncharted: The Lost Legacy – Chloe Fraiser
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition Call of Duty: WWII Cuphead Horizon Zero Dawn RiME Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design Destiny 2 Injustice 2 Star Wars Battlefront II Super Mario Odyssey Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
Outstanding Achievement in Story Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice Horizon Zero Dawn Night in the Woods What Remains of Edith Finch Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Outstanding Technical Achievement Assassin’s Creed Origins Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice Horizon Zero Dawn Lone Echo/Echo Arena The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Action Game of the Year Call of Duty: WWII Cuphead Destiny 2 PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Adventure Game of the Year Assassin’s Creed Origins Horizon Zero Dawn Super Mario Odyssey The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
Family Game of the Year DropMix GNOG Just Dance 2018 SingStar Celebration Snipperclips
Fighting Game of the Year ARMS Injustice 2 Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite Nidhogg 2 Tekken 7
Racing Game of the Year DiRT 4 Forza Motorsport 7 Gran Turismo Sport Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Project CARS 2
Role-Playing Game of the Year Divinity: Original Sin 2 Middle-earth: Shadow of War NieR:Automata Persona 5 Torment: Tides of Numenera
Sports Game of the Year Everybody’s Golf FIFA 18 Golf Clash Madden NFL 18 MLB The Show 17
Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year Endless Space 2 Halo Wars 2 Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle Total War: Warhammer II XCOM 2: War of the Chosen
Immersive Reality Technical Achievement Lone Echo/Echo Arena Robo Recall Star Trek Bridge Crew The Invisible Hours Wilson’s Heart
Immersive Reality Game of the Year Lone Echo/Echo Arena Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin Robo Recall Space Pirate Trainer Wilson’s Heart
D.I.C.E. Sprite Award Everything Gorogoa Night in the Woods Pyre Snipperclips
Handheld Game of the Year Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King Etrian Odyssey V: Beyond the Myth Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia Metroid: Samus Returns Monster Hunter Stories
Mobile Game of the Year Cat Quest Fire Emblem Heroes Gorogoa Monument Valley 2 Splitter Critters
Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay Call of Duty: WWII Destiny 2 Fortnite PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands
Outstanding Achievement in Game Design Gorogoa Horizon Zero Dawn PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS Super Mario Odyssey The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction Gorogoa Horizon Zero Dawn The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Uncharted: The Lost Legacy What Remains of Edith Finch
Game of the Year Cuphead Horizon Zero Dawn PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS Super Mario Odyssey The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- This article was updated on March 8th, 2018
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