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DICE Awards Results

Published Fri, 24 Feb 2017 00:45:01 -0600

In case you missed it, February 22nd marked the annual DICE Awards for 2017. While not a very well-known award show, 'tis the season and all that. The 2017 awards are the 20th DICE. Awards, and do present a few surprises. For one, why are strategy and simulation games grouped together? How is Rocket League a sports game? And why would you ever combine roleplaying and massively multiplayer into the same category?

But I don't make the awards shows, I just pull the results for you to save the searching. The winners of the 20th Annual DICE awards are below:

Game of the Year- Overwatch

Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction- Inside

Outstanding Achievement in Game Design – Overwatch

Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay – Overwatch

Handheld Game of the Year – Pokemon Sun and Moon

Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year – Civilization VI

Sports Game of the Year – Steep

RPG/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year – Dark Souls III

Racing Game of the Year – Forza Horizon 3

Fighting Game of the Year – Street Fighter V

Family Game of the Year – Ratchet & Clank

Immersive Reality Game of the Year – SUPERHOT VR

Outstanding Technical Achievement – Uncharted 4: A Thief's End

Outstanding Achievement in Story – Uncharted 4: A Thief's End

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design – Battlefield 1

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition – Doom

Outstanding Achievement in Character – The Last Guardian, specifically Trico

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction – Inside

Outstanding Achievement in Animation – Uncharted 4: A Thief's End

D.I.C.E. Sprite Award – Inside

Adventure Game of the Year – Uncharted 4: A Thief's End

Action Game of the Year – Overwatch

Mobile Game of the Year – Pokemon Go

Immersive Reality Technical Achievement – Eagle Flight

No surprises that Overwatch and Uncharted took home so many awards. Inside was also an indie favorite this year, so that's not much of an upset. Overall, most games won that you'd think would win. If you'd like to see who our readers think should have won, you can see the winners of the Bleeding Cool reader's choice awards here.

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