22nd Annual D.I.C.E. Awards

Video game award ceremony

Date

February 13, 2019 (2019-02-13)

Venue

Aria Resort and Casino

Country

Paradise, Nevada, USA

Hosted by

Jessica Chobot and Greg Miller

Highlights

Most awards

God of War (9)

Most nominations

God of War (12)

Game of the Year

God of War

Hall of Fame

Bonnie Ross

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The 22nd Annual D.I.C.E. Awards was the 22nd edition of the D.I.C.E. Awards, an annual awards event that honored the best games in the video game industry during 2018. The awards were arranged by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) and were held at the Aria Resort and Casino in Paradise, Nevada on February 13, 2019 (2019-02-13). It was also held as part of the Academy's 2019 D.I.C.E. Summit, and was co-hosted by Jessica Chobot of Nerdist News, and Kinda Funny co-founder Greg Miller.^[1]

The award for "Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay" was relabeled as "Online Game of the Year". The categories for "Handheld Game of the Year" and "Mobile Game of the Year" were merged into the category "Portable Game of the Year". The "D.I.C.E. Sprite Award" was replaced with the "Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game", given how similar the category descriptions are.^[2]^[3]

God of War received the most nominations and won the most awards including "Game of the Year". Sony Interactive Entertainment was the most nominated and award-winning publisher, which published the most nominated games, along with their Santa Monica Studio being the most nominated and award-winning developer. Nintendo was the only other publisher with more than one award-winning game.

Bonnie Ross, co-founder and head of 343 Industries, was inducted into the Academy's Hall of Fame.^[4]

Winners and Nominees

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).^[5]

Game of the Year Awards

Game of the Year

God of War (SIE Santa Monica) — Cory Barlog, Yumi Yang, Shannon Studstill‡
- Into the Breach (Subset Games) — Matthew Davis, Justin Ma
- Marvel's Spider-Man (Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment) — Scott Michalek, Bryan Intihar, Ryan Smith
- Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games) — Sam Houser, Dan Houser, Rob Nelson, Aaron Garbut, Phil Hooker
- Return of the Obra Dinn (Lucas Pope/3909) — Lucas Pope

Online Game of the Year

Fortnite (Epic Games) — Donald Mustard‡
- Destiny 2: Forsaken (Bungie/High Moon Studios/Activision) — Brad Fish, Del Chafe III, Mario Olivencia
- Laser League (Roll7/505 Games) — John Ribbins, Thomas Hegarty, Simon Bennett
- Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games) — Josh Needleman, Tarek Hamad, John Sripan
- Sea of Thieves (Rare/Microsoft Studios) — Mike Chapman, Rich Semmens

Portable Game of the Year

Florence (Mountains/Annapurna Interactive) — Kamina Vincent, Ken Wong‡
- Dandara (Long Hat House/Raw Fury) — Gordon Van Dyke, João Brant, Lucas Mattos, Victor Leão, Thommaz Kauffman
- Donut County (Ben Esposito/Annapurna Interactive) — Ben Esposito
- Dragalia Lost (Cygames/Nintendo) — Hideki Konno, Ryosuke Matsumoto, Hiroki Matsuura
- Oddmar (Mobge Ltd.) — Ozgur Taskin

Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game

Celeste (Matt Makes Games) — Pedro Medeiros, Noel Berry, Matt Thorson‡
- Florence (Mountains/Annapurna Interactive) — Kamina Vincent, Ken Wong
- Into the Breach (Subset Games) — Matthew Davis, Justin Ma
- Minit (Kitty, JW, Jukio, & Dom/Devolver Digital) — Kitty Calis, Jan Willem Nijman, Jukio Kallio, Dominik Johann
- Return of the Obra Dinn (Lucas Pope/3909) — Lucas Pope

Immersive Reality Awards

Immersive Reality Game of the Year

Beat Saber (Beat Games) — Jan Ilavsky‡
- Astro Bot Rescue Mission (Team Asobi/Sony Interactive Entertainment) — Nicolas Doucet, Sebastian Brueckner, Gento Morita, Takumi Yoshida
- Moss (Polyarc) — Chris Alderson, Tam Armstrong, Danny Bulla, Rick Lico
- Sprint Vector (Survios) — Nathan Burba, James Iliff, Alexander Silkin, Mike McTyre, Andrew Abedian, Chris Thompson
- Transference (Ubisoft Montreal/SpectreVision) — Kevin Racape, Elijah Wood, Daniel Noah, Lisa Whalen, Josh Waller, Kyle McCullough, Benoit Richer

Immersive Reality Technical Achievement

Tónandi (Magic Leap) — Mike Tucker, Stephen Mangiat‡
- Astro Bot Rescue Mission (Team Asobi/Sony Interactive Entertainment) — Yuki Miyamae, Sebastian Brueckner, Takumi Yoshida, Nicolas Doucet
- Beat Saber (Beat Games) — Jan Ilavsky
- Dr. Grordbort's Invaders (Magic Leap/Weta Workshop) — Michael Keith
- Torn (Aspyr Media) — Neill Glancy, Alex Talbot, Dave Prout, Mark Ahlin

Craft Awards

Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction God of War (SIE Santa Monica) — Cory Barlog‡ Florence (Mountains/Annapurna Interactive) — Ken Wong Marvel's Spider-Man (Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment) — Bryan Intihar, Ryan Smith Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games) — Sam Houser, Dan Houser, Aaron Garbut, Rob Nelson, Phil Hooker Return of the Obra Dinn (Lucas Pope/3909) — Lucas Pope	Outstanding Achievement in Game Design God of War (SIE Santa Monica) — Jason McDonald, Rob Davis, Luis R. Sanchez, Andrew Chrysafidis, Cory Barlog‡ Into the Breach (Subset Games) — Matthew Davis, Justin Ma Marvel's Spider-Man (Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment) — Cameron Christian Return of the Obra Dinn (Lucas Pope/3909) — Lucas Pope Subnautica (Unknown Worlds Entertainment) — Charlie Cleveland
Outstanding Achievement in Animation Marvel's Spider-Man (Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment) — Bobby Coddington‡ God of War (SIE Santa Monica) — Bruno Velazquez, Erica Pinto, Mehdi Yssef Gris (Nomada Studio/Devolver Digital) — Adrian Miguel Moss (Polyarc) — Richard Lico Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games) — Jim Jagger, Mark Tennant	Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction God of War (SIE Santa Monica) — Luke Berliner, Dela Longfish, Nate Stephens, John Palamarchuk, Rafael Grassetti‡ Detroit: Become Human (Quantic Dream/Sony Interactive Entertainment) — Christophe Brusseaux, Thierry Prodhomme, Benoît Godde Gris (Nomada Studio/Devolver Digital) — Conrad Roset Marvel's Spider-Man (Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment) — Jacinda Chew Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games) — Aaron Garbut, Paul MacPherson, Josh Bass
Outstanding Achievement in Character *Kratos, God of War* (SIE Santa Monica) — Creative Director: Cory Barlog, Actor: Christopher Judge*‡ Kassandra, Assassin's Creed Odyssey* (Ubisoft Quebec) — Narrative Director: Melissa MacCoubrey, Voice Actor: Melissanthi Mahut Atreus, God of War (SIE Santa Monica) — Creative Director: Cory Barlog, Actor: Sunny Suljic Peter Parker/Spider-Man, Marvel's Spider-Man (Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment) — Writers: Jon Paquette, Christos Gage, Ben Arfmann; Voice Actor: Yuri Lowenthal Arthur Morgan, Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games) — Writers: Dan Houser, Michael Unsworth, Rupert Humphries; Voice Actor: Roger Clark	Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition God of War (SIE Santa Monica) — Bear McCreary, Peter Scaturro, Keith Leary‡ Detroit: Become Human (Quantic Dream/Sony Interactive Entertainment) — Nima Fakhrara, John Paesano, Philip Sheppard, Mary Lockwood Forgotton Anne (ThroughLine Games/Square Enix Collective) — Peter Due Marvel's Spider-Man (Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment) — John Paesano Tetris Effect (Monstars/Resonair/Enhance Games) — Hydelic
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design God of War (SIE Santa Monica) — Mike Niederquell, Leilani Ramirez‡ Battlefield V (DICE/Electronic Arts) — Bence Pajor, Olof Stromqvist, Andreas Almstrom, Mari Saastamoinen Mino Detroit: Become Human (Quantic Dream/Sony Interactive Entertainment) — Aurelien Baguerre, Xavier Despas, Alexis Antoni, Sylvian Buffet, Carl Malherbe Marvel's Spider-Man (Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment) — Dwight Okahara, Paul Mudra Moss (Polyarc) — Stephen Hodde	Outstanding Achievement in Story God of War (SIE Santa Monica) — Cory Barlog, Matt Sophos, Richard Zangrande Gaubert‡ Assassin's Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec) — Melissa MacCoubrey, Jonathan Dumont, Hugo Giard Florence — (Mountains/Annapurna Interactive) — Ken Wong Marvel's Spider-Man (Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment) — Jon Paquette, Christos Gage, Ben Arfmann Return of the Obra Dinn (Lucas Pope/3909) — Lucas Pope
Outstanding Technical Achievement Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games) — Rob Nelson, Imran Sarwar, Aaron Garbut, Phil Hooker, Stuart Petri, Dave Hynd‡ Astro Bot Rescue Mission (Team Asobi/Sony Interactive Entertainment) — Yuki Miyamae, Sebastian Brueckner, Takumi Yoshida, Nicolas Doucet Battlefield V (DICE/Electronic Arts) — Christian Holmquist, Johannes Deligiannis, Yasin Uludang God of War (SIE Santa Monica) — Florian Strauss, Josh Hobson, Jeet Shroff Marvel's Spider-Man (Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment) — Cameron Christian, Gil Doron

Genre Awards

Action Game of the Year Celeste (Matt Makes Games) — Pedro Medeiros, Noel Berry, Matt Thorson‡ Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Treyarch/Activision) — Jonathan Moses, Dan Bunting, Mark Gordon Destiny 2: Forsaken (Bungie/High Moon Studios/Activision) — Scott Taylor, Steve Cotton, Jason Harris, Shi Kai Wang Far Cry 5 (Ubisoft Montreal) — Darryl Long, Dan Hay, Patrik Methe Shadow of the Tomb Raider (Eidos-Montréal/Square Enix) — Mario Chabtini, Daniel Chayer-Bisson	Adventure Game of the Year God of War (SIE Santa Monica) — Cory Barlog, Yumi Yang, Shannon Studstill‡ Detroit: Become Human (Quantic Dream/Sony Interactive Entertainment) — Guillaume de Fondaumière, David Cage Marvel's Spider-Man (Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment) — Scott Michalek, Bryan Intihar, Ryan Smith Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games) — Sam Houser, Dan Houser, Rob Nelson, Aaron Garbut, Phil Hooker Return of the Obra Dinn (Lucas Pope/3909) — Lucas Pope
Family Game of the Year Unravel Two (Coldwood Interactive/Electronic Arts) — Michael Gill, Martin Sahlin, Jakob Marklund, Josh Baldwin‡ Astro Bot Rescue Mission (Team Asobi/Sony Interactive Entertainment) — Nicolas Doucet, Sebastian Brueckner, Gento Morita, Takumi Yoshida Kirby Star Allies (HAL Laboratory/Nintendo) — Tadashi Kamitake, Hitoshi Yamagami, Shinya Kumazaki Lego DC Super-Villains (Traveller's Tales/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment) — Matthew Ellison, Anna Bailey, Stephen Sharples Starlink: Battle for Atlas (Ubisoft Toronto) — Matthew Rose, Laurent Malville, Richard Carrillo	Fighting Game of the Year Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Sora Ltd/Bandai Namco Studios/Nintendo) — Shinya Saito, Yoshito Higuchi, Masahiro Sakurai‡ BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle (Arc System Works) — Toshimichi Mori, Tatsunori Ishikawa Dragon Ball FighterZ (Arc System Works/Bandai Namco Entertainment) — Tomoko Hiroki, Junya Motomura Soulcalibur VI (Bandai Namco Studios) — Motohiro Okubo, Daishi Odashima
Racing Game of the Year Forza Horizon 4 (Playground Games/Microsoft Studios) — Adam Askew, Ralph Fulton, Alan Roberts, Benjamin Penrose, Gavin Raeburn‡ F1 2018 (Codemasters) — Ian Flatt, Lee Mather Wreckfest (Bugbear Entertainment/THQ Nordic) — Roger Joswig, Janne Alanenpää	Role-Playing Game of the Year Monster Hunter: World (Capcom) — Ryozo Tsujimoto, Kaname Fujioka, Yuya Tokuda‡ Assassin's Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec) — Marc-Alexis Cōté, Jonathan Dumont, Scott Phillips Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age (Square Enix) — Hokuto Okamoto, Yuji Horli, Takeshi Uchikawa Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom (Level-5/Bandai Namco Entertainment) — Hiroyuki Watanabe, Akihiro Hino, Yoshiaki Kusuda, Takafumi Koukami Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire (Obsidian Entertainment/Techland) — Justin Britch, Adam Brennecke, Josh Sawyer
Sports Game of the Year Mario Tennis Aces (Camelot Software Planning/Nintendo) — Toshiharu Izuno, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Shugo Takahashi, Tomohiro Yamamura‡ FIFA 19 (EA Vancouver/EA Romania) — Aaron McHardy, Nick Wlodyka MLB The Show 18 (SIE San Diego) — Marcus Efting, Nick Livingston, Jason Villa	Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year Into the Breach (Subset Games) — Matthew Davis, Justin Ma‡ Bad North (Plausible Concept/Raw Fury) — Liam O'Neill, Oskar Stålberg, Richard Meredith, Martin Kvale Frostpunk (11 Bit Studios) — Michal Drozdowski, Przemyslaw Marszal, Jakub Stokalski Northgard (Shiro Games) — Nicolas Cannasse, Sebastien Vidal RimWorld (Ludeon Studios) — Tynan Sylvester

Special Awards

Hall of Fame

Bonnie Ross

Multiple nominations and awards

Multiple Nominations

Games that received multiple nominations
Nominations	Game
12	God of War
11	Marvel's Spider-Man
8	Red Dead Redemption 2
6	Return of the Obra Dinn
4	Astro Bot Rescue Mission
	Detroit: Become Human
	Florence
	Into the Breach
3	Assassin's Creed Odyssey
3	Moss
2	Battlefield V
	Beat Saber
	Celeste
	Destiny 2: Forsaken
	Gris

Nominations by company
Nominations	Games	Company
32	5	Sony Interactive Entertainment
11	1	Insomniac Games
8	1	Rockstar Games
6	4	Ubisoft
6	1	3909
5	2	Annapurna Interactive
4	4	Bandai Namco Entertainment
	4	Nintendo
	3	Electronic Arts
	1	Mountains
		Quantic Dream
		Subset Games
3	3	Square Enix
	2	Activision
	2	Devolver Digital
	1	Polyarc
2	2	Magic Leap
		Microsoft Studios
		Raw Fury
	1	Beat Games
		Bungie
		DICE
		Matt Makes Games
		Nomada Studio

Multiple awards

Games that received multiple awards
Awards	Game
9	God of War
2	Celeste

Awards by company
Awards	Games	Company
10	2	Sony Interactive Entertainment
2	2	Nintendo
2	1	Matt Makes Games

External links

Official website

References

^ "22nd DICE Awards Nominations FINAL 1-10-19" (PDF). Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. January 10, 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
^ "22nd Annual D.I.C.E. Awards Rules & Procedures" (PDF). Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
^ "21st Annual D.I.C.E. Award Rules & Procedures" (PDF). Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 15, 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
^ "Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Special Awards". Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
^ Shanley, Patrick (February 13, 2019). "D.I.C.E. Awards: Full Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. The Hollywood Reporter, LLC. Retrieved 16 October 2022.

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