25th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards

Video game award ceremony
25th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards
DateFebruary 24, 2022 (2022-02-24)
Hosted byJessica Chobot and Greg Miller
Highlights
Most awardsRatchet & Clank: Rift Apart (4)
Most nominationsRatchet & Clank: Rift Apart (9)
Game of the YearIt Takes Two
Hall of FameEd Boon
Lifetime AchievementPhil Spencer
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The 25th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards was the 25th edition of the D.I.C.E. Awards ("Design Innovate Communicate Entertain"), an annual awards event that honored the best games in the video game industry during 2021. The awards were arranged by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS). The nominees were announced on January 13, 2022. It was also held as part of the Academy's 2022 D.I.C.E. Summit, and was co-hosted by Jessica Chobot of Nerdist News, and Kinda Funny co-founder Greg Miller. The winners were announced in a ceremony at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas on February 24, 2022 (2022-02-24).[1][2][3][4]

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart received the most nominations, and won the most awards, while It Takes Two won "Game of the Year". Sony Interactive Entertainment was the most nominated and award-winning publisher with Insomniac Games as the most nominated and award-winning developer. Electronic Arts and Nintendo had the most nominated games while Xbox Game Studios had the most award-winning games.

Ed Boon, co-creator of the Mortal Kombat franchise, was inducted into the Academy's Hall of Fame. Phil Spencer, CEO of Microsoft Gaming and head of Xbox Game Studios, received the "Lifetime Achievement Award".[5]

Winners and Nominees

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).[6][7][8]

Game of the Year Awards

  • Unpacking (Witch Beam/Humble Bundle) – Tim Dawson, Wren Brier, Jeff van Dyck‡
    • Death's Door (Acid Nerve/Devolver Digital) – Mark Foster, David Fenn
    • Inscryption (Daniel Mullins Games/Devolver Digital) – Daniel Mullins
    • Loop Hero (Four Quarters/Devolver Digital) – Aleksandr Goreslavets, Dmitry Karimov, Aleksandr Vartazarian, Dmitry Lagutov
    • Sable (Shedworks/Raw Fury) – Gregorios Kythreotis, Daniel Fineberg

Immersive Reality

  • Lone Echo II (Ready at Dawn/Oculus Studios) – Nathan Phail-Liff, Robert Duncan, Alex Salcedo, Ru Weerasuriya, Dana Jan, Garret Foster‡
    • Demeo (Resolution Games) – Johan Donwill, Mike Booth, Tommy Palm
    • I Expect You to Die 2: The Spy and the Liar (Schell Games) – Matthew Mahon, John Joy, Tera Nguyen, Charlie Amis, Francisco Souki, Adam Whalen, John Kolencheryl, Frank Lubsey
    • Resident Evil 4 VR (Armature Studio/Oculus Studios) – Tom Ivey, Mark Pacini
    • Song in the Smoke (17-Bit) – Jake Kazdal, Ray Joshi, Rich McCormick, Alex Miyamoto, Andrew Palmer, Koichi Yamagishi, Callen Wagner, Ally Mobbs, Sam Bird
  • Lone Echo II (Ready at Dawn/Oculus Studios) – Nathan Phail-Liff, Robert Duncan, Alex Salcedo, Ru Weerasuriya, Dana Jan, Garret Foster‡
    • Puzzling Places (realities.io Inc) – Shahriar Shahrabi, Marcel Poppe, Azad Balabanian, Daniel Kraft, Daniel Sproll, Pierre-Marie Blind
    • Resident Evil 4 VR (Armature Studio/Oculus Studios) – Steve McCrea
    • Song in the Smoke (17-Bit) – Jake Kazdal, Colin Williamson, Akintunde Omitowoju, Joshua Rowan, Dan Nagase, Rhodri Broadbent, Colin Williamson, Paul Leonard
    • YUKI (ARVORE Immersive Experiences) – Kako, Pedro Câmara, Rômulo Santos, Marcus Penna, Thello Caetano, Rebeca Traldi, Carlo "Zed" Caputo

Craft Awards

Genre Awards

  • Guilty Gear Strive (Arc System Works) – Daisuke Ishiwatari‡
    • Melty Blood: Type Lumina (French Bread/DELiGHTWORKS) – Nobuhisa Hiroshige, Kinoko Nasu, Kamone Serizawa
    • Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl (Ludosity/Fair Play Labs/GameMill Entertainment) – Elias Forslind, Diego Rodriguez, Matías R. Singer
  • Age of Empires IV (Relic Entertainment/World's Edge/Xbox Game Studios) – Shannon Loftis, Adam Isgreen, Quinn Duffy, Greg Wilson, Michael Mann, Wilfried Schmidt, Lawrence Ward, Joel Pritchett, Zach Schlappi, Han Randhawa‡
    • Gloomhaven (Flaming Fowl Studios/Asmodee Digital) – Isaac Childres, Mike West
    • Griftlands (Klei Entertainment) – Kevin Forbes, Chris Costa
    • Inscryption (Daniel Mullins Games/Devolver Digital) – Daniel Mullins
    • Loop Hero (Four Quarters/Devolver Digital) – Aleksandr Goreslavets, Dmitry Karimov, Aleksandr Vartazarian, Dmitry Lagutov

Special Awards

Hall of Fame

Lifetime Achievement

  • Phil Spencer

Multiple nominations and awards

Multiple Nominations

Games that received multiple nominations
Nominations Game
9 Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
8 Deathloop
6 Inscryption
It Takes Two
5 Returnal
4 Kena: Bridge of Spirits
Resident Evil Village
3 Call of Duty: Vanguard
Forza Horizon 5
Halo Infinite
Loop Hero
Psychonauts 2
2 Death's Door
Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
Lone Echo II
Moncage
Resident Evil 4 VR
Song in the Smoke

Multiple awards

Games that received multiple awards
Awards Game
4 Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
2 Halo Infinite
It Takes Two
Lone Echo II
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
Returnal

External links

  • Official website

References

  1. ^ "25th Annual D.I.C.E Awards Finalists Revealed". Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on January 13, 2022. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
  2. ^ Fanelli, Jason (January 13, 2022). "Ratchet & Clank Leads 2022 DICE Awards With 9 Nominations". GameSpot. Red Ventures. Archived from the original on January 13, 2022. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
  3. ^ Skrebels, Joe (January 14, 2022). "Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Leads DICE 2022 Awards Nominations". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on January 13, 2022. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
  4. ^ Denzer, TJ (January 13, 2022). "The D.I.C.E. Awards 2022 categories & nominees". Shacknews. Gamerhub. Archived from the original on January 13, 2022. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
  5. ^ "Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Special Awards". Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  6. ^ "25th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards Finalists Revealed". Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on January 15, 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  7. ^ "25th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards Celebrates Best Games of 2021". Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on February 27, 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  8. ^ Bankhurst, Adam. "DICE Awards 2022 Winners: The Full List". IGN. IGN. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
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