Dragon Age: Inquisition Wins Game of the Year at the 18th Annual DICE Awards

The 18th Annual DICE Awards is the video game industry’s most prestigious annual honors, and is judged by members of the gaming industry. 

The top honor from the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS), Game of the Year, went to Bioware’s action-RPG game Dragon Age: Inquisition. Monolith Productions’ open world adventure-RPG game, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, also won eight of its nine nominations including Adventure Game of the Year, Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction, Outstanding Achievement in Game Design and Outstanding Innovation in Gaming.

Other blockbuster standouts included Bungie’s futuristic FPS, Destiny, which picked up four DICE Awards, including Action Game of the Year and Outstnading Achievement in Online Gameplay. Blizzard’s online card game Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft was awarded Mobile Game of the Year and Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year; and Nintendo’s Super Smash Bros. franchise won Handheld Game of the Year for Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Fighting Game of the Year for Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. 

The first recipient of the inaugural D.I.C.E. Sprite Award was independent game development studio Supergiant Games for its sci-fi themed action-RPG Transistor.

Game of the Year

Dragon Age: Inquisition

• Publisher: Electronic Arts
• Developer: BioWare

Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

• Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
• Developer: Monolith Productions

Outstanding Achievement in Game Design

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

• Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
• Developer: Monolith Productions

Action Game of the Year

Destiny

• Publisher: Activision Publishing, Inc.
• Developer: Bungie

Adventure Game of the Year

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

• Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
• Developer: Monolith Productions

Family Game of the Year

LittleBigPlanet 3

• Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC
• Developer: Sony Worldwide Studios Europe/Sumo Digital

Fighting Game of the Year

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

• Publisher: Nintendo
• Developer: Sora Ltd./BANDAI NAMCO Games Inc./BANDAI NAMCO Studios Inc.

Racing Game of the Year

Mario Kart 8

• Publisher: Nintendo
• Developer: Nintendo

Role-Playing/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year

Dragon Age: Inquisition

• Publisher: Electronic Arts
• Developer: BioWare

Sports Game of the Year

FIFA 15

• Publisher: Electronic Arts
• Developer: FIFA Development Team – EA Canada

Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year

Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft

• Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment
• Developer: Blizzard Entertainment

D.I.C.E. Sprite Award

Transistor

• Publisher: Supergiant Games
• Developer: Supergiant Games

Handheld Game of the Year

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS

• Publisher: Nintendo
• Developer: Sora Ltd./BANDAI NAMCO Games Inc./BANDAI NAMCO Studios Inc.

Mobile Game of the Year

Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft

• Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment
• Developer: Blizzard Entertainment

Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay

Destiny

• Publisher: Activision Publishing, Inc.
• Developer: Bungie

Outstanding Innovation in Gaming

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

• Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
• Developer: Monolith Productions

Outstanding Achievement in Animation

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

• Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
• Developer: Monolith Productions

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction

Monument Valley

• Publisher: ustwo
• Developer: ustwo

Outstanding Achievement in Character

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Talion)

• Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
• Developer: Monolith Productions

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition

Destiny

• Publisher: Activision Publishing, Inc.
• Developer: Bungie

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design

Destiny

• Publisher: Activision Publishing, Inc.
• Developer: Bungie

Outstanding Achievement in Story

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

• Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
• Developer: Monolith Productions

Outstanding Technical Achievement

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

• Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
• Developer: Monolith Productions