20th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards

20th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards
Date	February 23, 2017
Venue	Mandalay Bay Convention Center
Country	Paradise, Nevada, USA
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Host	Jessica Chobot and Greg Miller
Highlights
Most awards	Overwatch; Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (4);
Most nominations	Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (10)
Overall Game of the Year	Overwatch
Hall of Fame	Todd Howard
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The 20th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards is the 20th edition of the D.I.C.E. Awards, an annual awards event that honors the best games in the video game industry. The awards are arranged by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS), and were held at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Paradise, Nevada on February 23, 2017 (2017-02-23). It was also held as part of the Academy's 2017 D.I.C.E. Summit, and was co-hosted by Jessica Chobot of Nerdist News, and Kinda Funny co-founder Greg Miller.^[1]

Overwatch won Game of the Year and tied for winning the most awards with Uncharted 4: A Thief's End which received the most nominations. Sony Interactive Entertainment published the most nominated titles and the most winners, with Naughty Dog being the most nominated and award winning developer.

Todd Howard, lead director and executive producer for The Elder Scrolls and Fallout franchises at Bethesda Game Studios, received the Hall of Fame Award.^[2]^[3]

Winners and Nominees

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger ().^[4]^[5]

Game of the Year Awards

Game of the Year Overwatch — Blizzard Entertainment Battlefield 1 — DICE, Electronic Arts Inside — Playdead Pokémon Go — Niantic Uncharted 4: A Thief's End — Naughty Dog, Sony Interactive Entertainment	Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay Overwatch — Blizzard Entertainment Battlefield 1 — DICE, Electronic Arts Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft — Blizzard Entertainment Titanfall 2 — Respawn Entertainment, Electronic Arts Tom Clancy's The Division — Massive Entertainment, Ubisoft
Mobile Game of the Year Pokémon Go — Niantic Clash Royale — Supercell Crashlands — Butterscotch Shenanigans Gardenscapes — Playrix Reigns — Nerial, Devolver Digital	Handheld Game of the Year Pokémon Sun and Moon — Game Freak, Nintendo, The Pokémon Company Dragon Quest Builders — Square Enix Fire Emblem Fates — Intelligent Systems, Nintendo Kirby: Planet Robobot — HAL Laboratory, Nintendo Severed — Drinkbox Studios
D.I.C.E. Sprite Award Inside — Playdead 1979 Revolution: Black Friday — iNK Stories Firewatch — Campo Santo Superhot — Superhot Team That Dragon, Cancer — Numinous Games	Immersive Reality Game of the Year Superhot — Superhot Team Eagle Flight — Ubisoft Montreal I Expect You To Die — Schell Games Job Simulator — Owlchemy Labs The Lab — Valve
Immersive Reality Technical Achievement Eagle Flight — Ubisoft Montreal I Expect You To Die — Schell Games Job Simulator — Owlchemy Labs Superhot — Superhot Team Tilt Brush — Google

Craft Awards

Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction Inside — Playdead 1979 Revolution: Black Friday — iNK Stories Battlefield 1 — DICE, Electronic Arts The Last Guardian — SIE Japan Studio, GenDesign Uncharted 4: A Thief's End — Naughty Dog, Sony Interactive Entertainment	Outstanding Achievement in Game Design Overwatch — Blizzard Entertainment I Expect You To Die — Schell Games Inside — Playdead Owlboy — D-Pad Studio Uncharted 4: A Thief's End — Naughty Dog, Sony Interactive Entertainment
Outstanding Achievement in Animation Uncharted 4: A Thief's End — Naughty Dog, Sony Interactive Entertainment Inside — Playdead The Last Guardian — SIE Japan Studio, GenDesign Overwatch — Blizzard Entertainment Street Fighter V — Capcom, Dimps	Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction Inside — Playdead Battlefield 1 — DICE, Electronic Arts Firewatch — Campo Santo The Last Guardian — SIE Japan Studio, GenDesign Uncharted 4: A Thief's End — Naughty Dog, Sony Interactive Entertainment
Outstanding Achievement in Character Trico *(The Last Guardian)* — SIE Japan Studio, GenDesign Nick Reyes (Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare) — Infinity Ward, Activision Delilah (Firewatch) — Campo Santo Henry (Firewatch) — Campo Santo Nathan Drake (Uncharted 4: A Thief's End) — Naughty Dog, Sony Interactive Entertainment	Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition Doom — id Software, Bethesda Softworks Abzû — Giant Squid Studios, 505 Games Battlefield 1 — DICE, Electronic Arts The Last Guardian — SIE Japan Studio, GenDesign Titanfall 2 — Respawn Entertainment, Electronic Arts
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design Battlefield 1 — DICE, Electronic Arts Inside — Playdead The Last Guardian — SIE Japan Studio, GenDesign Quantum Break — Remedy Entertainment, Microsoft Studios Uncharted 4: A Thief's End — Naughty Dog, Sony Interactive Entertainment	Outstanding Achievement in Story Uncharted 4: A Thief's End — Naughty Dog, Sony Interactive Entertainment Firewatch — Campo Santo Inside — Playdead Oxenfree — Night School Studio That Dragon, Cancer — Numinous Games
Outstanding Technical Achievement Uncharted 4: A Thief's End — Naughty Dog, Sony Interactive Entertainment Battlefield 1 — DICE, Electronic Arts No Man's Sky — Hello Games Overwatch — Blizzard Entertainment Titanfall 2 — Respawn Entertainment, Electronic Arts

Genre Awards

Action Game of the Year Overwatch — Blizzard Entertainment Battlefield 1 — DICE, Electronic Arts Doom — id Software, Bethesda Game Studios Gears of War 4 — The Coalition, Microsoft Studios Titanfall 2 — Respawn Entertainment, Electronic Arts	Adventure Game of the Year Uncharted 4: A Thief's End — Naughty Dog, Sony Interactive Entertainment Firewatch — Campo Santo Inside — Playdead King's Quest: Complete Collection — The Odd Gentlemen, Activision The Last Guardian — SIE Japan Studio, GenDesign
Family Game of the Year Ratchet & Clank — Insomniac Games, Sony Interactive Entertainment Dragon Quest Builders — Square Enix Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens — Traveller's Tales, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Rock Band Rivals — Harmonix Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS — Nintendo EAD	Fighting Game of the Year Street Fighter V — Capcom, Dimps EA Sports UFC 2 — EA Canada Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR- — Arc System Works, Aksys Games Killer Instinct: Season Three — Iron Galaxy, Microsoft Studios Pokkén Tournament — Bandai Namco Studios, Nintendo, The Pokémon Company
Racing Game of the Year Forza Horizon 3 — Playground Games, Microsoft Studios Driveclub VR — Evolution Studios, Sony Interactive Entertainment	Role-Playing/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year Dark Souls III — FromSoftware, Bandai Namco Entertainment Deus Ex: Mankind Divided — Square Enix Montreal Hyper Light Drifter — Heart Machine Tom Clancy's The Division — Massive Entertainment, Ubisoft World of Warcraft: Legion — Blizzard Entertainment
Sports Game of the Year Steep — Ubisoft Annecy FIFA 17 — EA Vancouver, EA Romania Madden NFL 17 — EA Tiburon MLB 16: The Show — SCE San Diego NBA 2K17 — Visual Concepts, 2K Games	Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year Civilization VI — Firaxis Games, 2K Games The Banner Saga 2 — Stoic Studio, Versus Evil Deus Ex Go — Square Enix Montreal Fire Emblem Fates — Intelligent Systems, Nintendo XCOM 2 — Firaxis Games, 2K Games

Special Awards

Hall of Fame

Todd Howard

Games with multiple nominations and awards

The following 20 games received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Game
10	Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
9	Inside
8	Battlefield 1
7	The Last Guardian
6	Firewatch
6	Overwatch
4	Titanfall 2
3	I Expect You To Die
3	Superhot
2	1979 Revolution: Black Friday
	Doom
	Dragon Quest Builders
	Eagle Flight
	Fire Emblem Fates
	Job Simulator
	Pokémon Go
	Street Fighter V
	That Dragon, Cancer
	Tom Clancy's The Division

The following five games received multiple awards:

Awards	Game
4	Overwatch
4	Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
3	Inside

Companies with multiple nominations

Companies that received multiple nominations as either a developer or a publisher.

Nominations	Game
20	Sony Interactive Entertainment
15	Electronic Arts
10	Naughty Dog
9	Playdead
8	Blizzard Entertainment
8	DICE
7	GenDesign
6	Campo Santo
6	Nintendo
5	Ubisoft
4	Microsoft Studios
	Respawn Entertainment
	Square Enix
3	2K Games
	Schell Games
	Superhot Team
2	Activision
	Bandai Namco Entertainment
	Bethesda Softworks
	Capcom
	Dimps
	Firaxis Games
	id Software
	iNK Stories
	Intelligent Systems
	Massive Entertainment
	Niantic
	Numinous Games
	The Pokémon Company

Companies that received multiple awards as either a developer or a publisher.

Awards	Game
6	Sony Interactive Entertainment
4	Blizzard Entertainment
4	Naughty Dog
3	Playdead
2	Owlchemy Labs
	The Pokémon Company
	Ubisoft

External links

Official website

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20th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards
Date	February 23, 2017 (2017-02-23)
Venue	Mandalay Bay Convention Center
Country	Paradise, Nevada, USA
Presented by	Lua error in Module:Wikidata at line 446: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
Host	Jessica Chobot and Greg Miller
Highlights
Most awards	Overwatch Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (4)
Most nominations	Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (10)
Overall Game of the Year	Overwatch
Hall of Fame	Todd Howard
Official website	<strong%20class= "error"><span%20class="scribunto-error"%20id="mw-scribunto-error-1">Lua%20error%20in%20Module:Wikidata%20at%20line%20446:%20attempt%20to%20index%20field%20'wikibase'%20(a%20nil%20value). http://<strong%20class="error"><span%20class="scribunto-error"%20id="mw-scribunto-error-1">Lua%20error%20in%20Module:Wikidata%20at%20line%20446:%20attempt%20to%20index%20field%20'wikibase'%20(a%20nil%20value).
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