(Post updated with winners and links to livestream and Phil Spencer’s Lifetime Achievement award)
The 25th Annual DICE Awards have been announced! Awarded by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS), these awards are judged by industry figures, encompassing all facets of game making. The award winners were announced at the DICE Summit, February 24, 2022.
25th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards Finalists Revealed (interactive.org)
DICE Awards 2022 Livestream:
Phil Spencer’s Lifetime Achievement award
Nominees (winners in bold):
Game of the Year
Deathloop
Inscryption
It Takes Two
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Returnal
AIAS Hall of Fame
Ed Boon of NetherRealm Studios
Lifetime Achievement Award
Phil Spencer of Microsoft
Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction
Deathloop
Inscryption
It Takes Two
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
The Artful Escape
Outstanding Achievement in Game Design
Deathloop
Inscryption
It Takes Two
Loop Hero
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Online Game of the Year
Back 4 Blood
Call of Duty: Vanguard
Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker
Halo Infinite
Knockout City
Mobile Game of the Year
Behind the Frame
Fantasian
League of Legends: Wild Rift
Moncage
Pokémon UNITE
Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game
Death’s Door
Inscryption
Loop Hero
Sable
Unpacking
Immersive Reality Game of the Year
Demeo
I Expect You To Die 2: The Spy and the Liar
Lone Echo II
Resident Evil 4 VR
Song in the Smoke
Immersive Reality Technical Achievement
Lone Echo II
Puzzling Places
Resident Evil 4 VR
Song in the Smoke
YUKI
Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year
Age of Empires IV
Gloomhaven
Griftlands
Inscryption
Loop Hero
Sports Game of the Year
EA SPORTS FIFA 22
Mario Golf: Super Rush
NBA 2k22
Riders Republic
The Climb 2
Role-Playing Game of the Year
Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker
Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous
Shin Megami Tensei V
Tales of Arise
Wildermyth
Racing Game of the Year
F1 2021
Forza Horizon 5
Hot Wheels Unleashed
Fighting Game of the Year
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Melty Blood: Type Lumina
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl
Family Game of the Year
Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Happy Home Paradise
Cozy Grove
Mario Party Superstars
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Warioware: Get it Together
Adventure Game of the Year
Death’s Door
It Takes Two
MARVEL’s Guardians of the Galaxy
Psychonauts 2
Resident Evil Village
Action Game of the Year
Deathloop
Halo Infinite
Metroid Dread
Returnal
The Ascent
Outstanding Technical Achievement
Battlefield™ 2042
Forza Horizon 5
Moncage
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Returnal
Outstanding Achievement in Story
Before Your Eyes
Inscryption
MARVEL’s Guardians of the Galaxy
Psychonauts 2
The Forgotten City
Outstanding Achievement in Audio Design
Forza Horizon 5
Halo Infinite
It Takes Two
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Returnal
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition
Deathloop
It Takes Two
Kena: Bridge of Spirits
Psychonauts 2
Returnal
Outstanding Achievement in Character
Deathloop
Kena: Bridge of Spirits
Life is Strange: True Colors
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Resident Evil Village
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction
Call of Duty: Vanguard
Deathloop
Kena: Bridge of Spirits
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Resident Evil Village
Outstanding Achievement in Animation
Call of Duty: Vanguard
Deathloop
Kena: Bridge of Spirits
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Resident Evil Village