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

The 20th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards was the 20th edition of the D.I.C.E. Awards, an annual awards event that honored the best games in the video game industry during 2016. The awards were 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.
The Academy introduced the categories for "Immersive Reality Game of the Year" and "Immersive Reality Technical Achievement" as Game of the Year awards.
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 was the most nominated and award-winning publisher and had the most award-winning games. Sony was tied with Electronic Arts and Nintendo for having the most nominated games. Pokémon won both "Handheld Game of the Year" and "Mobile Game of the Year", with Pokémon Sun and Moon and Pokémon Go, respectively.
Todd Howard, lead director and executive producer for The Elder Scrolls and Fallout franchises at Bethesda Game Studios, was inducted into the Academy's Hall of Fame.

## Winners and Nominees

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

### 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 | 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 |
| 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 | Mobile Game of the Year Pokémon Go — Niantic‡ Clash Royale — Supercell Crashlands — Butterscotch Shenanigans Gardenscapes: New Acres — Playrix Reigns — Nerial, Devolver Digital |

### Immersive Reality Awards

| Immersive Reality Game of the Year Superhot VR — 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 VR — 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, 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

### Multiple nominations and awards
#### Multiple Nominations

Games that 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 |
| 2 | Doom |
| 2 | Dragon Quest Builders |
| 2 | Eagle Flight |
| 2 | Fire Emblem Fates |
| 2 | Job Simulator |
| 2 | Pokémon Go |
| 2 | Street Fighter V |
| 2 | That Dragon, Cancer |
| 2 | Tom Clancy's The Division |
Nominations by company :
| Nominations | Games | Company |
| 20 | 5 | Sony Interactive Entertainment |
| 15 | 5 | Electronic Arts |
| 10 | 1 | Naughty Dog |
| 9 | 1 | Playdead |
| 8 | 3 | Blizzard Entertainment |
| 8 | 1 | DICE |
| 7 | 1 | GenDesign |
| 6 | 5 | Nintendo |
| 6 | 1 | Campo Santo |
| 5 | 3 | Ubisoft |
| 4 | 4 | Microsoft Studios |
| 4 | 3 | Square Enix |
| 4 | 1 | Respawn Entertainment |
| 3 | 3 | 2K Games |
| 3 | 1 | Schell Games |
| 3 | 1 | Superhot Team |
| 2 | 2 | Activision |
| 2 | 2 | Bandai Namco Entertainment |
| 2 | 2 | Firaxis Games |
| 2 | 1 | Bethesda Softworks |
| 2 | 1 | Capcom |
| 2 | 1 | Dimps |
| 2 | 1 | id Software |
| 2 | 1 | iNK Stories |
| 2 | 1 | Intelligent Systems |
| 2 | 1 | Massive Entertainment |
| 2 | 1 | Niantic |
| 2 | 1 | Numinous Games |
| 2 | 1 | Owlchemy Labs |
| 2 | 1 | The Pokémon Company |

#### Multiple awards

Games that received multiple awards :
| Awards | Game |
| 4 | Overwatch |
| 4 | Uncharted 4: A Thief's End |
| 3 | Inside |
Awards by company :
| Awards | Games | Company |
| 6 | 3 | Sony Interactive Entertainment |
| 4 | 1 | Blizzard Entertainment |
| 4 | 1 | Naughty Dog |
| 3 | 1 | Playdead |
| 2 | 2 | Ubisoft |
| 2 | 2 | The Pokémon Company |