DICE Awards 2023 Nominees Announced – God of War: Ragnarok Bags 12 Nominations!

The 26th DICE Awards ceremony is near and as the event is just more than a month away we’ve finally gotten the list of nominees who have made it to the final nominees list. The award show first began in 1998 and very soon was called the Oscars of gaming. The award is extremely prestigious in the gaming world as it it presented by  the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) and held during the AIAS’ annual D.I.C.E. summit. The awards were called Interactive Achievement Awards till 2013. This year has been particularly great for gaming which ultimately means that the competition for the awards this year will be tight and many fans are going to be unhappy as such good quality lock horns for the ultimate prize. A total number of 61 games have been nominated in different sections. This just tells you about the good year that gaming has had.

This is not a fan voting award, rather a prestigious jury of members from the AIAS cast their votes to the most deserving candidate. It is done by The full membership of AIAS (over 33,000 members) via a confidential and secured voting system. So, without further ado let’s see which games have made it to the final round.

Nominees For 26th DICE Awards Revealed!

Game of the Year 

• Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
• God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica/Sony)
• Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/Sony)
• Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna Interactive)
• Vampire Survivors (Poncle)

Family Game of the Year

• Disney Dreamlight Valley
• Kirby’s Dream Buffet
• Lost in Play
• Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope
• Trombone Champ

RPG of the Year

• Citizen Sleeper
• Elden Ring
• Weird West
• World of Warcraft: Dragonflight
• Xenoblade Chronicles 3

Action Game of the Year

• Bayonetta 3
• Grounded
• Neon White
• SIFU
• Vampire Survivors

Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction

• Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
• God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica/Sony)
• Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/Sony)
• Immortality (Sam Barlow, Half Mermaid/Half Mermaid)
• Tunic (Tunic Team/Finji)

Outstanding Achievement in Game Design

• Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
• God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica/Sony)
• Marvel Snap (Second Dinner/Nuverse)
• Tunic (Tunic Team/Finji)
• Vampire Survivors (Poncle)

Online Game of the Year

• Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker (Square Enix)
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (Infinity Ward/Activision Blizzard)
• EA Sports FIFA 23 (EA Vancouver, EA Romania/Electronic Arts)
• Rumbleverse (Iron Galaxy Studios/Epic Games)
• Marvel Snap (Second Dinner/Nuverse)

Mobile Game of the Year

• Marvel Snap (Second Dinner/Nuverse)
• Diablo Immortal (Blizzard Entertainment, NetEase/Activision Blizzard)
• Gibbon: Beyond the Trees (Broken Rules)
• Immortality (Sam Barlow, Half Mermaid/Half Mermaid)
• Poinpy (Moppin/Devolver Digital)

Immersive Reality Technical Achievement 

• Cosmonious High (Owlchemy
• Moss: Book II (Polyarc)
• Red Matter 2 (Vertical Robot)
• Tentacular (Firepunchd/Devolver Digital)
• The Last Clockwinder (Pontoco/Cyan Ventures)

Outstanding Achievement for Independent Game

• Immortality (Sam Barlow, Half Mermaid/Half Mermaid)
• Neon White (Angel Matrix/Annapurna Interactive)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge (Tribute Games/Dotemu)
• Vampire Survivors (Poncle)
• Tunic (Tunic Team/Finji)

Check out the full list here: https://www.interactive.org/awards/26th_dice_awards_finalists.asp

As expected, God of War: Ragnarok which was the highly anticipated sequel to the 2018 God of War has lead the pack with 12 nominations across various fields and section. The sequel was so good that many hailed it better than the original. Despite having humungous expectations, Ragnarok was able to top everything that fans ever wanted while giving them a story that they’d never forget. These are all the nominations that God of War: Ragnarok is nominated in:

• Outstanding Achievement in Animation
• Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction
• Outstanding Achievement in Character (Kratos)
• Outstanding Achievement in Character (Atreus)
• Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition
• Outstanding Achievement in Audio Design
• Outstanding Achievement in Story
• Outstanding Technical Achievement
• Adventure Game of the Year
• Outstanding Achievement in Game Design
• Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction
• Game of the Year

The 26th annual DICE Awards are supposed to take place on February 23 2023 at 7pm ET.

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