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27th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards
File:27th Annual DICE Awards logo.png
DateFebruary 15, 2024 (2024-02-15)
VenueAria Resort & Casino
Hosted byStella Chung, Greg Miller
Highlights
Most awardsMarvel's Spider-Man 2 (6)
Most nominationsMarvel's Spider-Man 2 (9)
Game of the YearBaldur's Gate 3
Hall of FameKoji Kondo

The 27th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards was the 27th edition of the D.I.C.E. Awards ("Design Innovate Communicate Entertain"), an annual awards event that honored the best games in the video game industry during 2023. The awards were arranged by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS), and was part of the 2024 D.I.C.E. Summit. The ceremony took place on February 15, 2024, at the Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Greg Miller of Kinda Funny Games and Stella Chung returned as hosts for the ceremony. The nominees were announced on January 10, 2024.[1][2]

Marvel's Spider-Man 2 led the ceremony with the most nominations with nine, as well as the most wins with six. Baldur's Gate 3, developed and published by Larian Studios, won the top award for "Game of the Year" along with four other awards. Sony Interactive Entertainment was the most nominated publisher of the ceremony, and is tied with Nintendo and Electronic Arts for publishing the most nominated games; Sony ended up being the most award-winning publisher, as well as publishing the most award-winning games. Insomniac Games and Nintendo EPD are the most nominated developers, with Insomniac winning the most awards as a developer.

Koji Kondo, composer and sound designer from Nintendo who has worked on the Mario, The Legend of Zelda, and Star Fox games, was inducted into the Academy's Hall of Fame.[3][4]

Winners and nominees[]

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (double-dagger).[1][2][5][6][7]

Game of the Year Awards[]

Online Game of the Year
  • Diablo IV (Blizzard Entertainment) – Joe Shely, Nick Rivera, Tiffany Watdouble-dagger
    • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (Sledgehammer Games, Activision) – Greg Reisdorf, Zach Hodson, Adam Iscove, Matt Abbott, Mike Prestia, Robbie Elias, Ben Furneaux
    • Omega Strikers (Odyssey Interactive) – Dax Andrus, Thomas Bourus, David Cupurro, Alex Huang, Jesse Li, Chris Shankland
    • Street Fighter 6 (Capcom) – Yuta Kawamura, Takuya Ishibashi, Jumpei Nakajima, Mitsugu Ashida, Takayuki Nakayama, Ryuichi Shigerno
    • The Finals (Embark Studios) – Gustav Tilleby
  • What the Car? (Triband) – Tim Garbos, Lasse Astrup, Martin Donhal, Oscar Losada, Joachim Bruel Gerberdouble-dagger
    • Gubbins (Studio Folly) – Jessica Shupard, Darcy Smith
    • Hello Kitty Island Adventure (Sunblink) – Tom Blind, Chelsea Howe, Andy Vella
    • Honkai: Star Rail (HoYoverse) – David Jiang
    • Terra Nil (Free Lives, Devolver Digital) – Sam Alfred, Jonathan Hau-Yoon, Marcelle Marais
Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game
  • Cocoon (Geometric Entertainment, Annapurna Interactive) – Jeppe Carlsen, Mads Engberg Hansendouble-dagger
    • Dredge (Black Salt Games, Team17) – Alex Ritchie, Joel Mason, Nadia Thorne
    • El Paso, Elsewhere (Strange Scaffold) – Xalavier Nelson Jr., Candace Hudert
    • Thirsty Suitors (Outerloop Games, Annapurna Interactive) – Sunny Dube, Chandana Ekanayake
    • Venba (Visai Games) – Abhi, Shahrin Khan

Immersive Reality Awards[]

Immersive Reality Game of the Year
  • Asgard's Wrath 2 (Sanzaru Games, Oculus Studios) – Bill Spence, Mat Kraemer, Evan Arnolddouble-dagger
    • Assassin's Creed Nexus VR (Red Storm Entertainment, Ubisoft) – David Votypka, Mark Russell, Olivier Palmieri, Philipp Sonnefeld
    • Horizon Call of the Mountain (Guerrilla Games, Firesprite, Sony Interactive Entertainment) – Jan-Bart van Beek, Alex Barnes, Stu Tilley
    • Vampire: The Masquerade – Justice (Fast Travel Games) – Erik Odeldahl, Andrea Wästlund
    • Vertigo 2 (Zulubo Productions) – Zach Tsiakalis-Brown
Immersive Reality Technical Achievement
  • Horizon Call of the Mountain (Guerrilla Games, Firesprite, Sony Interactive Entertainment) – Tom Vernon, Pantelis Lekakis, Michiel van der Leeuwdouble-dagger
    • Asgard's Wrath 2 (Sanzaru Games, Oculus Studios) – Evan Arnold
    • Assassin's Creed Nexus VR (Red Storm Entertainment, Ubisoft) – Andrew Davies, Clark Cibson, Bobby Stewart, Robert Hexter, Jack Couvela, Peter Grinbergs, Vincent Maury, Rodrigo Cano, Steven Proctor, Sam Bigos, Jonas de Maeseneer, Martin Strohacker
    • Vertigo 2 (Zulubo Productions) – Zach Tsiakalis-Brown
    • We Are One (Flat Head Studio, Fast Travel Games) – Philipp Sigl, Melanie Barti, Daniel Wiendl, Fabian Linzbauer, Christian Höll, Arnold Holler

Craft Awards[]

Outstanding Achievement in Character
  • Miles Morales, Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (Insomniac Games, Sony Interactive Entertainment) – Portrayed by Nadji Jeter, Senior Narrative Director: Jon Paquette, Narrative Director: Ben Arfmann, Advanced Senior Writer: Lauren Meedouble-dagger
    • Saga Anderson, Alan Wake 2 (Remedy Entertainment, Epic Games) – Portrayed by Melanie Liburd, Lead Writer: Sam Lake, Lead Narrative Designer: Simon Wasselin, Lead Mission Designer: Anne-Marie Grönroos, Cinematics Lead: Mircea Purdea, Cinematic Animation Lead: Matias Leminen, Lead Narrative Animator: Kaj Lydecken, Principal Writer: Clay Murphy, Lead Character Artist: John Crossland, Performance Director: Hannah Price, Principal Narrative Designer: Molly Maloney, Live Action & Cinematics Director: Anssi Määttä
    • Astarion, Baldur's Gate 3 (Larian Studios) – Portrayed by Neil Newbon, Writing Director: Adam Smith, Lead Writer: Chrystal Ding, Senior Writer: Stephen Rooney
    • Karlach, Baldur's Gate 3 (Larian Studios) – Portrayed by Samantha Béart, Writing Director: Adam Smith, Lead Writer: Chrystal Ding, Senior Writer: Sarah Baylus
    • Jala, Thirsty Suitors (Outerloop Games, Annapurna Interactive) – Portrayed by Farah Merani, Written by Meghna Jayanth, Nadie Sharmmas, Sunny Dube, Phillip Russell
  • Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (Insomniac Games, Sony Interactive Entertainment) – Paul Mudra, Jerry Berlongieri, Dwight Okaharadouble-dagger
    • Alan Wake 2 (Remedy Entertainment, Epic Games) – Richard Lapington, Joshua Bell, Adam Butterworth, Kit Challis, Gulli Gunnarsoon, Thomas Holmes, Pauli Ondruska, Tazio Schiesari, Henry Scott, Ville Sorsa, Taneli Suoranta, Arthur Tisseront
    • Cocoon (Geometric Entertainment, Annapurna Interactive) – Jakob Schmid
    • Hi-Fi Rush (Tango Gameworks, Bethesda Softworks) – Shuichi Kobori, Makoto Yamaguchi
    • Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (Respawn Entertainment, Electronic Arts) – Nick von Kaenel, Collin Gregory Peck, Tom Jaine, Alex Barnhart, Oscar Coen, Nick Laviers, Harrison Deutsch, Ashton Faydenko, Kartika Dewi Luky, Tori Ano, Colin Andrew Grant, Andrew Karbowski
  • Baldur's Gate 3 (Larian Studios) – Adam Smith, Chrystal Dingdouble-dagger
    • Alan Wake 2 (Remedy Entertainment, Epic Games) – Sam Lake, Simon Wasselin, Anne-Marie Grönroos, Mircea Purdea, Matias Leminen, Kaj Lydecken, Clay Murphy, Tyler Burton Smith, Molly Maloney, Anssi Määttä
    • Dave the Diver (Mintrocket) – Jaeho Hwang
    • Thirsty Suitors (Outerloop Games, Annapurna Interactive) – Meghna Jayanth, Chandana Ekanayake, Nadie Sharmmas, Phillip Russell
    • Venba (Visai Games) – Abhi

Genre Awards[]

  • Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo EPD) – Shiro Mouri, Takashi Tezukadouble-dagger
    • Disney Illusion Island (Dlala Studios, Disney Electronic Content) – Aj Grand-Scrutton, Grant Allen, Ben Waring
    • Fae Farm (Phoenix Labs) – Kate De Sousa, Isaac Epp, Ed Tam
    • Hello Kitty Island Adventure (Sunblink) – Tom Blind, Chelsea Howe, Andy Vella
    • Midnight Girl (Italic) – Thomas Ryder, Camilla Pedersen
Racing Game of the Year
  • Forza Motorsport (Turn 10 Studios, Xbox Game Studios) – Chris Esaki, Andy Beaudoin, Kyle Emtman, Srirekha Matety, Brian Yudouble-dagger
    • F-Zero 99 (Nintendo Software Technology) – Chris Polney, Shinya Saito, Takao Nakano, Takeshi Hayakawa
    • Hot Wheels Unleashed 2: Turbocharged (Milestone) – Michele Caletti, Domenico Celenza
    • Lego 2K Drive (Visual Concepts, 2K) – Brian Silva, David Msika, Steve Ranck
  • MLB The Show 23 (SIE San Diego Studio, MLB Advanced Media) – Steve Merka, Jason Villa, Chris Cutliff, Chris Gilldouble-dagger
    • EA Sports FC 24 (EA Vancouver, EA Romania, EA Sports) – John Shepherd, Adam Shaikh, Karim Versi
    • WWE 2K23 (Visual Concepts, 2K) – Greg Thomas, Lynell Jinks, Colin O'Hara
Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year
  • Dune: Spice Wars (Shiro Games, Funcom) – Sebastien Vidaldouble-dagger
    • Against the Storm (Eremite Games, Hooded Horse) – Michał Ogłoziński, Aron Pietroń
    • Cobalt Core (Rocket Rat Games, Brace Yourself Games) – John Guerra, Ben Driscoll
    • The Last Spell (Ishtar Games, The Arcade Crew) – Matthieu Richez, Benjamin Coquelle
    • Wartales (Shiro Games) – Nicolas Cannasse

Special Awards[]

Hall of Fame

Multiple nominations and awards[]

Multiple nominations[]

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Games that received multiple nominations
Nominations Game
9 Marvel's Spider-Man 2
8 Alan Wake 2
7 Baldur's Gate 3
6 Cocoon
5 The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
4 Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Super Mario Bros. Wonder
3 Dave the Diver
Diablo IV
Hi-Fi Rush
Thirsty Suitors
2 Asgard's Wrath 2
Assassin's Creed Nexus VR
Final Fantasy XVI
The Finals
Hello Kitty Island Adventures
Hogwarts Legacy
Horizon Call of the Mountain
Mortal Kombat 1
Starfield
Street Fighter 6
Venba
Vertigo 2

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Nominations by company
Nominations Games Company
12 3 Sony Interactive Entertainment
10 Nintendo
9 2 Annapurna Interactive
1 Insomniac Games
8 Epic Games
Remedy Entertainment
7 Larian Studios
6 3 Electronic Arts
1 Geometric Entertainment
5 2 Bethesda Softworks
4 Warner Bros. Games
1 Respawn Entertainment
3 Blizzard Entertainment
Mintrocket
Outerloop Games
Tango Gameworks
2 2 2K
Fast Travel Games
Shiro Games
1 Avalanche Software
Capcom
Embark Studios
Firesprite
Guerrilla Games
NetherRealm Studios
Oculus Studios
Red Storm Entertainment
Sanzaru Games
Square Enix
Sunblink
Ubisoft
Vesai Games
Zulubo Productions

Multiple awards[]

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Games that received multiple awards
Awards Game
6 Marvel's Spider-Man 2
5 Baldur's Gate 3

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Awards by company
Awards Games Company
8 3 Sony Interactive Entertainment
6 1 Insomniac Games
5 Larian Studios
2 2 Nintendo

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "27th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards Finalists Revealed". Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 10 January 2024. {{cite web}}:
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Spider-Man 2 Leads DICE Awards With Nine Nominations". IGN. Retrieved 10 January 2024. {{cite web}}:
  3. "Nintendo's Koji Kondo Selected as Hall of Fame Inductee at 27th D.I.C.E. Awards". Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 24 January 2024. {{cite web}}:
  4. "Koji Kondo to be Inducted Into the DICE Hall of Fame". Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 24 January 2024. {{cite web}}:
  5. Chandler, Sam (February 15, 2024). "The D.I.C.E. Awards 2024 winners & finalists". Shacknews. Retrieved January 16, 2024. {{cite web}}:
  6. Bankhurst, Adam (15 February 2024). "DICE Awards 2024 Winners: The Full List". IGN. Retrieved 15 February 2024. {{cite web}}:
  7. "Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences Announces Winners of 2023's Best Video Games at 27th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards". interactive.org. Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 15 February 2024. {{cite web}}:

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