The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences just hosted the 27th annual D.I.C.E. Awards, and the winners for all categories have been announced.
If you're not familiar with the awards, the nominees are selected by a panel of developers and then voted on by all the members of the A.I.A.S., making the D.I.C.E. the most relevant peer-voted awards in the industry.
The winner of the coveted Game of the Year title is Baldur's Gate 3, which triumphed against Alan Wake 2, COCOON, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and Marvel's Spider-Man 2.
Below you can find a complete list of all the winners:
- Action Game of the Year: Marvel's Spider-Man 2
- Adventure Game of the Year: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Role-Playing Game of the Year: Baldur's Gate 3
- Sports Game of the Year: MLB The Show 23
- Online Game of the Year: Diablo 4
- Mobile Game of the Year: What the Car?
- Outstanding Achievement in Audio Design: Marvel's Spider-Man 2
- Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition: Marvel's Spider-Man 2
- Hall of Fame Inductee: Koji Kondo
- Outstanding Achievement in Story: Baldur's Gate 3
- Outstanding Achievement in Character: Miles Morales from Marvel's Spider-Man 2
- Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year: Dune: Spice Wars
- Fighting Game of the Year: Street Fighter 6
- Outstanding Achievement in Game Design: Baldur's Gate 3
- Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game: Cocoon
- Outstanding Achievement in Animation: Marvel's Spider-Man 2
- Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction: Alan Wake 2
- Immersive Reality Technical Achievement: Horizon Call of the Mountain
- Immersive Reality Game of the Year: Asgard's Wrath 2
- Family Game of the Year: Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Racing Game of the Year: Forza Motorsport
- Outstanding Technical Achievement: Marvel's Spider-Man 2
- Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction: Baldur's Gate 3
- Game of the Year: Baldur's Gate 3
This crowns a year in which Baldur's Gate 3 has basically won all there is to win, also triumphing at The Game Awards, the Golden Joystick Awards, and the Steam Awards. If you'd like to know why, you can read our enthusiastic review which awarded the game with a 9.5 out of 10.
If you're curious, previous Game of the Year awards at the D.I.C.E. Awards were won by Elden Ring in 2023, It Takes Two in 2022, Hades in 2021, Untitled Goose Game in 2020, God of War in 2019, and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild in 2018.
