Elden Ring as Game of the Year at DICE Awards 2023; Full List of Winners

It's February, and Elden Ring is winning more awards. After winning the title of "the best game of 2022" at The Game Awards, it was time for the D.I.C.E. awards presented by the American Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences. The best chances for triumph had God of War Ragnarok - the PS5 exclusive received as many as 12 nominations, and during the gala it took the most, as many as 7 awards. In the end, however, it was Elden Ring that won the most important award - the title of Game of the Year at the 26th DICE Awards.

Game of the year

Winner: Elden Ring

Other nominated productions:

• God of War: Ragnarok
• Horizon: Forbidden West
• Stray
• Vampire Survivors

Best action game

Winner: Vampire Survivors

Other nominated productions:

• Bayonetta 3
• Grounded
• Neon White
• Sifu

Best adventure game

Winner: God of War: Ragnarok

Other nominated productions:

• Horizon: Forbidden West
• Norco
• Stray
• Tunic

Best family game

Winner: Mario Rabbids Sparks of Hope

Other nominated productions:

• Disney Dreamlight Valley
• Kirby's Dream Buffet
• Lost in Play
• Trombone Champ

Best fighting game

Winner: MultiVersus

Other nominated productions:

• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R
• Rumbleverse
• SpiderHeck
• The King of Fighters XV

Best racing game

Winner: Gran Turismo 7

Other nominated productions:

• F1 22
• Need for Speed: Unbound

Best RPG

Winner: Elden Ring

Other nominated productions:

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

Best sports game

Winner: OlliOlli World

Other nominated productions:

• FIFA 23
• Mario Strikers: Battle League
• MLB: The Show 22
• NBA 2K23

Best strategy/simulation

Winner: Dwarf Fortress

Other nominated productions:

• Ixion
• Marvel's Midnight Suns
• Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator
• Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters

Best VR game

Winner: Red Matter 2

Other nominated productions:

• Cosmonious High
• Moss: Book 2
• Tenatcular
• The Last Clockwinder

Best network game

Winner: Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker

Other nominated productions:

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare ll
• FIFA 23
• Marvel Snap
• Rumbleverse

Best mobile game

Winner: Marvel Snap

Other nominated productions:

• Diablo Immortal
• Gibbon: Beyond the Trees
• Immortality
• Poinpy

Best realized character

Winner: God of War: Ragnarok - Kratos

Other nominated productions:

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare ll - Alejandro Vargas
• God of War: Ragnarok - Atreus
• Horizon: Forbidden West - Aloy
• Return to Monkey Island - Guybrush Threepwood

Outstanding achievement in animation

Winner: God of War: Ragnarok

Other nominated productions:

• Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course
• Elden Ring
• Horizon: Forbidden West
• Moss: Book II

Outstanding achievement in graphic design style

Winner: God of War: Ragnarok

Other nominated productions:

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare ll
• Horizon: Forbidden West
• Stray
• The Callisto Protocol

Outstanding achievement in music

Winner: God of War: Ragnarok

Other nominated productions:

• A Plague Tale: Requiem
• Horizon: Forbidden West
• Metal: Hellsinger
• Moss: Book II

Outstanding achievement in sound design

Winner: God of War: Ragnarok

Other nominated productions:

• A Plague Tale: Requiem
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare ll
• Gotham Knights
• Somerville

Outstanding achievement in storyline

Winner: Elden Ring

Other nominated productions:

• God of War: Ragnarok
• I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
• Immortality
• Norco

Outstanding technical achievement

Winner: Elden Ring

Other nominated productions:

• A Plague Tale: Requiem
• God of War: Ragnarok
• Horizon: Forbidden West
• Teardown

Outstanding indie game achievement

Winner: Tunic

Other nominated productions:

• Immortality
• Neon White
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
• Vampire Survivors

Outstanding achievement in game design

Winner: Elden Ring

Other nominated productions:

• God of War: Ragnarok
• Marvel Snap
• Tunic
• Vampire Survivors

Outstanding achievement in game direction

Winner: Elden Ring

Other nominated productions:

• God of War: Ragnarok
• Horizon: Forbidden West
• Immortality
• Tunic

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February 25, 2022

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