28th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards

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The 28th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards celebrate the best games of 2024, as voted by industry professionals.

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The 28th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards will be held February 13, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada during the 2023 D.I.C.E. Summit. The show will be hosted by Greg Miller and Stella Chung.

Personal Awards

Hall of Fame

• Ted Price (Person)

Lifetime Achievement Award

• Don James (Person)

Game of the Year

===Astro Bot (Game)=== Developer: Team Asobi (Company) Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment America (Company) Runners-Up Balatro (Game) (LocalThunk (Company) / PlayStack (Company)) Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science Studio (Company)) Helldivers II (Game) (Arrowhead Game Studios (Company) / SIE) Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (Game) (MachineGames (Company) / Bethesda Softworks (Company))||

Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction

===Animal Well (Game)=== Developer: Shared Memory (Company) Publisher: Bigmode (Company) Runners-Up 1000xResist (Game) (sunset visitor 斜陽過客 / Fellow Traveller (Company)) Lorelei and the Laser Eyes (Game) (Simogo (Company) / Annapurna Interactive (Company)) Riven (Game) (Cyan (Company)) Thank Goodness You're Here! (Coal Supper (Company) / Panic (Company))||

Outstanding Achievement in Game Design

===Astro Bot (Game)=== Developer: Team Asobi (Company) Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment America (Company) Runners-Up Animal Well (Game) (Shared Memory (Company) / Bigmode (Company)) Balatro (Game) (LocalThunk (Company) / PlayStack (Company)) Helldivers II (Game) (Arrowhead Game Studios (Company) / SIE) UFO 50 (Game) (Mossmouth)||

Outstanding Achievement in Animation

===Astro Bot (Game)=== Developer: Team Asobi (Company) Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment America (Company) Runners-Up Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (Treyarch (Company) / Activision (Company)) Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Game) (Square Enix (Company)) Neva (Game) (Nomada Studio (Company) / Devolver Digital (Company)) Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II (Saber Interactive (Company) / Focus Entertainment (Company))||

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction

===Black Myth: Wukong=== Developer: Game Science Studio (Company) Publisher: Game Science Studio Runners-Up Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (Game) (MachineGames (Company) / Bethesda Softworks (Company)) LEGO Horizon Adventures (Game) (Guerrilla Games (Company) & Studio Gobo (Company) / Sony Interactive Entertainment) The Plucky Squire (Game) (All Possible Futures (Company) / Devolver Digital (Company)) Senua's Saga: Hellblade II (Ninja Theory (Company) / Xbox Game Studios (Company))||

Outstanding Achievement in Character

===Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (Game)=== Developer: MachineGames (Company) Publisher: Bethesda Softworks (Company) Runners-Up Indika in Indika (Game) (Odd Meter (Company) / 11 Bit Studios (Company)) Senua (Character) in Senua's Saga: Hellblade II (Ninja Theory (Company) / Xbox Game Studios (Company)) Watcher in 1000xResist (Game) (sunset visitor 斜陽過客 / Fellow Traveller (Company)) Yuffie Kisaragi (Character) in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Game) (Square Enix (Company))||

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition

===Helldivers II (Game)=== Developer: Arrowhead Game Studios (Company) Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment America (Company) Nominees Astro Bot (Game) (Team Asobi (Company) / Sony Interactive Entertainment) Monument Valley III (Game) (ustwo games (Company) / Netflix (Company)) Senua's Saga: Hellblade II (Ninja Theory (Company) / Xbox Game Studios (Company)) Star Wars Outlaws (Game) (Massive Entertainment (Company) / Ubisoft)||

Outstanding Achievement in Audio Design

===Helldivers II (Game)=== Developer: Arrowhead Game Studios (Company) Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment America (Company) Runners-Up Frostpunk 2 (Game) (11 Bit Studios (Company)) Monument Valley III (Game) (ustwo games (Company) / Netflix (Company)) Senua's Saga: Hellblade II (Ninja Theory (Company) / Xbox Game Studios (Company)) Still Wakes the Deep (Game) (The Chinese Room (Company) / Secret Mode (Company))||

Outstanding Achievement in Story

===Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (Game)=== Developer: MachineGames (Company) Publisher: Bethesda Softworks (Company) Runners-Up 1000xResist (Game) (sunset visitor 斜陽過客 / Fellow Traveller (Company)) Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero (Company) / Atlus (Company)) Still Wakes the Deep (Game) (The Chinese Room (Company) / Secret Mode (Company)) Thank Goodness You're Here! (Coal Supper (Company) / Panic (Company))||

Outstanding Technical Achievement

===Astro Bot (Game)=== Developer: Team Asobi (Company) Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment America (Company) Runners-Up Batman: Arkham Shadow (Camouflaj (Company) / Oculus Studios (Company)) Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (Game) (MachineGames (Company) / Bethesda Softworks (Company)) Senua's Saga: Hellblade II (Ninja Theory (Company) / Xbox Game Studios (Company)) Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II (Saber Interactive (Company) / Focus Entertainment (Company))||

Action Game of the Year

===Helldivers II (Game)=== Developer: Team Asobi (Company) Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment America (Company) Nominees Batman: Arkham Shadow (Camouflaj (Company) / Oculus Studios (Company)) Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science Studio (Company)) Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (Treyarch (Company) / Activision (Company)) Stellar Blade (Game) (Shift Up (Company) / SIE)||

Adventure Game of the Year

===Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (Game)=== Developer: MachineGames (Company) Publisher: Bethesda Softworks (Company) Runners-Up 1000xResist (Game) (sunset visitor 斜陽過客 / Fellow Traveller (Company)) Animal Well (Game) (Shared Memory (Company) / Bigmode (Company)) The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (Grezzo (Company) / Nintendo (Company)) Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (Ubisoft Montpellier / Ubisoft)||

Family Game of the Year

===Astro Bot (Game)=== Developer: Team Asobi (Company) Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment America (Company) Runners-Up Cat Quest III (Game) (The Gentlebros / Kepler Interactive (Company)) Little Kitty, Big City (Double Dagger Studio (Company)) The Plucky Squire (Game) (All Possible Futures (Company) / Devolver Digital (Company)) Super Mario Party Jamboree (Game) (Nintendo Cube (Company) / Nintendo (Company))||

Fighting Game of the Year

===Tekken 8 (Game)=== Developer: Tekken Project (Company) Publisher: Bandai Namco Entertainment (Company) Runners-Up Blazing Strike (Game) (RareBreed Makes Games (Company) / Aksys Games (Company)) Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero (Bandai Namco Entertainment) Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns (NetherRealm Studios (Company) / WB Games (Company)) Underdogs (Game) (One Hamsa)||

Racing Game of the Year

===F1 24 (Game)=== Developer: Codemasters (Company) Publisher: Electronic Arts (Company) Runners-Up MotoGP 24 (Milestone s.r.l.) Night-Runners Prologue (Planet Jem)||

Role-Playing Game of the Year

===Metaphor: ReFantazio=== Developer: Studio Zero (Company) Publisher: Atlus (Company) Runners-Up Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Game) (Square Enix (Company)) Dragon Age: The Veilguard (BioWare (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)) Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree (FromSoftware / Bandai Namco Entertainment (Company)) Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (Ryu ga Gotoku Studio (Company) / Sega (Company))||

Sports Game of the Year

===MLB The Show 24 (Game)=== Developer: San Diego Studio (Company) Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment America (Company) Nominees EA Sports College Football 25 (Game) (EA Tiburon (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)) EA Sports FC 25 (Game) (EA Vancouver (Company) & EA Romania (Company) / Electronic Arts) NBA 2K25 (Game) (Visual Concepts (Company) / 2K Games (Company))||

Stategy / Simulation Game of the Year

===Balatro (Game)=== Developer: LocalThunk (Company) Publisher: PlayStack (Company) Runners-Up Caves of Qud (Game) (Freehold Games (Company) / Kitfox Games (Company)) Frostpunk 2 (Game) (11 Bit Studios (Company)) Tactical Breach Wizards (Game) (Suspicious Developments (Company)) Satisfactory (Game) (Coffee Stain Studios (Company))||

Immsersive Reality Game of the Year

===Batman: Arkham Shadow=== Developer: Camouflaj (Company) Publisher: Oculus Studios (Company) Runners-Up Alien: Rogue Incursion (Survios (Company) / 20th Century Games) Behemoth (Skydance Interactive (Company)) Escaping Wonderland (Cortopia Studios (Company) / Beyond Frames Entertainment) Underdogs (Game) (One Hamsa)||

Immersive Reality Technical Achievement

===Starship Home=== Developer: Creature (Company) Publisher: Creature Runners-Up Alien: Rogue Incursion (Survios (Company) / 20th Century Games) Batman: Arkham Shadow (Camouflaj (Company) / Oculus Studios (Company)) Behemoth (Skydance Interactive (Company)) Underdogs (Game) (One Hamsa)||

Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game

===Balatro (Game)=== Developer: LocalThunk (Company) Publisher: PlayStack (Company) Runners-Up Animal Well (Game) (Shared Memory (Company) / Bigmode (Company)) Grunn (Sokpop Collective (Company)) Indika (Game) (Odd Meter (Company) / 11 Bit Studios (Company)) Mouthwashing (Game) (Wrong Organ (Company) / Critical Reflex (Company)||

Mobile Game of the Year

===Balatro (Game)=== Developer: LocalThunk (Company) Publisher: PlayStack (Company) Runners-Up Halls of Torment (Game) (Chasing Carrots (Company)) Monument Valley III (Game) (ustwo games (Company) / Netflix (Company)) Paper Trail (Game) (Newfangled Games (Company)) Wuthering Waves (Game) (Kuro Games (Company))||

Online Game of the Year

===Helldivers II (Game)=== Developer: Arrowhead Game Studios (Company) Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment America (Company) Runners-Up Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (Treyarch (Company) / Activision (Company)) Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred (Blizzard Entertainment (Company)) Marvel Rivals (Game) (NetEase (Company)) Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II (Saber Interactive (Company) / Focus Entertainment (Company))||

Presenters

• Rob Pardo (Person) (Action, Adventure)
• Tynan Sylvester (Person) (RPG, Strategy/Simulation)
• Andrew Eiche (Immersive Reality)
• J.E. Sawyer (Story, Character)
• Chelsea Blasko (Person) (Fighting, Sports)
• Shawn Alexander Allen (Technical, Independent)
• Mariel Cartwright (Person) (Animation, Art Direction)
• Ryan Schneider (Person) (Hall of Fame)
• Sunni Pavlovic (Online, Mobile)
• Kiki Wolfkill (Person) (Family, Racing)
• Mike Morhaime (Person) & Amy Morhaime (Person) (Game Design, Direction)
• Neil Druckmann (Person) (GOTY)

Games view all →]

• Animal Well (Game)
• Astro Bot (Game)
• Balatro (Game)
• Batman: Arkham Shadow (Game)
• Black Myth: Wukong (Game)
• F1 24 (Game)
• Helldivers II (Game)
• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (Game)
• MLB The Show 24 (Game)
• Metaphor: ReFantazio (Game)
• Tekken 8 (Game)

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28th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards

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DICE Awards 2025

Games

• Animal Well (Game)
• Astro Bot (Game)
• Balatro (Game)
• Batman: Arkham Shadow (Game)
• Black Myth: Wukong (Game)
• F1 24 (Game)
• Helldivers II (Game)
• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (Game)
• MLB The Show 24 (Game)
• Metaphor: ReFantazio (Game)
• Tekken 8 (Game)
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