D.I.C.E. Awards 2016

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The 19th annual D.I.C.E. Awards celebrate the best games of 2015, as voted by industry professionals.

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The 19th annual D.I.C.E. Awards was held on February 18, 2016 at The Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada during the D.I.C.E. Summit. The event was streamed live online via Twitch.TV, YouTube, and other services. The show was hosted by Pete Holmes.

Personal Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award

Satoru Iwata (Person)

• Presented by John Schappert (Person).
• Accepted by Reggie Fils-Aime.

Hall of Fame

Hideo Kojima (Person)

• Presented by Guillermo del Toro (Person).

Technical Impact Award

Microsoft Visual Basic

• Presented by Richard Hilleman (Person).
• Accepted by Scott Ferguson.

Game of the Year

• Presented by Mark Darrah (Person).

===Fallout 4 (Game)=== Developer: Bethesda Game Studios (Company) Publisher: Bethesda Softworks (Company) Runners-Up Bloodborne (Game) - FromSoftware / SCEA Ori and the Blind Forest (Game) - Moon Studios (Company) / Microsoft Studios Rise of the Tomb Raider (Game) - Crystal Dynamics (Company) / Square Enix (Company) The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - CD Projekt RED||

Outstanding Achievement in Game Design

• Presented by Randy Pitchford (Person) & Ted Price (Person).

===The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt=== Developer: CD Projekt RED Publisher: WB Games (Company) Runners-Up Fallout 4 (Game) - Bethesda Game Studios (Company) / Bethesda Softworks (Company) Her Story (Game) - Sam Barlow (Person) Lara Croft Go (Game) - Square Enix Montreal / Square Enix (Company) Massive Chalice (Game) - Double Fine Productions||

Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction

• Presented by Randy Pitchford (Person) & Ted Price (Person).

===Fallout 4 (Game)=== Developer: Bethesda Game Studios (Company) Publisher: Bethesda Softworks (Company) Runners-Up Life Is Strange (Game) - DONTNOD Entertainment / Square Enix (Company) Rise of the Tomb Raider (Game) - Crystal Dynamics (Company) / Square Enix Undertale (Game) - Toby Fox The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - CD Projekt RED Sp||

Action Game of the Year

• Presented by Nina Kristensen (Person) & Martin Rae.

===Star Wars: Battlefront=== Developer: DICE (Company) Publisher: Electronic Arts (Company) Runners-Up Destiny: The Taken King - Bungie (Company) / Activision (Company) Helldivers (Game) - Arrowhead Game Studios (Company) / SCEA Just Cause 3 (Game) - Avalanche Studios (Company) / Square Enix (Company) Splatoon (Game) - Nintendo EAD Tokyo Group No.2 / Nintendo (Company)||

Adventure Game of the Year

• Presented by Kiki Wolfkill (Person) & Jordan Mechner (Person).

===Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain=== Developer: Kojima Productions (Company) Publisher: Konami (Company) Runners-Up Batman: Arkham Knight - Rocksteady Studios / WB Games (Company) Life Is Strange (Game) - DONTNOD Entertainment / Square Enix (Company) Ori and the Blind Forest (Game) - Moon Studios (Company) / Microsoft Studios Rise of the Tomb Raider (Game) - Crystal Dynamics (Company) / Square Enix||

Family Game of the Year

• Presented by Ryan Green & Josh Larson.

===Super Mario Maker (Game)=== Developer: Nintendo SPD Group No.4 Publisher: Nintendo (Company) Runners-Up Guitar Hero Live (Game) - FreeStyleGames / Activision (Company) LEGO Dimensions (Game) - TT Games (Company) / WB Games (Company) Rock Band 4 (Game) - Harmonix Music Systems (Company) Tearaway Unfolded (Game) - Media Molecule (Company) / SCEA||

Fighting Game of the Year

• Presented by Nina Kristensen (Person) & Martin Rae.

===Mortal Kombat X (Game)=== Developer: NetherRealm Studios (Company) Publisher: WB Games (Company) Runners-Up Dead or Alive 5 Last Round (Game) - Team Ninja (Company) / Koei Tecmo (Company) Rising Thunder (Game) - Radiant Entertainment (Company)||

Handheld Game of the Year

===Helldivers (Game)=== Developer: Arrowhead Game Studios (Company) Publisher: SCEA Runners-Up Earth Defense Force 2: Invaders From Planet Space - Sandlot (Company) / XSEED Games (Company) Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon - Spike Chunsoft (Company) / Nintendo (Company) Yo-kai Watch - Level-5/ Nintendo||

Mobile Game of the Year

• Presented by Ryan Green & Josh Larson.

===Fallout Shelter (Game)=== Developer: Bethesda Game Studios (Company) Publisher: Bethesda Softworks (Company) Runners-Up DomiNations - Big Huge Games (Company) / Nexon M (Company) Lara Croft Go (Game) - Square Enix Montreal / Square Enix (Company) Pac-Man 256 - Hipster Whale (Company) / Bandai Namco Entertainment (Company) The Room Three (Game) - Fireproof Games (Company)||

Racing Game of the Year

===Forza Motorsport 6 (Game)=== Developer: Turn 10 Studios (Company) Publisher: Microsoft Studios Runners-Up Need for Speed (Game) - Ghost Games / Electronic Arts (Company) Project CARS (Game) - Slightly Mad Studios (Company) / Bandai Namco Entertainment (Company)||

Role-Playing / Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year

• Presented by Anna Prosser & Soren Johnson (Person).

===Fallout 4 (Game)=== Developer: Bethesda Game Studios (Company) Publisher: Bethesda Softworks (Company) Runners-Up Bloodborne (Game) - FromSoftware / SCEA Pillars of Eternity (Game) - Obsidian Entertainment (Company) / Paradox Interactive Undertale (Game) - Toby Fox The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - CD Projekt RED||

Sports Game of the Year

===Rocket League (Game)=== Developer/Publisher: Psyonix Studios (Company) Runners-Up FIFA 16 (Game) - EA Canada (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company) Madden NFL 16 (Game) - EA Tiburon (Company) / Electronic Arts MLB 15: The Show - SCE Studios San Diego / SCEA NBA 2K16 (Game) - Visual Concepts (Company) / 2K Sports (Company)|| http://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/ignore_jpg_scale_small/6/66643/2764383-8004960431-image

Strategy / Simulation Game of the Year

• Presented by Anna Prosser & Soren Johnson (Person).

===Heroes of the Storm (Game)=== Developer/Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment (Company) Runners-Up Cities: Skylines - Colossal Order (Company) / Paradox Interactive Fallout Shelter (Game) - Bethesda Game Studios (Company) / Bethesda Softworks (Company) Grey Goo (Game) - Petroglyph Games / Grey Box (Company) Kerbal Space Program (Game) - Squad (Company)||

Outstanding Achievement in Animation

• Presented by Tim Schafer (Person).

===Ori and the Blind Forest (Game)=== Developer: Moon Studios (Company) Publisher: Microsoft Studios Runners-Up Assassin's Creed Syndicate - Ubisoft Quebec (Company) / Ubisoft Batman: Arkham Knight - Rocksteady Studios / WB Games (Company) The Order: 1886 - Ready at Dawn Studios / SCEA Rise of the Tomb Raider (Game) - Crystal Dynamics (Company) / Square Enix (Company)||

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction

• Presented by Tim Schafer (Person).

===Ori and the Blind Forest (Game)=== Developer: Moon Studios (Company) Publisher: Microsoft Studios Runners-Up Lara Croft Go (Game) - Square Enix Montreal / Square Enix (Company) The Order: 1886 - Ready at Dawn Studios / SCEA Rise of the Tomb Raider (Game) - Crystal Dynamics (Company) / Square Enix Star Wars: Battlefront - DICE (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)||

Outstanding Achievement in Character

• Presented by Courtenay Taylor (Person) & Troy Baker (Person).

===Lara Croft (Character) in Rise of the Tomb Raider (Game)=== Developer: Crystal Dynamics (Company) Publisher: Square Enix (Company) Runners-Up Evie Frye (Character) in Assassin's Creed Syndicate - Ubisoft Quebec (Company) / Ubisoft Geralt of Rivia (Character) in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - CD Projekt RED Hannah Smith in Her Story (Game) - Sam Barlow (Person) Max Caulfield (Character) in Life Is Strange (Game) - DONTNOD Entertainment / Square Enix||

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition

===Ori and the Blind Forest (Game)=== Developer: Moon Studios (Company) Publisher: Microsoft Studios Runners-Up Batman: Arkham Knight - Rocksteady Studios / WB Games (Company) Everybody's Gone to the Rapture - The Chinese Room (Company) / SCEA StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void - Blizzard Entertainment (Company) The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - CD Projekt RED||

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design

===Star Wars: Battlefront=== Developer: DICE (Company) Publisher: Electronic Arts (Company) Runners-Up Destiny: The Taken King - Bungie (Company) / Activision (Company) The Order: 1886 - Ready at Dawn Studios / SCEA Ori and the Blind Forest (Game) - Moon Studios (Company) / Microsoft Studios Rise of the Tomb Raider (Game) - Crystal Dynamics (Company) / Square Enix (Company)||

Outstanding Achievement in Story

===The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt=== Developer: CD Projekt RED Publisher: WB Games (Company) Runners-Up Fallout 4 (Game) - Bethesda Game Studios (Company) / Bethesda Softworks (Company) Her Story (Game) - Sam Barlow (Person) Rise of the Tomb Raider (Game) - Crystal Dynamics (Company) / Square Enix (Company) Tales from the Borderlands (Game) - Telltale Games (Company)||

Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay

===Rocket League (Game)=== 'Developer/'Publisher: Psyonix Studios (Company) Runners-Up Destiny: The Taken King - Bungie (Company) / Activision (Company) Halo 5: Guardians - 343 Industries / Microsoft Studios Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft - Blizzard Entertainment (Company) Splatoon (Game) - Nintendo EAD Tokyo Group No.2|| http://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/ignore_jpg_scale_small/6/66643/2764383-8004960431-image

Outstanding Technical Achievement

===The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt=== Developer: CD Projekt RED Publisher: WB Games (Company) Runners-Up Just Cause 3 (Game) - Avalanche Studios (Company) / Square Enix (Company) The Order: 1886 - Ready at Dawn Studios / SCEA Rise of the Tomb Raider (Game) - Crystal Dynamics (Company) / Square Enix Star Wars: Battlefront - DICE (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)||

D.I.C.E. Sprite Award

• Presented by Amir Rao (Person).

===Rocket League (Game)=== 'Developer/'Publisher: Psyonix Studios (Company) Runners-Up Her Story (Game) - Sam Barlow (Person) Galak-Z: The Dimensional - 17-Bit Kerbal Space Program (Game) - Squad (Company) Undertale (Game) - Toby Fox|| http://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/ignore_jpg_scale_small/6/66643/2764383-8004960431-image

Games view all →]

• Fallout 4 (Game)
• Fallout Shelter (Game)
• Forza Motorsport 6 (Game)
• Helldivers (Game)
• Heroes of the Storm (Game)
• Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Game)
• Mortal Kombat X (Game)
• Ori and the Blind Forest (Game)
• Rise of the Tomb Raider (Game)
• Rocket League (Game)
• Star Wars Battlefront (Game)
• Super Mario Maker (Game)

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D.I.C.E. Awards 2016

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DICE Awards 2016

Games

• Fallout 4 (Game)
• Fallout Shelter (Game)
• Forza Motorsport 6 (Game)
• Helldivers (Game)
• Heroes of the Storm (Game)
• Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Game)
• Mortal Kombat X (Game)
• Ori and the Blind Forest (Game)
• Rise of the Tomb Raider (Game)
• Rocket League (Game)
• Star Wars Battlefront (Game)
• Super Mario Maker (Game)
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