Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Wins “Game of the Year” at 2017-2018 DICE Awards

Nintendo was definitely the big winner at last night’s DICE Awards presentation. The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences awarded 11 victories to the consolemaker, including “Game of the Year” for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Link’s newest adventure also received accolades for “Adventure Game of the Year,” “Game Design,” “Game Direction.”

Studio MDHR’s Cuphead received several awards for its outstanding sound and visuals at the 2017-2018 DICE Awards, including “Original Music Composition,” “Animation,” and “Art Direction.”

Developers for several other games strode to the stage to collect multiple awards during last night’s ceremony. That list includes Guerrilla’s Horizon: Zero Dawn (“Story” and “Technical Achievement”), PUBG Corporation’s PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (“Action Game of the Year” and “Online Gameplay”), Nintendo’s Snipperclips: Cut It Out Together (“Family Game of the Year” and the “D.I.C.E. Sprite Award”), and Oculus’s Lone Echo/Echo Arena (“Immersive Reality Technical Achievement” and “Immersive Reality Game of the Year”).

Congratulations to everyone who won big at the 2017-2018 DICE Awards. A complete list of all the winners and nominees can be found after the break.

Game of the Year

  • WINNER: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
  • Cuphead
  • Horizon: Zero Dawn
  • PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
  • Super Mario Odyssey

Handheld Game of the Year

  • WINNER: Metroid: Samus Returns
  • Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
  • Etrian Odyssey V: Beyond the Myth
  • Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
  • Monster Hunter Stories

Mobile Game of the Year

  • WINNER: Fire Emblem Heroes
  • Cat Quest
  • Gorogoa
  • Monument Valley 2
  • Splitter Critters

Action Game of the Year

  • WINNER: PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
  • Call of Duty: WWII
  • Cuphead
  • Destiny 2
  • Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

Adventure Game of the Year

  • WINNER: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
  • Assassin’s Creed Origins
  • Horizon: Zero Dawn
  • Super Mario Odyssey
  • Uncharted: The Lost Legacy

Family Game of the Year

  • WINNER: Snipperclips: Cut It Out Together
  • DropMix
  • Gnog
  • Just Dance 2018
  • SingStar Celebration

Fighting Game of the Year

  • WINNER: Injustice 2
  • Arms
  • Marvel Vs Capcom: Infinite
  • Nidhogg 2
  • Tekken 7

Racing Game of the Year

  • WINNER: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
  • Dirt 4
  • Forza Motorsport 7
  • Gran Turismo Sport
  • Project CARS 2

Role-Playing Game of the Year

  • WINNER: Nier: Automata
  • Divinity: Original Sin II
  • Middle‐Earth: Shadow of War
  • Persona 5
  • Torment: Tides of Numenera

Sports Game of the Year

  • WINNER: FIFA 18
  • Everybody’s Golf
  • Golf Clash
  • Madden NFL 18
  • MLB The Show 17

Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year

  • WINNER: Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
  • Endless Space 2
  • Halo Wars 2
  • Total War: Warhammer II
  • XCOM 2: War of the Chosen

Outstanding Achievement in Character

  • WINNER: Senua – Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
  • Bayek – Assassin’s Creed Origins
  • Aloy – Horizon: Zero Dawn
  • Iden Versio – Star Wars Battlefront II
  • Chloe Fraiser – Uncharted: The Lost Legacy

Outstanding Achievement in Game Design

  • WINNER: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
  • Gorogoa
  • Horizon: Zero Dawn
  • PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
  • Super Mario Odyssey

Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction

  • WINNER: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
  • Gorogoa
  • Horizon: Zero Dawn
  • Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
  • What Remains of Edith Finch

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition

  • WINNER: Cuphead
  • Call of Duty: WWII
  • Horizon: Zero Dawn
  • Rime
  • Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design

  • WINNER: Super Mario Odyssey
  • Destiny 2
  • Injustice 2
  • Star Wars Battlefront II
  • Uncharted: The Lost Legacy

Outstanding Achievement in Story

  • WINNER: Horizon: Zero Dawn
  • Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
  • Night in the Woods
  • What Remains of Edith Finch
  • Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay

  • WINNER: PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
  • Call of Duty: WWII
  • Destiny 2
  • Fortnite
  • Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands

Outstanding Technical Achievement

  • WINNER: Horizon: Zero Dawn
  • Assassin’s Creed Origins
  • Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
  • Lone Echo/Echo Arena
  • The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Outstanding Achievement in Animation

  • WINNER: Cuphead
  • For Honor
  • Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
  • Horizon: Zero Dawn
  • Uncharted: The Lost Legacy

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction

  • WINNER: Cuphead
  • Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
  • Horizon: Zero Dawn
  • Little Nightmares
  • The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Immersive Reality Technical Achievement

  • WINNER: Lone Echo/Echo Arena
  • Robo Recall
  • Star Trek: Bridge Crew
  • The Invisible Hours
  • Wilson’s Heart

Immersive Reality Game of the Year

  • WINNER: Lone Echo/Echo Arena
  • Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin
  • Robo Recall
  • Space Pirate Trainer
  • Wilson’s Heart

D.I.C.E. Sprite Award

  • WINNER: Snipperclips: Cut It Out Together
  • Everything
  • Gorogoa
  • Night in the Woods
  • Pyre

Author: VGC | John

John Scalzo has been writing about video games since 2001, and he co-founded Warp Zoned in 2011. Growing out of his interest in game history, the launch of Video Game Canon followed in 2017.