The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences announced the winners of the 2018-2019 DICE Awards last night… and Sony Santa Monica’s God of War almost had a clean sweep.
The action-adventure game was competing in an astounding 11 categories, but even more astounding is that it claimed victory in nine of them, including “Game of the Year” and “Adventure Game of the Year.” God of War also picked up “Outstanding Achievements” in “Game Design,” “Game Direction,” “Original Music Composition” “Sound Design,” “Story,” and “Art Direction,” and Kratos himself won “Outstanding Achievement in Character.”
A few other games managed to snag some trophies (mostly in categories God of War wasn’t competing in), and that list included games such as Matt Makes Games’s Celeste (“Action Game of the Year” and “Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game”), Mountains’s Florence (“Portable Game of the Year”), and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (“Fighting Game of the Year”). Not surprisingly, Fortnite won “Online Game of the Year.”
You can find the full list of winners and nominees from the 2018-2019 DICE Awards after the break.
Game of the Year
- WINNER: God of War
- Into the Breach
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Return of the Obra Dinn
- Spider-Man
Portable Game of the Year
- WINNER: Florence
- Dandara
- Donut County
- Dragalia Lost
- Oddmar
Action Game of the Year
- WINNER: Celeste
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
- Destiny 2: Forsaken
- Far Cry 5
- Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Adventure Game of the Year
- WINNER: God of War
- Detroit: Become Human
- Spider-Man
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Return of the Obra Dinn
Family Game of the Year
- WINNER: Unravel Two
- Astro Bot: Rescue Mission
- Kirby: Star Allies
- Lego DC Super-Villains
- Starlink: Battle For Atlas
Fighting Game of the Year
- WINNER: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
- BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle
- Dragon Ball FighterZ
- Soul Calibur VI
Racing Game of the Year
- WINNER: Forza Horizon 4
- F1 2018
- Wreckfest
Online Game of the Year
- WINNER: Fortnite
- Destiny 2: Forsaken
- Laser League
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Sea of Thieves
Role-Playing Game of the Year
- WINNER: Monster Hunter: World
- Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey
- Draon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age
- Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom
- Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire
Sports Game of the Year
- WINNER: Mario Tennis Aces
- FIFA 19
- MLB The Show 18
Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year
- WINNER: Into the Breach
- Bad North
- Frostpunk
- Northgard
- RimWorld
Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game
- WINNER: Celeste
- Florence
- Into the Breach
- Minit
- Return of the Obra Dinn
Outstanding Achievement in Character
- WINNER: Kratos – God of War
- Kassandra – Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey
- Atreus – God of War
- Peter Parker / Spider-Man – Spider-Man
- Arthur Morgan – Red Dead Redemption 2
Outstanding Achievement in Game Design
- WINNER: God of War
- Into the Breach
- Spider-Man
- Return of the Obra Dinn
- Subnautica
Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction
- WINNER: God of War
- Florence
- Spider-Man
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Return of the Obra Dinn
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition
- WINNER: God of War
- Detroit: Become Human
- Forgotten Anne
- Spider-Man
- Tetris Effect
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design
- WINNER: God of War
- Battlefield V
- Detroit: Become Human
- Spider-Man
- Moss
Outstanding Achievement in Story
- WINNER: God of War
- Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey
- Florence
- Spider-Man
- Return of the Obra Dinn
Outstanding Technical Achievement
- WINNER: Red Dead Redemption 2
- Astro Bot: Rescue Mission
- Battlefield V
- God of War
- Spider-Man
Outstanding Achievement in Animation
- WINNER: Spider-Man
- God of War
- Gris
- Moss
- Red Dead Redemption 2
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction
- WINNER: God of War
- Detroit: Become Human
- Gris
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Spider-Man
Immersive Reality Technical Acievement
- WINNER: Tonandi
- Astro Bot: Rescue Mission
- Beat Saber
- Dr. Grordbort’s Invaders
- Torn
Immersive Reality Game of the Year
- WINNER: Beat Saber
- Astro Bot: Rescue Mission
- Moss
- Sprint Vector
- Transference