House House’s Untitled Goose Game Wins “Game of the Year” at 2019-2020 DICE Awards

I guess The Goose can cross “Win a Few Major Awards” off of its To-Do List. And that’s because House House’s Untitled Goose Game won “Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game,” “Outstanding Achievement in Character,” and “Game of the Year” at this year’s DICE Awards.

While the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences’s voting body (which is comprised of more than 30,000 members) loves The Goose, it was Remedy’s Control that took home the most statuettes last night. Predictably, the outstanding action game won “Action Game of the Year,” as well as “Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction,” “Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition,” and “Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction.” Hideo Kojima’s Death Stranding was the only other game to win multiple awards, with the AIAS honoring it with “Outstanding Technical Achievement” and “Outstanding Achievement in Audio Design.”

A nice array of other games were also big winners at the 2019-2020 DICE Awards, including Sayonara Wild Hearts (“Portable Game of the Year”), Apex Legends (“Online Game of the Year”), Super Mario Maker 2 (“Family Game of the Year”), Mortal Kombat 11 (“Fighting Game of the Year”), Baba Is You (“Outstanding Achievement in Game Design”), and more.

The complete list of winners and nominees for the 2019-2020 DICE Awards can be found after the break, along with a video replay of the ceremony.

Game of the Year

  • WINNER: Untitled Goose Game
  • Control
  • Death Stranding
  • Disco Elysium
  • Outer Wilds

Portable Game of the Year

  • WINNER: Sayonara Wild Hearts
  • Call of Duty: Mobile
  • Grindstone
  • Sky: Children of the Light
  • What the Golf?

Online Game of the Year

  • WINNER: Apex Legends
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
  • Destiny 2: Shadowkeep
  • Tetris 99
  • Wargroove

Action Game of the Year

  • WINNER: Control
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
  • Devil May Cry 5
  • Gears 5
  • Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

Adventure Game of the Year

  • WINNER: Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
  • Death Stranding
  • Luigi’s Mansion 3
  • Resident Evil 2
  • The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening

Family Game of the Year

  • WINNER: Super Mario Maker 2
  • A Short Hike
  • Dragon Quest Builders 2
  • Ring Fit Adventure
  • Yoshi’s Crafted World

Fighting Game of the Year

  • WINNER: Mortal Kombat 11
  • Dead or Alive 6
  • Jump Force
  • Samurai Shodown

Racing Game of the Year

  • WINNER: Mario Kart Tour
  • Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled
  • Dirt Rally 2.0
  • F1 2019
  • Trials Rising

Role-Playing Game of the Year

  • WINNER: The Outer Worlds
  • Disco Elysium
  • Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers
  • Kingdom Hearts III
  • Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield

Sports Game of the Year

  • WINNER: FIFA 20
  • Madden NFL 20
  • MLB The Show 19
  • NBA 2K20
  • NHL 20

Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year

  • WINNER: Fire Emblem: Three Houses
  • Anno 1800
  • Oxygen Not Included
  • Slay the Spire
  • Total War: Three Kingdoms

Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game

  • WINNER: Untitled Goose Game
  • A Short Hike
  • Disco Elysium
  • Sayonara Wild Hearts
  • What the Golf?

Outstanding Achievement in Character

  • WINNER: The Goose – Untitled Goose Game
  • Jesse Faden – Control
  • Cliff Unger – Death Stranding
  • Sam Porter Bridges – Death Stranding
  • Greez – Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

Outstanding Achievement in Game Design

  • WINNER: Baba Is You
  • Disco Elysium
  • Outer Wilds
  • Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
  • Slay the Spire

Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction

  • WINNER: Control
  • A Short Hike
  • Disco Elysium
  • Outer Wilds
  • Untitled Goose Game

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition

  • WINNER: Control
  • Arise: A Simple Story
  • Erica
  • Golem
  • Mortal Kombat 11

Outstanding Achievement in Audio Design

  • WINNER: Death Stranding
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
  • Mortal Kombat 11
  • Resident Evil 2
  • Sayonara Wild Hearts

Outstanding Achievement in Story

  • WINNER: Disco Elysium
  • Control
  • Outer Wilds
  • Telling Lies
  • The Outer Worlds

Outstanding Technical Achievement

  • WINNER: Death Stranding
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
  • Concrete Genie
  • Control
  • Metro Exodus

Outstanding Achievement in Animation

  • WINNER: Luigi’s Mansion 3
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
  • Days Gone
  • Death Stranding
  • Devil May Cry 5

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction

  • WINNER: Control
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
  • Concrete Genie
  • Death Stranding
  • Resident Evil 2

Immersive Reality Technical Achievement

  • WINNER: Blood & Truth
  • Asgard’s Wrath
  • Pistol Whip
  • Stormland
  • Westworld Awakening

Immersive Reality Game of the Year

  • WINNER: Pistol Whip
  • Asgard’s Wrath
  • Blood & Truth
  • The Curious Tale of the Stolen Pets
  • Trover Saves the Universe

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.