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20th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards

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Video game award ceremony

20th AnnualD.I.C.E. Awards
Date	February 23, 2017 (2017-02-23)
Venue	Mandalay Bay Convention Center
Country	Paradise, Nevada, USA
Hosted by	Jessica Chobot andGreg Miller
Highlights
Most awards	Overwatch Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (4)
Most nominations	Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (10)
Game of the Year	Overwatch
Hall of Fame	Todd Howard
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The20th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards was the 20th edition of theD.I.C.E. Awards, an annual awards event that honored the best games in thevideo game industry during2016. The awards were arranged by theAcademy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS), and were held at theMandalay Bay Convention Center inParadise, Nevada on February 23, 2017 (2017-02-23). It was also held as part of the Academy's 2017D.I.C.E. Summit, and was co-hosted byJessica Chobot ofNerdist News, andKinda Funny co-founderGreg Miller.^[1]

The Academy introduced the categories for "Immersive Reality Game of the Year" and "Immersive Reality Technical Achievement" as Game of the Year awards.^[2]

Overwatch won "Game of the Year", and tied for winning the most awards withUncharted 4: A Thief's End, which received the most nominations.Sony Interactive Entertainment was the most nominated and award-winning publisher and had the most award-winning games. Sony was tied withElectronic Arts andNintendo for having the most nominated games.Pokémon won both "Handheld Game of the Year" and "Mobile Game of the Year", withPokémon Sun and Moon andPokémon Go, respectively.

Todd Howard, lead director and executive producer forThe Elder Scrolls andFallout franchises atBethesda Game Studios, was inducted into the Academy's Hall of Fame.^[3]^[4]

Winners and Nominees

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Winners are listed first, highlighted inboldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]

Game of the Year Awards

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Game of the Year Overwatch —Blizzard Entertainment‡ Battlefield 1 —DICE,Electronic Arts Inside —Playdead Pokémon Go —Niantic Uncharted 4: A Thief's End —Naughty Dog,Sony Interactive Entertainment
Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay Overwatch —Blizzard Entertainment‡ Battlefield 1 —DICE,Electronic Arts Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft —Blizzard Entertainment Titanfall 2 —Respawn Entertainment,Electronic Arts Tom Clancy's The Division —Massive Entertainment,Ubisoft	D.I.C.E. Sprite Award Inside —Playdead‡ 1979 Revolution: Black Friday — iNK Stories Firewatch —Campo Santo Superhot — Superhot Team That Dragon, Cancer — Numinous Games
Handheld Game of the Year Pokémon Sun and Moon —Game Freak,Nintendo,The Pokémon Company‡ Dragon Quest Builders —Square Enix Fire Emblem Fates —Intelligent Systems,Nintendo Kirby: Planet Robobot —HAL Laboratory,Nintendo Severed —Drinkbox Studios	Mobile Game of the Year Pokémon Go —Niantic‡ Clash Royale —Supercell Crashlands — Butterscotch Shenanigans Gardenscapes: New Acres —Playrix Reigns — Nerial,Devolver Digital

Immersive Reality Awards

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Immersive Reality Game of the Year

Superhot VR —Superhot Team‡
- Eagle Flight —Ubisoft Montreal
- I Expect You To Die —Schell Games
- Job Simulator —Owlchemy Labs
- The Lab —Valve

Immersive Reality Technical Achievement

Eagle Flight —Ubisoft Montreal‡
- I Expect You To Die —Schell Games
- Job Simulator —Owlchemy Labs
- Superhot VR — Superhot Team
- Tilt Brush —Google

Craft Awards

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Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction Inside —Playdead‡ 1979 Revolution: Black Friday — iNK Stories Battlefield 1 —DICE,Electronic Arts The Last Guardian —SIE Japan Studio,GenDesign Uncharted 4: A Thief's End —Naughty Dog,Sony Interactive Entertainment	Outstanding Achievement in Game Design Overwatch —Blizzard Entertainment‡ I Expect You To Die —Schell Games Inside —Playdead Owlboy — D-Pad Studio Uncharted 4: A Thief's End —Naughty Dog,Sony Interactive Entertainment
Outstanding Achievement in Animation Uncharted 4: A Thief's End —Naughty Dog,Sony Interactive Entertainment‡ Inside —Playdead The Last Guardian —SIE Japan Studio,GenDesign Overwatch —Blizzard Entertainment Street Fighter V —Capcom,Dimps	Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction Inside —Playdead‡ Battlefield 1 —DICE,Electronic Arts Firewatch —Campo Santo The Last Guardian —SIE Japan Studio,GenDesign Uncharted 4: A Thief's End —Naughty Dog,Sony Interactive Entertainment
Outstanding Achievement in Character *Trico(The Last Guardian)* —SIE Japan Studio,GenDesign‡ Nick Reyes (Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare) —Infinity Ward,Activision Delilah (Firewatch) —Campo Santo Henry (Firewatch) —Campo Santo Nathan Drake (Uncharted 4: A Thief's End) —Naughty Dog,Sony Interactive Entertainment	Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition Doom —id Software,Bethesda Softworks‡ Abzû —Giant Squid Studios,505 Games Battlefield 1 —DICE,Electronic Arts The Last Guardian —SIE Japan Studio,GenDesign Titanfall 2 —Respawn Entertainment,Electronic Arts
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design Battlefield 1 —DICE,Electronic Arts‡ Inside —Playdead The Last Guardian —SIE Japan Studio,GenDesign Quantum Break —Remedy Entertainment,Microsoft Studios Uncharted 4: A Thief's End —Naughty Dog,Sony Interactive Entertainment	Outstanding Achievement in Story Uncharted 4: A Thief's End —Naughty Dog,Sony Interactive Entertainment‡ Firewatch —Campo Santo Inside —Playdead Oxenfree —Night School Studio That Dragon, Cancer — Numinous Games
Outstanding Technical Achievement Uncharted 4: A Thief's End —Naughty Dog,Sony Interactive Entertainment‡ Battlefield 1 —DICE,Electronic Arts No Man's Sky —Hello Games Overwatch —Blizzard Entertainment Titanfall 2 —Respawn Entertainment,Electronic Arts

Genre Awards

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Action Game of the Year Overwatch —Blizzard Entertainment‡ Battlefield 1 —DICE,Electronic Arts Doom —id Software,Bethesda Game Studios Gears of War 4 —The Coalition,Microsoft Studios Titanfall 2 —Respawn Entertainment,Electronic Arts	Adventure Game of the Year Uncharted 4: A Thief's End —Naughty Dog,Sony Interactive Entertainment‡ Firewatch —Campo Santo Inside —Playdead King's Quest: Complete Collection —The Odd Gentlemen,Activision The Last Guardian —SIE Japan Studio,GenDesign
Family Game of the Year Ratchet & Clank —Insomniac Games,Sony Interactive Entertainment‡ Dragon Quest Builders —Square Enix Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens —Traveller's Tales,Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Rock Band Rivals —Harmonix Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS —Nintendo EAD	Fighting Game of the Year Street Fighter V —Capcom,Dimps‡ EA Sports UFC 2 —EA Canada Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR- —Arc System Works,Aksys Games Killer Instinct: Season Three —Iron Galaxy,Microsoft Studios Pokkén Tournament —Bandai Namco Studios,Nintendo,The Pokémon Company
Racing Game of the Year Forza Horizon 3 —Playground Games,Microsoft Studios‡ Driveclub VR —Evolution Studios,Sony Interactive Entertainment	Role-Playing/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year Dark Souls III —FromSoftware,Bandai Namco Entertainment‡ Deus Ex: Mankind Divided —Square Enix Montreal Hyper Light Drifter —Heart Machine Tom Clancy's The Division —Massive Entertainment,Ubisoft World of Warcraft: Legion —Blizzard Entertainment
Sports Game of the Year Steep —Ubisoft Annecy‡ FIFA 17 —EA Vancouver, EA Romania Madden NFL 17 —EA Tiburon MLB 16: The Show —SCE San Diego NBA 2K17 —Visual Concepts,2K Games	Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year Civilization VI —Firaxis Games,2K Games‡ The Banner Saga 2 —Stoic,Versus Evil Deus Ex Go —Square Enix Montreal Fire Emblem Fates —Intelligent Systems,Nintendo XCOM 2 —Firaxis Games,2K Games

Games that received multiple nominations
Nominations	Game
10	Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
9	Inside
8	Battlefield 1
7	The Last Guardian
6	Firewatch
6	Overwatch
4	Titanfall 2
3	I Expect You To Die
3	Superhot^[a]
2	1979 Revolution: Black Friday
	Doom
	Dragon Quest Builders
	Eagle Flight
	Fire Emblem Fates
	Job Simulator
	Pokémon Go
	Street Fighter V
	That Dragon, Cancer
	Tom Clancy's The Division

Nominations by company
Nominations	Games	Company
20	5	Sony Interactive Entertainment
15	5	Electronic Arts
10	1	Naughty Dog
9	1	Playdead
8	3	Blizzard Entertainment
8	1	DICE
7	1	GenDesign
6	5	Nintendo
6	1	Campo Santo
5	3	Ubisoft
4	4	Microsoft Studios
	3	Square Enix
	1	Respawn Entertainment
3	3	2K Games
	1	Schell Games
	1	Superhot Team
2	2	Activision
		Bandai Namco Entertainment
		Firaxis Games
	1	Bethesda Softworks
		Capcom
		Dimps
		id Software
		iNK Stories
		Intelligent Systems
		Massive Entertainment
		Niantic
		Numinous Games
		Owlchemy Labs
		The Pokémon Company

Multiple awards

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Games that received multiple awards
Awards	Game
4	Overwatch
4	Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
3	Inside

Awards by company
Awards	Games	Company
6	3	Sony Interactive Entertainment
4	1	Blizzard Entertainment
4		Naughty Dog
3		Playdead
2	2	Ubisoft
2	2	The Pokémon Company

External links

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Official website

References

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^"20th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards Results".Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. RetrievedJune 19, 2022.
^"20th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards Rules and Procedures"(PDF).Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on November 23, 2020. RetrievedDecember 21, 2023.
^"Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Special Awards".Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. RetrievedJune 11, 2022.
^"Todd Howard to present Phil Spencer with D.I.C.E. Lifetime Achievement Award".VGC. February 3, 2022. RetrievedJuly 9, 2022.
^"20th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards Finalists"(PDF).Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. RetrievedFebruary 8, 2024.
^"20th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards Results".Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. RetrievedFebruary 9, 2024.
^"20th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards Game of the Year is Overwatch"(PDF).Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. RetrievedFebruary 8, 2024.
^O'Brien, Lucy (February 24, 2017)."DICE 2017: Overwatch Wins Game of the Year at DICE Awards 2017".IGN. RetrievedJuly 9, 2022.
^"First DICE awards for VR nominate six Rift and Vive favorites".New Atlas. January 25, 2017. RetrievedJuly 9, 2022.

^Includes Superhot VR.

v t e D.I.C.E. Awards
Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Game of the Year Mobile Online Independent Game Immersive Reality (Technical Achievement)
Craft Awards	Game Direction Game Design Animation Art Direction Character Original Music Composition Audio Design Story Technical
Genre Awards	Action Adventure Family Fighting Racing Role-Playing Sports Strategy/Simulation
Ceremonies	1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Related	Cybermania '94

v t e D.I.C.E. Awards' Game of the Year
GoldenEye 007 (1997/1998) The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998/1999) The Sims (1999/2000) Diablo II (2000) Halo: Combat Evolved (2001) Battlefield 1942 (2002) Call of Duty (2003) Half-Life 2 (2004) God of War (2005) Gears of War (2006) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007) LittleBigPlanet (2008) Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (2009) Mass Effect 2 (2010) The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011) Journey (2012) The Last of Us (2013) Dragon Age: Inquisition (2014) Fallout 4 (2015) Overwatch (2016) The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017) God of War (2018) Untitled Goose Game (2019) Hades (2020) It Takes Two (2021) Elden Ring (2022) Baldur's Gate 3 (2023) Astro Bot (2024) Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (2025)

D.I.C.E. Awards' Game of the Year