21st Annual D.I.C.E. Awards explained

21st Annual D.I.C.E. Awards
Venue:Mandalay Bay Convention Center
Country:Paradise, Nevada, USA
Host:Jessica Chobot and Greg Miller
Most Awards: (4)
Most Nominations:Horizon Zero Dawn (10)
Award1 Type:Game of the Year
Award1 Winner:
Award2 Type:Lifetime Achievement
Award2 Winner:Genyo Takeda
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The 21st Annual D.I.C.E. Awards was the 21st edition of the D.I.C.E. Awards, an annual awards event that honored the best games in the video game industry during 2017. The awards were arranged by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS), and were held at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Paradise, Nevada on . It was also held as part of the Academy's 2018 D.I.C.E. Summit, and was co-hosted by Jessica Chobot of Nerdist News, and Kinda Funny co-founder Greg Miller.[1] [2]

"Role-Playing Game of the Year" dropped the "Massively Multiplayer" part of the category's title.[3]

won the most awards, including "Game of the Year", while Horizon Zero Dawn received the most nominations. Nintendo and Sony Computer Entertainment tied for being the most nominated publisher. Nintendo was the most award-winning developer and publisher, and had the most nominated and award-winning games. The Mario franchise became the first franchise to have three award-winning titles in a single year: Super Mario Odyssey won "Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design", Mario Kart 8 Deluxe won "Racing Game of the Year", and Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle won "Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year".

Genyo Takeda, former CEO and long-time Special Corporate Advisor of Nintendo, received the "Lifetime Achievement Award".[4]

Winners and Nominees

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger .[5] [6]

Game of the Year Awards

Immersive Reality Awards

Craft Awards

Genre Awards

Special Awards

Lifetime Achievement

Multiple nominations and awards

Multiple Nominations

Games that received multiple nominations
NominationsGame
10Horizon Zero Dawn
6
5Cuphead
4Gorogoa
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Super Mario Odyssey
3Assassin's Creed Origins
Destiny 2
Lone Echo
2Injustice 2
Night in the Woods
Robo Recall
Snipperclips
Star Wars Battlefront II
What Remains of Edith Finch
Wilson's Heart
Nominations by company
NominationsGamesCompany
1910Nintendo
6Sony Interactive Entertainment
101Guerrilla Games
86Ubisoft
62Activision
Annapurna Interactive
52Oculus Studios
1Naughty Dog
Ninja Theory
Studio MDHR
43Electronic Arts
1Bluehole
Buried Signal
Jason Roberts
PUBG Corporation
33Bandai Namco Entertainment
Double Fine Productions
2Epic Games
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
1Bethesda Softworks
Bungie
Sledgehammer Games
MachineGames
Ready at Dawn
22Atlus
Capcom
Creative Assembly
Intelligent Systems
Microsoft Studios
Sega
Square Enix
Tequila Works
1Criterion Games
DICE
Finji
Giant Sparrow
Infinite Fall
Motive Studios
NetherRealm Studios
Secret Lab
SFB Games
Twisted Pixel Games

Multiple awards

AwardsGame
4
3Cuphead
2Horizon Zero Dawn
Lone Echo
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Snipperclips
Awards by company
AwardsGamesCompany
106Nintendo
31Studio MDHR
2Bluehole
Guerrilla Games
Oculus Studios
PUBG Corporation
Ready at Dawn
SFB Games
Sony Interactive Entertainment

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 21st Annual D.I.C.E. Award Winners . Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences . Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences . 19 June 2022.
  2. Web site: 21st DICE Awards Winners Release FINAL 2-22-18 . Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences . Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences . 19 June 2022.
  3. Web site: 21st Annual DICE Awards Rules and Procedures . Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences . 21 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171215210235/http://www.interactive.org/images/pdfs/21st-Annual-DICE-Awards-Rules-and-Procedures-Final.pdf . December 15, 2017.
  4. Web site: Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Special Awards . Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences . Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences . 11 June 2022.
  5. Web site: 21st Annual D.I.C.E. Awards Finalists Announced . Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences . 21 December 2023.
  6. Web site: 21st Annual D.I.C.E. Award Winners Announced . Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences . 21 December 2023.