Finalists for the 25th Annual DICE Video Games Awards Announced

Finalists for the 25th Annual DICE awards, honouring and celebrating the best video games from 2021, have been announced by the Academy Of Interactive Arts And Sciences.

Since 1996, the DICE Awards (a backronym for Design Innovate Communicate Entertain) have recognized games, individuals and development teams that have contributed to the advancement of the worldwide entertainment software industry.

The winners will be revealed at the DICE Awards ceremony, as well as being livestreamed by the official media partner, IGN, on February 24 2022 in Las Vegas at the Mandalay Bay Resort as the culmination of the week-long industry gathering at the 2022 DICE Summit.

Outstanding Achievement in Animation

• Call of Duty: Vanguard
• Deathloop
• Kena: Bridge of Spirits
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
• Resident Evil Village 

 

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction

• Call of Duty: Vanguard
• Deathloop
• Kena: Bridge of Spirits
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
• Resident Evil Village 

 

Outstanding Achievement in Character

• Deathloop – Colt Vahn
• Kena: Bridge of Spirits – Kena
• Life is Strange: True Colors – Alex Chen
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart – Rivet
• Resident Evil Village – Lady Dimitrescu 

 

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition

• Deathloop
• It Takes Two
• Kena: Bridge of Spirits
• Psychonauts 2
• Returnal 

 

Outstanding Achievement in Audio Design

• Forza Horizon 5
• Halo Infinite
• It Takes Two
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
• Returnal 

 

Outstanding Achievement in Story

• Before Your Eyes
• Inscryption
• Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
• Psychonauts 2
• The Forgotten City

 

Outstanding Technical Achievement

• Battlefield™ 2042
• Forza Horizon 5
• Moncage
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
• Returnal 

 

Action Game of the Year

• Deathloop
• Halo Infinite
• Metroid Dread
• Returnal
• The Ascent 

 

Adventure Game of the Year

• Death's Door
• It Takes Two
• Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
• Psychonauts 2
• Resident Evil Village 

 

Family Game of the Year

• Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Happy Home Paradise
• Cozy Grove
• Mario Party Superstars
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
• Warioware: Get it Together 

 

Fighting Game of the Year

• Guilty Gear - Strive
• Melty Blood: Type Lumina
• Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl
• Racing Game of the Year
• F1 2021
• Forza Horizon 5
• Hot Wheels Unleashed 

 

Role-Playing Game of the Year

• Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker
• Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous
• Shin Megami Tensei V
• Tales of Arise
• Wildermyth 

 

Sports Game of the Year

• EA Sports FIFA 22
• Mario Golf: Super Rush
• NBA 2k22
• Riders Republic
• The Climb 2 

 

Strategy / Simulation Game of the Year

• Age of Empires IV
• Gloomhaven
• Griftlands
• Inscryption
• Loop Hero 

 

Immersive Reality Technical Achievement

• Lone Echo II
• Puzzling Places
• Resident Evil 4 VR
• Song in the Smoke
• Yuki 

 

Immersive Reality Game of the Year

• Demeo
• I Expect You To Die 2
• Lone Echo II
• Resident Evil 4 VR
• Song in the Smoke 

 

Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game

• Death's Door
• Inscryption
• Loop Hero
• Sable
• Unpacking 

 

Mobile Game of the Year

• Behind the Frame
• Fantasian
• League of Legends: Wild Rift
• Moncage
• Pokémon Unite 

 

Online Game of the Year

• Back 4 Blood
• Call of Duty: Vanguard
• Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker
• Halo Infinite
• Knockout City 

 

Outstanding Achievement in Game Design

• Deathloop
• Inscryption
• It Takes Two
• Loop Hero
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart 

 

Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction

• Deathloop
• Inscryption
• It Takes Two
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
• The Artful Escape

 

Game of the Year

• Deathloop
• Inscryption
• It Takes Two
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
• Returnal