While God of War Ragnarok took home seven awards at this week’s DICE Awards, From Software’s Elden Ring took home the coveted Game of the Year prize.
God of War Ragnarok beat out the competition for Outstanding Achievement in Animation, Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction, Outstanding Achievement in Character, Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition, Outstanding Achievement in Audio Design, and Adventure Game year” and “Outstanding achievements in history”. .
Elden Ring, however, won awards for Outstanding Story Achievement, Outstanding Technical Achievement, Outstanding Game Design Achievement, Outstanding Game Direction, and Game of the Year.
Final Fantasy 14’s other winners include: Endwalker (Online Game of the Year), Marvel Snap (Mobile Game of the Year), Tunic (Outstanding Achievement for an Indie Game), Red Matter 2 (Immersive Reality Game of the Year), Dwarf Fortress (Strategy/Simulation of the Year) , OlliOlliWorld (Sports Game of the Year), Gran Turismo 7 (Racing Game of the Year), MultiVersus (Fighting Game of the Year) and Vampire Survivors (Action Game of the Year).
A total of 61 games have been nominated for the 2022 round of DICE’s 26th annual Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences (AIAS) event., which should not be confused with EA’s Stockholm studio of the same name. God of War: Ragnarok led the pack with 12 nominations, followed by Horizon Forbidden West and Elden Ring with eight and seven nominations respectively.
ICYMI, founder of Double Fine Productions At the ceremony, Tim Schafer was inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences (AIAS) Hall of Fame.. Schafer, best known for games such as Grim Fandango, Psychonauts and Broken Age, was honored at DICE’s 26th annual event.