Hosted by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) and as voted by their 30,000+ membership base of industry professionals, the developers and studios behind the most innovative video games of 2022 were recognized with awards across 23 different categories, including outstanding achievements in technology, art, animation, story, and audio.
Japanese game developer From Software’s epic role-playing game Elden Ring, took home five major awards during the evening, including the awards for Outstanding Technical Achievement, Outstanding Achievement in Game Design, Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction, Role-Playing Game of the Year, as well as the prestigious Game Of The Year award.
Members of the academy also highly recognized Sony Interactive Entertainment’s Santa Monica Studio for their work on God of War Ragnarök, decorating the studio with 7 Outstanding Achievement awards across the Animation, Art Direction, Character, Original Music Composition, Audio Design, and Story categories.
Warner Bros. Games was awarded with Fighting Game of the Year award for their free-to-play mash-up, MultiVersus, while the team at Marvel Games won Mobile Game of the Year for their card-battler MARVEL SNAP.
Across the evening, the AIAS also took time to recognize the industry’s independent developer community, awarding developer Isometricorp Games LTD’s Tunic with an Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game award, as well as poncle with an Action Game of the Year award for their fast-paced time survival game Vampire Survivors.
The AIAS also honored an industry legend - Tim Schafer of Double Fine Productions - for his amazing contributions to the video game industry over his illustrious 30+ year career. Former colleague Greg Rice (Sony Interactive Entertainment) presented Schafer with the Academy’s prestigious Hall of Fame award.
“We are thrilled to celebrate a special 26th edition of the D.I.C.E. Awards by bringing together the interactive entertainment industry to toast the developers who continue to surprise and delight us all with their talent, passion, innovation, and hard work,” said Meggan Scavio, Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences president. “On behalf of the Academy and your peers across the industry, a heartfelt congratulations to all of the incredible 2022 nominees and winners.”
Attended by game developers and industry professionals from around the world, the 26th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards ceremony took place live on February 23rd at Resorts World in Las Vegas.
26th Annual D.I.C.E. Award Winners:
- Game of the Year: Elden Ring
- Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction: Elden Ring
- Outstanding Achievement in Game Design: Elden Ring
- Outstanding Achievement in Animation: God of War Ragnarök
- Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction: God of War Ragnarök
- Outstanding Achievement in Character: God of War Ragnarök - Kratos
- Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition: God of War Ragnarök
- Outstanding Achievement in Audio Design: God of War Ragnarök
- Outstanding Achievement in Story: God of War Ragnarök
- Outstanding Technical Achievement:Elden Ring
- Action Game of the Year: Vampire Survivors
- Adventure Game of the Year: God of War Ragnarök
- Family Game of the Year: Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope
- Fighting Game of the Year: MultiVersus
- Racing Game of the Year: Gran Turismo 7
- Role-Playing Game of the Year: Elden Ring
- Sports Game of the Year: OlliOlli World
- Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year: Dwarf Fortress
- Online Game of the Year: Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker
- Immersive Reality Technical Achievement: Red Matter 2
- Immersive Reality Game of the Year: Red Matter 2
- Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game: TUNIC
- Mobile Game of the Year: MARVEL SNAP