DICE Awards 2023: God of War Ragnarok dominated the ceremony

Santa Monica Studio’s God of War Ragnarok took home seven major awards at the 2023 DICE Awards, but Elden Ring went to Game of the Year.

Hosted by IGN’s Stella Chang and Kinda Funny’s Greg Miller at Resorts World in Las Vegas, the DICE Awards 2023 honored the developers and studios that created the most innovative video games of the year. Elden Ring, the epic RPG from Japanese studio FromSoftware, won five awards overnight including Best Technical Achievement, Best Game Design, Best Game Achievement, RPG of the Year, and the prestigious Game of the Year award.. award of the year. Finally, the members of the academy also honored Sony Interactive Entertainment’s Santa Monica Studio for their work on God of War Ragnarok with seven Excellence Awards in the categories: Animation, Art Direction, Characters, Original Music Composition,

We are honored to have been selected as Game of the Year out of so many excellent games.

We deeply thank everyone who played and enjoyed #ELDENRING, your support is very important to us. https://t.co/RLGCCaecjX

— ELDEN RING (@ELDENRING) February 24, 2023

Meggan Scavio, President of the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences, said:

We are thrilled to celebrate the 26th annual DICE Awards by bringing together the interactive entertainment industry to celebrate the developers who continue to amaze and delight us with their talent, passion, innovation and hard work. On behalf of the Academy and your colleagues in the field, we offer our most sincere congratulations to all the incredible nominees and winners of this new edition.

DICE Awards 2023 Winners

Game of the Year

• fire ring
• God of War Ragnarok
• Forbidden Horizon West
• To roam
• Vampire Survivors

Outstanding Achievement in Animation

• Cuphead – a delicious last meal
• fire ring
• God of War Ragnarok
• Forbidden Horizon West
• Moss: Book 2

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction

• Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2
• God of War Ragnarok
• Forbidden Horizon West
• To roam
• Callisto Protocol

Outstanding Achievement in Character

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – Alejandro Vargas
• God of War Ragnarok – Atreus
• God of War Ragnarok – Kratos
• Horizon Forbidden West – Aloy
• Return to Monkey Island – Guybrush Threepwood

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition

• Plague Story: Requiem
• God of War Ragnarok
• Forbidden Horizon West
• Metal: Hellsinger
• Moss: Book 2

Outstanding Achievement in Audio Design

• Plague Story: Requiem
• Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2
• God of War Ragnarok
• Gotham Knights
• Somerville

Outstanding Achievement in History

• fire ring
• God of War Ragnarok
• I was a teenage exo-colonist
• IMMORTALITY
• NORCO

Outstanding Technical Achievement

• Plague Story: Requiem
• fire ring
• God of War Ragnarok
• Forbidden Horizon West
• pluck

Action Game of the Year

• Bayonetta 3
• grounded
• neon white
• Sifu
• Vampire Survivors

Adventure Game of the Year

• God of War Ragnarok
• Forbidden Horizon West
• NORCO
• To roam
• Tunic

Family Game of the Year

• Disney Dream Valley
• Kirby’s Dream Buffet
• Lost in the game
• Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
• Trombone Champion

Fighting Game of the Year

• JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R
• multiversus
• Rumbleverse
• SpiderHeck
• King of Fighters XV

Racing Game of the Year

• F1 22
• Gran Turismo 7
• Thirst for limitless speed

RPG of the Year

• Citizen Sleeper
• fire ring
• Weird West
• World of Warcraft: Dragonflight
• Xenoblade Chronicles 3

Sports Game of the Year

• FIFA 23
• Mario Strikers: Battle League
• MLB Show 22
• NBA 2k23
• World of Ollyolly

Strategy/Simulation of the Year

• Dwarven Fortress
• IXION
• Marvel Midnight Suns
• Potions: Alchemist Simulator
• Warhammer 40,000: Gates of Chaos – Demon Hunters

Immersive Reality Game of the Year

• Cosmonial High
• Moss: Book 2
• Red Matter 2
• tenacious
• The last watch factory

Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game

• IMMORTALITY
• neon white
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge
• Tunic
• Vampire Survivors

Mobile Game of the Year

• Diablo the Immortal
• Gibbon: Behind the Trees
• IMMORTALITY
• Marvel Snap
• pointpee

Online Game of the Year

• Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2
• FIFA 23
• Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker
• Marvel Snap
• Rumbleverse

Outstanding Achievement in Game Design

• fire ring
• God of War Ragnarok
• Marvel Snap
• Tunic
• Vampire Survivors

Outstanding Achievement in Game Directing