To the surprise of virtually nobody, Fallout 4 took home top honors as Game of the Year at the 19th annual D.I.C.E. Awards last night. Bethesda's hit action role-playing game joined Ori and the Blind Forest, Rocket League and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt as winners of at least three awards.
Other notable winners include Star Wars Battlefront (Action Game of the Year), Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Adventure Game of the Year), Mortal Kombat X (Fighting Game of the Year), Super Mario Maker (Family Game of the Year) and Fallout Shelter (Mobile Game of the Year).
Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima became the 21st person to be inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) Hall of Fame while the late Satoru Iwata posthumously became the fifth recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Below is the complete list of winners:
- Game of the Year: Fallout 4
- Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction: Fallout 4
- Outstanding Achievement in Game Design: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- Action Game of the Year: Star Wars Battlefront
- Adventure Game of the Year: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
- Family Game of the Year: Super Mario Maker
- Fighting Game of the Year: Mortal Kombat X
- Racing Game of the Year: Forza Motorsport 6
- Role-Playing / Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year: Fallout 4
- Sports Game of the Year: Rocket League
- Strategy / Simulation Game of the Year: Heroes of the Storm
- D.I.C.E. Sprite Award: Rocket League
- Handheld Game of the Year: Helldivers
- Mobile Game of the Year: Fallout Shelter
- Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay: Rocket League
- Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction: Ori and the Blind Forest
- Outstanding Achievement in Character: Rise of the Tomb Raider
- Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition: Ori and the Blind Forest
- Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design: Star Wars Battlefront
- Outstanding Achievement in Story: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- Outstanding Technical Achievement: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt