Like every year, theAcademy of Interactive Arts & Sciences organize the DICE Awards, a ceremony that rewards the games that have marked the video game world in recent months. Last year, the independent game Hades won the most prestigious awards, under the nose of The Last of Us Part II especially.
In 2022 again, we will be entitled to DICE Awards, and the organizers have just unveiled the list of nominees. Several titles often return, in particular Kena: Bridge of Spirits, but above all Deathloop and Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, nominated in the premier category of the Game of the Year 2021. Here are all the nominees:
Game of the Year :
- death loop ;
- Registration ;
- It Takes Two ;
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart ;
- Returnal.
Action Game of the Year :
- death loop ;
- 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: Lumina-type ;
- Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl.
Racing Game of the Year :
- F1 2021 ;
- Forza Horizon 5 ;
- Hot Wheels Unleashed.
Roleplaying 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 :
- 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 ;
- Registration ;
- Loop Hero.
Technical realization in immersive reality :
- Lone Echo II ;
- Puzzle Places ;
- Resident Evil 4 VR ;
- Song in the Smoke;
- Yuki.
Immersive Game of the Year :
- Demeo ;
- I Expect You To Die 2: The Spy and the Liar ;
- Lone Echo II ;
- Resident Evil 4 VR ;
- Song in the Smoke.
Outstanding Directing for an Indie Game :
- Death’s Door ;
- Registration ;
- Loop Hero ;
- Sand ;
- Unpacking.
Mobile Game of the Year :
- Behind the Frame ;
- Fantasian ;
- League of Legends: Wild Rift ;
- Mounting ;
- Pokemon Unite.
Online Game of the Year :
- Back 4 Blood ;
- Call of Duty: Vanguard ;
- Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker ;
- Halo Infinite ;
- Knockout City.
Outstanding Achievement in Design :
- death loop ;
- Registration ;
- It Takes Two ;
- Loop Hero ;
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart.
Outstanding Achievement in Direction :
- death loop ;
- Registration ;
- It Takes Two ;
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart ;
- The Artful Escape.
Outstanding Achievement in Animation :
- Call of Duty: Vanguard ;
- death loop ;
- Kena: Bridge of Spirits ;
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart;
- Resident Evil Village.
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction :
- Call of Duty: Vanguard ;
- death loop ;
- Kena: Bridge of Spirits ;
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart;
- Resident Evil Village.
Outstanding Character Achievement :
- death loop – 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 Soundtrack Composition :
- death loop ;
- 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 Storytelling :
- Before Your Eyes ;
- Registration ;
- Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy ;
- Psychonauts 2 ;
- The Forgotten City.
Outstanding Technical Achievement :
- Battlefield 2042 ;
- Forza Horizon 5 ;
- Mounting ;
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart ;
- Returnal.
This 25th edition of DICE Awards will take place on February 24th, it will be presented by Jessica Chobot and Greg Miller. Who do you think will be elected this time? Game of the Year 2021 ? You can find Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart at €61.49 on Amazon.
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| Clint008 Writer – Tester |
