18th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards

Video game award ceremony February 2025 18th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Pete Holmes 2015 02 05 Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (8) Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (9) Game of the Year Dragon Age: Inquisition Pioneer Allan Alcorn and Ralph H. Baer 17th D.I.C.E. Awards 19th The 18th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards was the 18th edition of the D.I.C.E. Awards, an annual awards event that honored the best games in the video game industry during 2014. The awards were arranged by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS), and were held at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on 2015 02 05. It was also held as part of the Academy's 2015 D.I.C.E. Summit, and was hosted by stand-up comedian Pete Holmes.18th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards Winners https://www.interactive.org/news/18th_dice_awards_winners_.asp Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences 19 June 2022 The category for the "D.I.C.E. Sprite Award" was introduced. The category of "Outstanding Achievement in Game Design" was re-introduced after a four-year hiatus. The award for "Online Game of the Year" has been relabeled as "Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay". The categories for the "Downloadable Game of the Year" and "Casual Game of the Year" were discontinued. The craft awards for "Gameplay Engineering" and "Visual Engineering" were merged into the "Outstanding Technical Achievement" award category.18th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards Rules and Procedures http://www.interactive.org/images/pdfs/18th-Annual-DICE-Awards-Rules-and-Procedures-Final.pdf Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences 21 December 2023 Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor had nearly swept all of its nominated categories with eight wins, yet failed to win "Game of the Year", which was awarded to Dragon Age: Inquisition. Ubisoft published the most nominated games and received the most nominations as a publisher with Ubisoft Montreal receiving the most nominations as a developer. Nintendo had published the most award-winning games. Allan Alcorn received the "Pioneer Award" for creating Pong, one of the first video games. Ralph H. Baer, designer of the Magnavox Odyssey, also was posthumously awarded the "Pioneer Award." The Apple App Store received the first "Technical Impact Award".Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Special Awards https://www.interactive.org/special_awards/index.asp Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences 11 June 2022 Winners and Nominees Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger ().18th Annual D.I.C.E. Finalists http://www.interactive.org/images/pdfs/18th-Annual-DICE-Finalists.pdf Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences 8 February 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20150122210207/http://www.interactive.org/images/pdfs/18th-Annual-DICE-Finalists.pdf January 22, 201518th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards Winners https://www.interactive.org/news/18th_dice_awards_winners_.asp Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences 9 February 2024Dragon Age: Inquisition Soars to Victory with Game of the Year at 18th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards https://www.interactive.org/images/press_release/18th-DICE-Awards-Winners-FINAL-2-5-15.pdf Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences 8 February 20242015 D.I.C.E. Awards https://brutalgamer.com/2015/02/06/2015-d-i-c-e-awards/ BrutalGamer 6 December 2022 February 6, 20152015-02-06 Dragon Age: Inquisition Takes Game of the Year at DICE Awards https://www.escapistmagazine.com/dragon-age-inquisition-takes-game-of-the-year-at-dice-awards/ 2022-07-10 The Escapist en-US Game of the Year awards #EEDD82 Game of the Year Dragon Age: Inquisition — BioWare, Electronic Arts Destiny — Bungie, Activision Far Cry 4 — Ubisoft Montreal Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft — Blizzard Entertainment Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor — Monolith Productions, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment#EEDD82 D.I.C.E. Sprite Award Transistor — Supergiant Games Hohokum — Honeyslug, Sony Computer Entertainment Monument Valley — ustwo The Banner Saga — Stoic, Versus Evil Threes — Sirvo#EEDD82 Handheld Game of the Year Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS — Sora Ltd., Bandai Namco Games, Nintendo Bravely Default — Silicon Studio, Nintendo Child of Light — Ubisoft Montreal Shovel Knight — Yacht Club Games Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call — Square Enix, indieszero#EEDD82 Mobile Game of the Year Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft — Blizzard Entertainment 80 Days — Inkle Kingdom Rush: Origins — Ironhide Game Studio, Armor Games Monument Valley — ustwo Threes — Sirvo#EEDD82 Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay Destiny — Bungie, Activision Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare — Sledgehammer Games, Activision Elite Dangerous — Frontier Developments Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft — Blizzard Entertainment World of Tanks [Xbox 360] — Wargaming#EEDD82 Outstanding Innovation in Gaming Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor — Monolith Productions, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Destiny — Bungie, Activision Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft — Blizzard Entertainment Monument Valley — ustwo Project Spark — Team Dakota, Microsoft Studios Craft awards #EEDD82 Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor — Monolith Productions, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Lumino City — State of Play Games Monument Valley — ustwo Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) — Upper One Games, E-Line Media The Vanishing of Ethan Carter — The Astronauts#EEDD82 Outstanding Achievement in Game Design Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor — Monolith Productions, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Dungeon of the Endless — Amplitude Studios Far Cry 4 — Ubisoft Montreal Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft — Blizzard Entertainment Titanfall — Respawn Entertainment, Electronic Arts#EEDD82 Outstanding Achievement in Animation Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor — Monolith Productions, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Assassin's Creed Unity — Ubisoft Montreal Infamous Second Son — Sucker Punch Productions, Sony Computer Entertainment Sunset Overdrive — Insomniac Games, Microsoft Studios Titanfall — Respawn Entertainment, Electronic Arts#EEDD82 Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction Monument Valley — ustwo Assassin's Creed Unity — Ubisoft Montreal Sunset Overdrive — Insomniac Games, Microsoft Studios The Vanishing of Ethan Carter — The Astronauts Valiant Hearts: The Great War — Ubisoft Montpellier#EEDD82 Outstanding Achievement in Character Talion (Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor) — Monolith Productions, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Jonathan Irons (Call of Duty: Advance Warfare) — Sledgehammer Games, Activision Pagan Min (Far Cry 4) — Ubisoft Montreal Abigail "Fetch" Walker (Infamous First Light) — Sucker Punch Productions, Sony Computer Entertainment Delsin Rowe (Infamous Second Son) — Sucker Punch Productions, Sony Computer Entertainment#EEDD82 Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition Destiny — Bungie, Activision Far Cry 4 — Ubisoft Montreal Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris — Crystal Dynamics, Square Enix Europe The Vanishing of Ethan Carter — The Astronauts Transistor — Supergiant Games#EEDD82 Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design Destiny — Bungie, Activision Assassin's Creed Unity — Ubisoft Montreal Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare — Sledgehammer Games, Activision Far Cry 4 — Ubisoft Montreal Valiant Hearts: The Great War — Ubisoft Montpellier#EEDD82 Outstanding Achievement in Story Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor — Monolith Productions, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment South Park: The Stick of Truth — Obsidian Entertainment, South Park Digital Studios, Ubisoft The Wolf Among Us — Telltale Games This War of Mine — 11 Bit Studios Valiant Hearts: The Great War — Ubisoft Montpellier#EEDD82 Outstanding Technical Achievement Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor — Monolith Productions, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare — Sledgehammer Games, Activision Far Cry 4 — Ubisoft Montreal Infamous Second Son — Sucker Punch Productions, Sony Computer Entertainment Sunset Overdrive — Insomniac Games, Microsoft Studios Genre awards #EEDD82 Action Game of the Year Destiny — Bungie, Activision Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare — Sledgehammer Games, Activision Far Cry 4 — Ubisoft Montreal Titanfall — Respawn Entertainment, Electronic Arts Wolfenstein: The New Order — MachineGames, Bethesda Softworks#EEDD82 Adventure Game of the Year Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor — Monolith Productions, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Infamous Second Son — Sucker Punch Productions, Sony Computer Entertainment The Vanishing of Ethan Carter — The Astronauts The Wolf Among Us — Telltale Games Valiant Hearts: The Great War — Ubisoft Montpellier#EEDD82 Family Game of the Year LittleBigPlanet 3 — Sumo Digital, Sony Computer Entertainment Disney Infinity 2.0: Marvel Super Heroes — Avalanche Software, Heavy Iron Studios, Disney Interactive Studios Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham — Traveller's Tales, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Project Spark — Team Dakota, Microsoft Studios Skylanders: Trap Team — Toys for Bob, Beenox, Activision#EEDD82 Fighting Game of the Year Super Smash Bros. for Wii U — Sora Ltd., Bandai Namco Games, Nintendo Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN- — Arc System Works, Aksys Games Nidhogg — Messhof Ultra Street Fighter IV — Dimps, Capcom#EEDD82 Racing Game of the Year Mario Kart 8 — Nintendo EAD Forza Horizon 2 — Playground Games, Microsoft Game Studios The Crew — Ivory Tower, Ubisoft#EEDD82 Role-Playing/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year Dragon Age: Inquisition — BioWare, Electronic Arts Bravely Default — Silicon Studio, Nintendo Divinity: Original Sin — Larian Studios The Banner Saga — Stoic, Versus Evil World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor — Blizzard Entertainment#EEDD82 Sports Game of the Year FIFA 15 — EA Canada Madden NFL 15 — EA Tiburon MLB 14: The Show — SCE San Diego NBA 2K15 — Visual Concepts, 2K Games#EEDD82 Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft — Blizzard Entertainment Boom Beach — Supercell Civilization: Beyond Earth — Firaxis Games, 2K Games Dungeon of the Endless — Amplitude Studios Endless Legend — Amplitude Studios, Iceberg Interactive Special awards Pioneer Allan Alcorn Ralph H. Baer Technical Impact Apple App Store Multiple nominations and awards Multiple Nominations + Games that received multiple nominations Nominations Game 9 Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor 7 Far Cry 4 6 Destiny Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft 5 Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Monument Valley 4 Infamous Second Son The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Valiant Hearts: The Great War 3 Assassin's Creed Unity Sunset Overdrive Titanfall 2 Bravely Default Dragon Age: Inquisition Dungeon of the Endless Project Spark Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U The Banner Saga The Wolf Among Us Threes Transistor + Nominations by company Nominations Games Company 17 6 Ubisoft 12 3 Activision 10 2 Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment 9 1 Monolith Productions 8 5 Sony Computer Entertainment 7 4 Electronic Arts 2 Blizzard Entertainment 6 3 Microsoft Studios 1 Bungie 5 4 Nintendo 2 Sucker Punch Productions 1 Sledgehammer Games ustwo 4 The Astronauts 3 2 Amplitude Studios 1 Insomniac Games Respawn Entertainment 2 2 2K Games Bandai Namco Games Sora Ltd. Square Enix 1 BioWare Silicon Studio Sirvo Stoic Supergiant Games Team Dakota Telltale Games Versus Evil Multiple awards + Games that received multiple awards Awards Game 8 Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor 4 Destiny 2 Dragon Age: Inquisition Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U + Awards by company Awards Games Company 8 1 Monolith Productions Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment 4 Activision Bungie 3 3 Nintendo 2 Electronic Arts 2 2 Bandai Namco Games Sora Ltd. 1 Blizzard Entertainment BioWare External links https://www.interactive.org/awards/2015_18th_awards.asp References Video games Category:2015 awards Category:2015 awards in the United States Category:February 2015 in the United States Category:2014 in video gaming Category:D.I.C.E. Award ceremonies