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Blizzard\u2019s Overwatch won Game of the Year at the DICE Awards<\/a>, the equivalent of the Oscars for video games. The action shooter walked away with four awards overall during the evening.<\/p>\n

Overwatch was chosen as the best game of 2016 in a peer vote by the membership of the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, the 33,000-strong academy that puts on the DICE Awards. The awards are now in their 20th year.<\/p>\n

Overwatch challenges players to join the ranks of a legendary force of soldiers, scientists, adventurers and oddities, and clash on the battlefields of a near-future Earth. The awards were held tonight at The Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas earlier this evening.<\/p>\n

The AIAS membership honored games in 24 award categories, including Overwatch and Uncharted 4: A Thief\u2019s End, which received four awards each. Inside won three awards, including the DICE Sprite Award, which recognizes a game with limited resources for development and exposure (as compared to AAA titles).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Other top honorees were Pok\u00e9mon Go for Mobile Game of the Year, Steep for Game of the Year, Street Fighter V for Fighting Game of the Year and Dark Souls III for role-playing game\/massively multiplayer online (RPG\/MMO) Game of the Year.<\/p>\n

Winners for newly added awards that recognized achievement and innovation in virtual reality and augmented reality games, included Superhot VR for Immersive Reality Game of the Year and Eagle Flight for Immersive Reality Technical Achievement.<\/p>\n

\"Overwatch<\/p>\n

Above: Overwatch team<\/p>\n

Image Credit: Dean Takahashi<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cFor the past 20 years, the DICE Awards have been bringing together the most talented, innovative and inspiring minds in interactive entertainment to recognize and celebrate the industry\u2019s most outstanding achievements,\u201d said Mike Fischer, president, Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, in a statement. \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to congratulate all of this year\u2019s award winners whose incredible games have amazed and entertained fans worldwide, and are truly an inspiration to us all.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to the awards for the industry\u2019s best games and creators from the previous year, the DICE Awards also honored Todd Howard, executive producer and game director at Bethesda Game Studios, as the 22nd inductee into the AIAS Hall of Fame, which honors individuals who have been instrumental in the development of highly influential games.<\/p>\n

Howard was recognized for having created some of the industry\u2019s most successful games by pioneering open-world gameplay, and played a key role in the creative direction and growth of highly regarded franchises, including The Elder Scrolls and Fallout.<\/p>\n

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Above: Jeff Kaplan, game director on Overwatch.<\/p>\n

Image Credit: Dean Takahashi<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The 20th annual DICE Awards ceremony, which was co-hosted by Jessica Chobot of Nerdist News and Kinda Funny co-founder Greg Miller, was the culmination of the annual three-day D.I.C.E. (Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain) Summit (#DICE2017), which is known for drawing many of the interactive entertainment industry\u2019s most respected and influential leaders, decision makers and visionaries.
\nThe complete list of winners includes:
\nGame of the Year
\nOverwatch
\nPublisher: Blizzard Entertainment
\nDeveloper: Blizzard Entertainment<\/p>\n

Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction
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\nPublisher: Playdead
\nDeveloper: Playdead<\/p>\n

Outstanding Achievement in Game Design
\nOverwatch
\nPublisher: Blizzard Entertainment
\nDeveloper: Blizzard Entertainment<\/p>\n

Immersive Reality Technical Achievement
\nEagle Flight
\nPublisher: Ubisoft
\nDeveloper: FunHouse<\/p>\n

Immersive Reality Game of the Year
\nSUPERHOT VR
\nPublisher: SUPERHOT Sp. z o.o.
\nDeveloper: SUPERHOT Sp. z o.o.<\/p>\n

Mobile Game of the Year
\nPok\u00e9mon GO
\nPublisher: Niantic Labs
\nDeveloper: Niantic Labs<\/p>\n

Handheld Game of the Year
\nPok\u00e9mon Sun and Moon
\nPublisher: The Pok\u00e9mon Company
\nDeveloper: Game Freak<\/p>\n

D.I.C.E. Sprite Award
\nINSIDE
\nPublisher: Playdead
\nDeveloper: Playdead<\/p>\n

Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay
\nOverwatch
\nPublisher: Blizzard Entertainment
\nDeveloper: Blizzard Entertainment<\/p>\n

Strategy\/Simulation Game of the Year
\nSid Meier\u2019s Civilization VI
\nPublisher: 2K Games
\nDeveloper: Firaxis Games<\/p>\n

Sports Game of the Year
\nSteep
\nPublisher: Ubisoft
\nDeveloper: Ubisoft Annecy<\/p>\n

Role-Playing\/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year
\nDark Souls III
\nPublisher: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc.
\nDeveloper: FromSoftware, Inc.<\/p>\n

Racing Game of the Year
\nForza Horizon 3
\nPublisher: Microsoft Studios
\nDeveloper: Playground Games, Turn 10 Studios<\/p>\n

Fighting Game of the Year
\nStreet Fighter V
\nPublisher: Capcom U.S.A., Inc.
\nDeveloper: Capcom<\/p>\n

Family Game of the Year
\nRatchet & Clank
\nPublisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment
\nDeveloper: Insomniac Games<\/p>\n

Adventure Game of the Year
\nUncharted 4: A Thief\u2019s End
\nPublisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment America
\nDeveloper: Naughty Dog<\/p>\n

Action Game of the Year
\nOverwatch
\nPublisher: Blizzard Entertainment
\nDeveloper: Blizzard Entertainment<\/p>\n

Outstanding Technical Achievement
\nUncharted 4: A Thief\u2019s End
\nPublisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment America
\nDeveloper: Naughty Dog<\/p>\n

Outstanding Achievement in Story
\nUncharted 4: A Thief\u2019s End
\nPublisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment America
\nDeveloper: Naughty Dog<\/p>\n

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design
\nBattlefield 1
\nPublisher: Electronic Arts
\nDeveloper: EA Dice<\/p>\n

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition
\nDOOM
\nPublisher: Bethesda Softworks
\nDeveloper: id Software<\/p>\n

Outstanding Achievement in Character
\nThe Last Guardian \u2013 Trico
\nPublisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment America
\nDeveloper: JAPAN Studio<\/p>\n

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction
\nINSIDE
\nPublisher: Playdead
\nDeveloper: Playdead<\/p>\n

Outstanding Achievement in Animation
\nUncharted 4: A Thief\u2019s End
\nPublisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment America
\nDeveloper: Naughty Dog<\/p>\n

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