Fallout 4 Wins Game of the Year at DICE Awards 2016

The 19th annual DICE Awards have wrapped, and Fallout 4 was the big winner of the evening.

The announcement was made this evening at the Pete Holmes-hosted affair at The Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas. Other notable winners were The Witcher 3, Ori and the Blind Forest, and Rocket League with 3 gongs each.

As well as the standard game awards, late Nintendo president Satoru Iwata was the recipient of a posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award, while Hideo Kojima was inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences' Hall of Fame.

The Academy is made up of publishers, developers and members of the Independent Game Developers Association.

The full list of nominees is below, with the winners in bold.

Outstanding Achievement in Animation

• Assassin's Creed Syndicate
• Batman: Arkham Knight
• Ori and the Blind Forest
• Rise of the Tomb Raider
• The Order: 1886

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction

• Lara Croft Go
• Ori and the Blind Forest
• Rise of the Tomb Raider
• The Order: 1886
• Star Wars Battlefront

Outstanding Achievement in Character

• Assassin's Creed Syndicate — Evie Frye
• Her Story — Hannah Smith
• Life is Strange — Max
• Rise of the Tomb Raider — Lara Croft
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Geralt of Rivia

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition

• Batman: Arkham Knight
• Everybody's Gone To The Rapture
• Ori and the Blind Forest
• Starcraft II: Legacy Of The Void
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design

• Destiny: The Taken King
• Ori and the Blind Forest
• Rise of the Tomb Raider
• Star Wars Battlefront
• The Order: 1886

Outstanding Achievement in Story

• Fallout 4
• Her Story
• Tales from the Borderlands: A Telltale Game Series
• Rise of the Tomb Raider
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Outstanding Technical Achievement

• Just Cause 3
• Rise of the Tomb Raider
• Star Wars Battlefront
• The Order: 1886
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Action Game of the Year

• Destiny: The Taken King
• Helldivers
• Just Cause 3
• Star Wars Battlefront
• Splatoon

Adventure Game of the Year

• Batman: Arkham Knight
• Life is Strange
• Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
• Ori and the Blind Forest
• Rise of the Tomb Raider

Family Game of the Year

• Guitar Hero Live
• Lego Dimensions
• Rock Band 4
• Super Mario Maker
• Tearaway Unfolded

Fighting Game of the Year

• Mortal Kombat X
• Dead or Alive 5 Last Round
• Rising Thunder

Racing Game of the Year

• Forza Motorsport 6
• Need for Speed
• Project Cars

Role-playing/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year

• Bloodborne
• Fallout 4
• Pillars of Eternity
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
• Undertale

Sports Game of the Year

• FIFA 2016
• Madden NFL 2016
• MLB 15 The Show
• NBA 2K16
• Rocket League

Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year

• Cities: Skylines
• Fallout Shelter
• Grey Goo
• Heroes of the Storm
• Kerbal Space Program

DICE Sprite Award

• Her Story
• Galak-Z
• Kerbal Space Program
• Rocket League
• Undertale

Handheld Game of the Year

• Earth Defense Force 2: Invaders from Planet Space
• Helldivers
• Pokemon: Super Mystery Dungeon
• Yo-Kai Watch

Mobile Game of the Year

• Dominations
• Fallout Shelter
• Lara Croft GO
• Pac-Man 256
• The Room Three

Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay

• Destiny: The Taken King
• Halo 5: Guardians
• Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
• Rocket League
• Splatoon

Outstanding Achievement in Game Design

• Fallout 4
• Her Story
• Lara Croft Go
• Massive Chalice
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction

• Fallout 4
• Life is Strange
• Rise of the Tomb Raider
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
• Undertale

Game of the Year

• Bloodborne
• Fallout 4
• Ori and the Blind Forest
• Rise of the Tomb Raider
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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