Overwatch Wins Game Of The Year At The DICE Awards, Surprising No One

Overwatch took home peer-based voting panel DICE’s Game of the Year award in a move that was never going to go any other way. Also the Game Awards’ Game of the Year, Overwatch made a clean sweep of 2016 awards cycle.

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In DICE’s 20th year, only three games won multiple categories: Overwatch, Inside and Uncharted 4.

Overwatch

• Game of the Year
• Outstanding Achievement in Game Design
• Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay
• Action Game of the Year

Inside

• Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction
• Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction
• DICE Sprite Award

Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End

• Adventure Game of the Year
• Outstanding Technical Achievement
• Outstanding Achievement in Animation

Several games nabbed single awards, indicating 2016 was a strong year across several awards categories. New achievements this year nodded to virtual reality and augmented reality games’ up-and-coming prominence. Curiously, The Last Guardian‘s cat-bird earned this year’s “Outstanding Achievement in Character” award. Take a look:

Eagle Flight

• Immersive Reality Technical Achievement

Superhot Vr

• Immersive Reality Game of the Year

Pokémon GO

• Mobile Game of the Year

Pokémon Sun and Moon

• Handheld Game of the Year

Sid Meier’s Civilisation VI

• Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year

Steep

• Sports Game of the Year

Dark Souls III

• Role-Playing/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year

Forza Horizon 3

• Racing Game of the Year

Street Fighter V

• Fighting Game of the Year

Ratchet & Clank

• Family Game of the Year

Battlefield 1

• Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design

DOOM

• Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition

The Last Guardian – Trico

• Outstanding Achievement in Character