DICE Awards 2022: Full list of winners and finalists

Dimapur, Feb. 25 (EMN): The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences’ 25th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards have been announced and Hazelight’s It Takes Two took home the “Game of the Year” and “Outstanding Achievement in Game Design” awards for this year.

Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart scooped up the most awards for the night, winning in four categories, including “Outstanding Achievement in Animation”, “Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction”, “Outstanding Technical Achievement”, and “Family Game of the Year.” It also held the most nominations with eight in total.

And this year's #DICEAwards Game of the Year goes to It Takes Two! Congratulations @HazelightGames! #ItTakesTwo pic.twitter.com/NJvt5XZCBU

— #DICEAwards Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (@Official_AIAS) February 25, 2022

Meanwhile, Halo Infinite, Lone Echo II, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, and Returnal also won multiple awards. There were 23 categories in total, and this year’s edition saw Xbox chief Phil Spencer receive DICE’s lifetime achievement award, while Mortal Kombat creator Ed Boon was inducted into the DICE Hall of Fame.

Here are the winners and finalists of DICE Awards 2022

Game of the Year

• It Takes Two – WINNER
• Deathloop
• Inscryption
• Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart
• Returnal

Outstanding Achievement in Animation

• Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart – WINNER
• Call of Duty: Vanguard
• Deathloop
• Kena: Bridge of Spirits
• Resident Evil Village

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction

• Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart – WINNER
• Call of Duty: Vanguard
• Deathloop
• Kena: Bridge of Spirits
• Resident Evil Village

Outstanding Achievement in Character

• Resident Evil Village – Lady Dimitrescu – WINNER
• Deathloop – Colt Vahn
• Kena: Bridge of Spirits – Kena
• Life is Strange: True Colors – Alex Chen
• Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart – Rivet

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition

• Returnal – WINNER
• Deathloop
• It Takes Two
• Kena: Bridge of Spirits
• Psychonauts 2

Outstanding Achievement in Audio Design

• Returnal – WINNER
• Forza Horizon 5
• Halo Infinite
• It Takes Two
• Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart

Outstanding Achievement in Story

• Guardians of the Galaxy – WINNER
• Before Your Eyes
• Inscryption
• Psychonauts 2
• The Forgotten City

Outstanding Technical Achievement

• Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart – WINNER
• Battlefield 2042
• Forza Horizon 5
• Moncage
• Returnal

Action Game of the Year

• Halo Infinite – WINNER
• Deathloop
• Metroid Dread
• Returnal
• The Ascent

Adventure Game of the Year

• Guardians of the Galaxy – WINNER
• Death’s Door
• It Takes Two
• Psychonauts 2
• Resident Evil Village

Family Game of the Year

• Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart – WINNER
• Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Happy Home Paradise
• Cozy Grove
• Mario Party Superstars
• Warioware: Get it Together

Fighting Game of the Year

• Guilty Gear Strive – WINNER
• Melty Blood: Type Lumina
• Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl

Racing Game of the Year

• Forza Horizon 5 – WINNER
• F1 2021
• Hot Wheels Unleashed

Role-Playing Game of the Year

• Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker – WINNER
• Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous
• Shin Megami Tensei V
• Tales of Arise
• Wildermyth

Sports Game of the Year

• Mario Golf: Super Rush – WINNER
• FIFA 22
• NBA 2k22
• Riders Republic
• The Climb 2

Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year

• Age of Empires IV – WINNER
• Gloomhaven
• Griftlands
• Inscryption
• Loop Hero

Immersive Reality Technical Achievement

• Lone Echo II – WINNER
• Puzzling Places
• Resident Evil 4 VR
• Song in the Smoke
• Yuki

Immersive Reality Game of the Year

• Lone Echo II – WINNER
• Demeo
• I Expect You To Die 2
• Resident Evil 4 VR
• Song in the Smoke

Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game

• Unpacking – WINNER
• Death’s Door
• Inscryption
• Loop Hero
• Sable

Mobile Game of the Year

• Pokémon Unite – WINNER
• Behind the Frame
• Fantasian
• League of Legends: Wild Rift
• Moncage

Online Game of the Year

• Halo Infinite – WINNER
• Back 4 Blood
• Call of Duty: Vanguard
• Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker
• Knockout City

Outstanding Achievement in Game Design

• It Takes Two – WINNER
• Deathloop
• Inscryption
• Loop Hero
• Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart

Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction

• Deathloop – WINNER
• Inscryption
• It Takes Two
• Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart
• The Artful Escape