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Video game award ceremony
The 24th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards was the 24th edition of the D.I.C.E. Awards ("Design Innovate Communicate Entertain"), an annual awards event that honored the best games in the video game industry during 2020 . The awards were arranged by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS), and were held on April 22, 2021.[ 1] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the event was held virtually. Winners of the D.I.C.E. Awards are determined by ballot of industry experts and AIAS members.[ 2] The show was hosted by Greg Miller , Jessica Chobot , and Kahlief Adams.[ 1] The nominees were announced on January 26, 2021.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] It was originally scheduled for April 8.[ 2]
The award for Portable Game of the Year was replaced with Mobile Game of the Year .[ 5] This was also the first year without any winners for the Academy's Special Awards.[ 6]
The Last of Us Part II and its developer Naughty Dog received the most nominations, and Hades and its developer Supergiant Games won the most awards, including Game of the Year . Ghost of Tsushima and its developer Sucker Punch Productions came in second in both receiving the most nominations and awards won. Sony Interactive Entertainment was the most nominated and award-winning publisher, as well as publishing the most nominated and award-winning games.
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface , and indicated with a double dagger (‡).[ 7] [ 8] [ 9]
Game of the Year Awards
Immersive Reality Awards
Half-Life: Alyx (Valve ) ‡
Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit (Valen Studios/Nintendo ) – Yosuke Tamori, Hiroshi Matsunaga, Nicholas Ruepp, and Dan Doptis
Museum of Other Realities (MOR Museum, Inc.) – Colin Northway, Robin Stethem, Lindsay Jorgensen, Stephen Gray, Adam Madojemu, and Adiba Muzaffar
Paper Beast (Pixel Reef/Plug In Studios) – Eric Chahi, François Sahy, Sebastien Cardona, and Olivier Fouques
The Under Presents - Tempest (Tender Claws Studio) – Danny Cannizzaro and Samantha Gorman
Craft Awards
Miles Morales , Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales (Insomniac Games /Sony Interactive Entertainment) – written by Ben Arfmann, Jon Paquette, Mary Kenney, Max Folkman, and Evan Narcisse ; portrayed by Nadji Jeter ‡
Eivor Varinsdottir, Assassin's Creed Valhalla (Ubisoft Montreal ) – written by Darby McDevitt; portrayed by Magnus Bruun and Cecilie Stenspil
Zagreus , Hades (Supergiant Games ) – written by Greg Kasavin ; portrayed by Darren Korb
Abby , The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog /Sony Interactive Entertainment ) – written by Neil Druckmann , Halley Gross , Josh Scherr , and Ryan James; portrayed by Laura Bailey
Ellie , The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment) – written by Neil Druckmann, Halley Gross, Josh Scherr, and Ryan James; portrayed by Ashley Johnson
Dreams (Media Molecule /Sony Interactive Entertainment ) – David Smith, Liam DeValmency, and Alex Evans ‡
Ghost of Tsushima (Sucker Punch Productions /Sony Interactive Entertainment) – Chris Zimmerman, Adrian Bentley, and Jasmin Patry
The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog /Sony Interactive Entertainment) – Sandeep Shekar, Vincent Marxen, Jason Gregory, Christian Gyrling, and Travis McIntosh
Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit (Valen Studios/Nintendo ) – Jan-Erik Steel, Ed Tumbusch, Kart & Gate Development Team, SDK Development Team, and Nintendo European Research & Development
Microsoft Flight Simulator (Asobo Studios /Xbox Game Studios ) – Jorg Neuman, Sebastian Wloch, Damien Cuzacq, Sebastien Ricolfi, Alain Guyet, and Lionel Fuentes
Genre Awards
Final Fantasy VII Remake (Square Enix ) – Yoshinori Kitase , Tetsuya Nomura , and Naoki Hamaguchi ‡
Cyberpunk 2077 (CD Projekt Red ) – Adam Badowski, Konrad Tomaszkiewicz, Grzegorz Mocarski, Mateusz Kanik, Jedrzej Mroz, Michal Stec, and Przemyslaw Wojcik
Persona 5 Royal (Atlus /Sega ) – Kazuhisa Wada and Daiki Itoh
Wasteland 3 (inXile Entertainment /Deep Silver ) – Jeff Pellegrin, Aaron Meyers, and Tim Campbell
Yakuza: Like a Dragon (Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio /Sega) – Hiroyuki Sakamoto, Daisuke Sato, Masayoshi Yokoyama, Toshihiro Nagoshi, and Ryosuke Horii
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 (Vicarious Visions /Activision ) – Barry Morales, Brent Gibson, and Chris Wilson ‡
FIFA 21 (EA Vancouver /EA Romania) – Tom Pan, Tenille Dang, Mat Prior, Adam Shaikh, Aaron McHardy, and John Shepherd
MLB The Show 20 (SIE San Diego Studio ) – Chris Cutliff, Nick Livingston, and Jason Villa
NBA 2K21 (Visual Concepts /2K Games ) – Erick Boenisch, Jeffrey J. Thomas, Gabriel Abarcar, and Mike Wang
PGA Tour 2K21 (HB Studios /2K Games) – Josh Muise and Shaun West
Multiple nominations and awards
Multiple nominations
Multiple awards
External links
References
^ a b Zibbo, Matteo (March 25, 2021). "DICE Awards 2021 hanno una data. Sarà un evento interamente digitale" [DICE Awards 2021 have a date. It will be an entirely digital event]. Eurogamer.it (in Italian). Gamer Network . Archived from the original on March 25, 2021. Retrieved April 8, 2021 .
^ a b c Nunneley, Stephanie (January 26, 2021). "2021 DICE Awards: Ghost of Tsushima and The Last of Us: Part 2 lead with the most nominations" . VG247 . videogaming247 Ltd. Archived from the original on January 27, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2021 .
^ Plant, Logan (January 27, 2021). "The Last of Us Part II Leads DICE 2021 Awards, Followed by Ghost of Tsushima and Hades" . IGN . Ziff Davis . Archived from the original on January 27, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2021 .
^ Denzer, TJ (January 26, 2021). "The D.I.C.E. Awards 2021 categories & nominees" . Shacknews . Gamerhub. Archived from the original on January 27, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2021 .
^ "24th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards Rules & Procedures" (PDF) . Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences . Archived from the original (PDF) on November 23, 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2024 .
^ "Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Special Awards" . Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences . Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 11 June 2022 .
^ "24th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards Finalists Revealed" . Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences . Archived from the original on January 30, 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2024 .
^ "24th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards - Winners Revealed" . Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences . Archived from the original on April 22, 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2024 .
^ Skrebels, Joe. "D.I.C.E. Awards 2021: All the Winners" . IGN . IGN. Retrieved 11 January 2023 .
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