D.I.C.E. Awards

The D.I.C.E. Awards (formerly the Interactive Achievement Awards) is an award show in the video game industry started in 1998. The awards are arranged by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS), and held during the AIAS' annual D.I.C.E. Summit in Las Vegas. "D.I.C.E." is a backronym for "Design Innovate Communicate Entertain".

D.I.C.E. Awards
23rd Annual D.I.C.E. Awards
VenueLas Vegas
CountryUnited States
Hosted byAcademy of Interactive Arts & Sciences
First awarded1998 (1998)
Last awardedFebruary 13, 2020 (2020-02-13)
Websitehttps://www.interactive.org/

Format

The nominees in each category are selected by a peer panel assembled by AIAS of over 100 video game professionals across several facets of the industry, including developers, programmers, artists, and publishers, which is published on the AIAS website each year. The nominees are then voted on by the full membership of AIAS (of approximately 22,000 members) via a confidential and secured voting system, and winners are subsequently announced during the D.I.C.E. Summit in Las Vegas, typically the February of that year.[1][2] Due to this approach, the D.I.C.E. awards are considered the main peer-based recognition within the video games compared to the other major awards.[3]

Award categories

The tables below are based on the awards cycle for the calendar year preceded the award ceremony date; for example, all awards given for "1997" were presented to winners in a 1998 ceremony.

Game of the Year

Overall
Year Game Publisher Developer Ref.
1997 GoldenEye 007 Nintendo Rare
1998 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Nintendo Nintendo EAD
1999 The Sims Electronic Arts Maxis
2000 Diablo II Blizzard Entertainment Blizzard North
2001 Halo: Combat Evolved Microsoft Game Studios Bungie
2002 Battlefield 1942 Electronic Arts Digital Illusions CE
2003 Call of Duty Activision Infinity Ward
2004 Half-Life 2 Valve Valve
2005 God of War Sony Computer Entertainment Santa Monica Studio
2006 Gears of War Microsoft Game Studios Epic Games
2007 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Activision Infinity Ward
2008 LittleBigPlanet Sony Computer Entertainment Media Molecule
2009 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Sony Computer Entertainment Naughty Dog
2010 Mass Effect 2 Electronic Arts BioWare
2011 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Bethesda Softworks Bethesda Game Studios
2012 Journey Sony Computer Entertainment Thatgamecompany
2013 The Last of Us Sony Computer Entertainment Naughty Dog
2014 Dragon Age: Inquisition Electronic Arts BioWare
2015 Fallout 4 Bethesda Softworks Bethesda Game Studios [4]
2016 Overwatch Blizzard Entertainment Blizzard Entertainment [5]
2017 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Nintendo Nintendo EPD [6]
2018 God of War Sony Interactive Entertainment Santa Monica Studio [7]
2019 Untitled Goose Game Panic Inc. House House [8]

Action Game of the Year
Year Overall
Console Computer
1997 GoldenEye 007 Quake II
1998 Banjo-Kazooie Half-Life
1999 Crazy Taxi Half-Life: Opposing Force
2000 The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask Deus Ex
2001 Halo: Combat Evolved Return to Castle Wolfenstein
2002 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Grand Theft Auto III
2003 Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
2004 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
2005 God of War
2006 Gears of War
2007 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
2008 Dead Space
2009 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
2010 Red Dead Redemption
2011 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
2012 Borderlands 2
2013 BioShock Infinite
2014 Destiny
2015 Star Wars: Battlefront
2016 Overwatch[5]
2017 PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds[6]
2018 Celeste[7]
2019 Control[8]

Adventure Game of the Year
Year Overall
Console Computer
1997 Final Fantasy VII Blade Runner
1998 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Grim Fandango
1999 Final Fantasy VIII Asheron's Call
2000 The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask Deus Ex
2001 Halo: Combat Evolved Return to Castle Wolfenstein
2002 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Grand Theft Auto III
2003 Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
2004 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
2005 God of War
2006 Gears of War
2007 Super Mario Galaxy[9]
2008 Mirror's Edge
2009 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
2010 Limbo
2011 Batman: Arkham City
2012 The Walking Dead
2013 The Last of Us
2014 Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
2015 Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
2016 Uncharted 4: A Thief's End[5]
2017 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild[6]
2018 God of War[7]
2019 Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order[8]

Cellular/Mobile Game of the Year
Year Winner
2005 Ancient Empires II
2006 Orcs & Elves
2007 Skate
2008 Spore Origins
2011 Infinity Blade II
2012 Hero Academy
2013 Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time
2014 Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
2015 Fallout Shelter
2016 Pokémon Go[5]
2017 Fire Emblem Heroes[6]

Downloadable Game of the Year
Year Winner
2003 Hamsterball
2004 The Incredibles: Escape from Nomanisan Island
2005 Wik and the Fable of Souls
2006 Bookworm Adventures
2007 Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords
2011 Bastion
2012 The Walking Dead
2013 Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons

Family Game of the Year
Year Overall
Console Computer
1997 Lego Island
1998 Multiplayer Jeopardy! Online &
National Geographic Maps
1999 Pokémon Snap 3D Ultra Lionel Traintown
2000 Mario Tennis Return of the Incredible Machine: Contraptions
2001 Mario Party 3 Backyard Basketball
2002 Mario Party 4
2003 EyeToy & The Sims: Bustin' Out Zoo Tycoon: Complete Collection
2004 Donkey Konga
2005 Guitar Hero
2006 Guitar Hero II
2007 Rock Band
2008 LittleBigPlanet
2009 The Beatles: Rock Band
2010 Dance Central
2011 LittleBigPlanet 2
2012 Skylanders: Giants
2013 Super Mario 3D World
2014 LittleBigPlanet 3
2015 Super Mario Maker
2016 Ratchet & Clank[5]
2017 Snipperclips[6]
2018 Unravel Two[7]
2019 Super Mario Maker 2[8]

Handheld/Portable Game of the Year
Year Winner
2001 Advance Wars
2002 Metroid Fusion
2003 Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
2004 Metroid: Zero Mission
2005 Nintendogs
2006 Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!
2007 The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass[9]
2008 God of War: Chains of Olympus
2009 Scribblenauts
2010 God of War: Ghost of Sparta
2011 Super Mario 3D Land
2012 Paper Mario: Sticker Star
2013 The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
2014 Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
2015 Helldivers
2016 Pokémon Sun and Moon[5]
2017 Metroid: Samus Returns[6]
2018 Florence[7]
2019 Sayonara Wild Hearts[8]

Immersive Reality Game of the Year

The Immersive Reality Game of the Year was added for consideration of 2016 games to award those in the growing area of virtual reality and augmented reality games.[10]

Year Winner
2016 Superhot VR[5]
2017 Lone Echo/Echo Arena[6]
2018 Beat Saber[7]
2019 Pistol Whip[8]

Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year

Referred to in the past as "Persistent World", "Online", or "Online Role-Playing" Game of the Year.

Year Winner
1997 Ultima Online
1998 Ultima Online: The Second Age
1999 EverQuest
2000 EverQuest: The Ruins of Kunark
2001 Dark Age of Camelot
2002 The Sims Online
2003 EverQuest: Lost Dungeons of Norrath
2004 World of Warcraft
2005 City of Villains and Guild Wars
2006 Guild Wars Nightfall
2007 World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
2008 World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King

Racing Game of the Year
Year Winner
1997 Diddy Kong Racing
1998 Gran Turismo
1999 Star Wars Episode I: Racer
2000 SSX
2001 Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec
2002 Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2
2003 Need for Speed: Underground
2004 Burnout 3: Takedown
2005 Need for Speed: Most Wanted
2006 Burnout Revenge
2007 MotorStorm
2008 Burnout Paradise
2009 Forza Motorsport 3
2010 Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
2011 Forza Motorsport 4
2012 Need For Speed: Most Wanted
2013 Forza Motorsport 5
2014 Mario Kart 8
2015 Forza Motorsport 6
2016 Forza Horizon 3[5]
2017 Mario Kart 8 Deluxe[6]
2018 Forza Horizon 4[7]
2019 Mario Kart Tour[8]

Role-Playing Game of the Year
Year Overall
Console Computer
1997 Final Fantasy VII Dungeon Keeper
1998 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Baldur's Gate
1999 Final Fantasy VIII Asheron's Call
2000 Final Fantasy IX Diablo II
2001 Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal
2002 Animal Crossing Neverwinter Nights
2003 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
2004 Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Neverwinter Nights: Kingmaker
2005 Jade Empire
2006 The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
2007 Mass Effect
2008 Fallout 3
2009 Dragon Age: Origins
2010 Mass Effect 2
2011 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
2012 Mass Effect 3
2013 Diablo III
2014 Dragon Age: Inquisition
2015 Fallout 4
2016 Dark Souls III[5]
2017 Nier: Automata[6]
2018 Monster Hunter World[7]
2019 The Outer Worlds[8]

Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year
Year Overall
Simulation Strategy
1997 Microsoft Flight Simulator 98 Age of Empires & StarCraft
1998 Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
1999 Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 Professional Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
2000 MechWarrior 4 Age of Empires II: The Conquerors
2001 Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002 Civilization III
2002 The Sims: Unleashed Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
2003 The Sims: Superstar Command & Conquer: Generals
2004 The Sims 2 Rome: Total War
2005 The Movies Civilization IV
2006 Microsoft Flight Simulator X Company of Heroes
2007 Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
2008 Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
2009 Brütal Legend
2010 StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
2011 Orcs Must Die!
2012 XCOM: Enemy Unknown
2013 XCOM: Enemy Within
2014 Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
2015 Heroes of the Storm
2016 Civilization VI[5]
2017 Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle[6]
2018 Into the Breach[7]
2019 Fire Emblem: Three Houses[8]

Sports Game of the Year
Year Overall
Console Computer
1997 International Superstar Soccer FIFA: Road to World Cup 98
1998 1080° Snowboarding FIFA 99
1999 Knockout Kings 2000 FIFA 2000
2000 SSX Motocross Madness 2 & FIFA 2001
2001 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 FIFA Football 2002
2002 Madden NFL 2003
2003 Madden NFL 2004[11] & SSX 3[12] Madden NFL 2004
2004 Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005
2005 SSX on Tour
2006 Tony Hawk's Project 8
2007 Skate
2008 NHL 09
2009 FIFA 10
2010 FIFA 11
2011 FIFA 12
2012 FIFA 13
2013 FIFA 14
2014 FIFA 15
2015 Rocket League
2016 Steep[5]
2017 FIFA 18[6]
2018 Mario Tennis Aces[7]
2019 FIFA 20[8]

Fighting Game of the Year
Year Winner
1997 WCW vs. nWo: World Tour[13]
1998 WCW/nWo Revenge[13]
1999 Soulcalibur
2000 Dead or Alive 2
2001 Dead or Alive 3
2002 Tekken 4
2003 Soulcalibur II
2004 Mortal Kombat: Deception
2005 Soulcalibur III
2006 Fight Night Round 3
2008 Super Smash Bros. Brawl
2009 Street Fighter IV
2010 Super Street Fighter IV
2011 Mortal Kombat
2012 PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale
2013 Injustice: Gods Among Us
2014 Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
2015 Mortal Kombat X
2016 Street Fighter V[5]
2017 Injustice 2[6]
2018 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[7]
2019 Mortal Kombat 11[8]

Casual Game of the Year
Year Winner
2008 Braid
2009 Flower
2010 Angry Birds
2011 Fruit Ninja Kinect
2012 Journey
2013 Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time

Social Networking Game/Web Based Game of the Year
Year Winner
2011 Cityville
2013 SimCity Social

"Outstanding" Awards

Outstanding Animation
Year Winner
1999 Final Fantasy VIII
2000 Final Fantasy IX
2001 Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee
2002 Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus
2003 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
2004 Half-Life 2
2005 God of War
2006 Gears of War
2007 Assassin's Creed
2008 Prince of Persia
2009 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
2010 God of War III
2011 Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
2012 Assassin's Creed III
2013 The Last of Us
2014 Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
2015 Ori and the Blind Forest
2016 Uncharted 4: A Thief's End[5]
2017 Cuphead[6]
2018 Marvel's Spider-Man[7]
2019 Luigi's Mansion 3[8]

Outstanding Game Direction
Year Winner
2008 LittleBigPlanet
2009 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
2010 Red Dead Redemption
2011 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
2012 Journey
2013 The Last of Us
2014 Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
2015 Fallout 4
2016 Inside[5]
2017 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild[6]
2018 God of War[7]
2019 Control[8]

Outstanding Art Direction
Year Winner
1997 Riven: The Sequel to Myst
1998 Banjo-Kazooie
1999 Final Fantasy VIII
2000 Final Fantasy IX
2001 ICO
2002 Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus
2003 The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
2004 Half-Life 2
2005 Shadow of the Colossus
2006 Gears of War
2007 BioShock
2008 LittleBigPlanet
2009 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
2010 Red Dead Redemption
2011 Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
2012 Journey
2013 The Last of Us
2014 Monument Valley
2015 Ori and the Blind Forest
2016 Inside[5]
2017 Cuphead[6]
2018 God of War[7]
2019 Control[8]

Outstanding Character Performance
Year Overall
Female Male
2003 Jada Pinkett Smith as Niobe in Enter the Matrix
& Tara Strong as Rikku in Final Fantasy X-2		 Elijah Wood as Frodo Baggins in
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2004 Judi Dench in GoldenEye: Rogue Agent Robert Guillaume as Eli Vance in Half-Life 2
2005 Jade Empire God of War
2006 Viva Piñata Gears of War
2007 Ellen McLain as GLaDOS in The Orange Box: Portal
2008 Stephen Fry as Narrator in LittleBigPlanet
2009 Mark Hamill as The Joker in Batman: Arkham Asylum
2010 Rob Wiethoff as John Marston in Red Dead Redemption
2011 Stephen Merchant as Wheatley in Portal 2
2012 Dave Fennoy as Lee Everett in The Walking Dead
2013 Ashley Johnson as Ellie in The Last of Us
2014 Troy Baker as Talion in Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
2015 Camilla Luddington as Lara Croft in Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016 Trico in The Last Guardian[5]
2017 Melina Juergens as Senua in Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice[6]
2018 Christopher Judge as Kratos in God of War[7]
2019 The Goose in Untitled Goose Game[8]

Outstanding Game Design
Year Winner
1997 PaRappa the Rapper
1998 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
1999 The Sims
2000 The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
2001 Grand Theft Auto III
2002 Animal Crossing
2003 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
2004 Katamari Damacy
2005 Guitar Hero
2006 Wii Sports
2007 Portal
2008 World of Goo
2009 Batman: Arkham Asylum
2014 Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
2015 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
2016 Overwatch[5]
2017 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild[6]
2018 God of War[7]
2019 Baba Is You[8]

Outstanding Gameplay Engineering
Year Winner
1997 GoldenEye 007
1998 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
1999 The Sims
2000 SSX
2001 Grand Theft Auto III
2002 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
2003 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
2004 Half-Life 2
2005 Nintendogs
2006 Wii Sports
2007 Portal
2008 Spore
2009 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
2010 Red Dead Redemption
2011 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
2012 XCOM: Enemy Unknown
2013 Grand Theft Auto V

Immersive Reality Technical Achievement

This award was added to honor games from 2016 onward in technical achievements for virtual reality and augmented reality.[10]

Year Winner
2016 Eagle Flight[5]
2017 Lone Echo/Echo Arena[6]
2018 Tónandi[7]
2019 Blood & Truth[8]

Outstanding Licensed Soundtrack
Year Winner
2004 SSX 3
2011 Rock Band 3

Outstanding Online Gameplay
Year Winner
1997 Ultima Online
1998 Multiplayer Jeopardy! Online (Online Family/Board Game of the Year), Starsiege: Tribes (Online Action/Strategy Game of the Year), and Ultima Online: The Second Age (Online Role Playing Game of the Year)
1999 EverQuest
2000 MechWarrior 4
2001 Return to Castle Wolfenstein
2002 Battlefield 1942
2003 Not awarded
2004 Halo 2
2005 Battlefield 2
2006 Gears of War
2007 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
2008 Left 4 Dead
2009 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
2010 StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
2011 Star Wars: The Old Republic
2012 Journey
2013 World of Tanks
2014 Destiny
2015 Rocket League
2016 Overwatch
2017 PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds[6]
2018 Fortnite[7]
2019 Apex Legends[8]

Outstanding Original Music Composition
Year Winner Composer(s)
1999 UmJammer Lammy Masaya Matsuura, Yoshihisa Suzuki, Shigeyoshi Kawagoe
2000 Medal of Honor: Underground Michael Giacchino
2001 Tropico Daniel Indart
2002 Medal of Honor: Frontline Michael Giacchino
2003 Medal of Honor: Rising Sun Christopher Lennertz
2004 Fable Russell Shaw, Danny Elfman
2005 God of War Gerard Marino, Mike Reagan, Ron Fish, Winifred Phillips, Winnie Waldron, Cris Velasco, Marcello De Francisci
2006 LocoRoco Nobuyuki Shimizu, Kemmei Adachi
2007 BioShock Garry Schyman
2008 Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Harry Gregson-Williams, Nobuko Toda, Shuichi Kobori, Kazuma Jinnouchi
2009 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Greg Edmonson
2010 Heavy Rain Normand Corbeil
2011 Portal 2 Mike Morasky
2012 Journey Austin Wintory
2013 BioShock Infinite Garry Schyman
2014 Destiny Michael Salvatori, C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell, Paul McCartney
2015 Ori and the Blind Forest Gareth Coker
2016 Doom[5] Mick Gordon
2017 Cuphead[6] Kristofer Maddigan
2018 God of War[7] Bear McCreary
2019 Control[8] Petri Alanko, Martin Stig Andersen

Outstanding Sound Design
Year Winner
1997 PaRappa the Rapper
1998 Road Rash 3D
1999 Medal of Honor
2000 Medal of Honor: Underground
2001 Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
2002 Medal of Honor: Frontline
2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2004 Halo 2
2005 God of War
2006 Call of Duty 3
2007 BioShock
2008 Dead Space
2009 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
2010 Limbo
2011 Battlefield 3
2012 Journey
2013 The Last of Us
2014 Destiny
2015 Star Wars: Battlefront
2016 Battlefield 1[5]
2017 Super Mario Odyssey[6]
2018 God of War[7]
2019 Death Stranding[8]

Outstanding Story
Year Winner
1998 Pokémon
1999 Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings and Thief: The Dark Project
2000 Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
2001 ICO
2002 Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
2003 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
2004 Fable
2005 Call of Duty 2: Big Red One
2006 The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
2007 BioShock
2008 Fallout 3 (original) and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (adapted)
2009 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (original) and Batman: Arkham Asylum (adapted)
2010 Mass Effect 2
2011 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
2012 The Walking Dead
2013 The Last of Us
2014 Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
2015 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
2016 Uncharted 4: A Thief's End[5]
2017 Horizon Zero Dawn[6]
2018 God of War[7]
2019 Disco Elysium[8]

Outstanding Visual Engineering
Year Winner
1997 GoldenEye 007
1998 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
1999 Unreal Tournament
2000 SSX
2001 Halo: Combat Evolved
2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2003 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
2004 Half-Life 2
2005 Shadow of the Colossus
2006 Gears of War
2007 Crysis
2008 LittleBigPlanet
2009 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
2010 Heavy Rain
2011 Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
2012 Halo 4
2013 The Last of Us
2014 Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

Outstanding Technical Achievement
Year Winner
2015 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
2016 Uncharted 4: A Thief's End[5]
2017 Horizon Zero Dawn[6]
2018 Red Dead Redemption 2[7]
2019 Death Stranding[8]

Innovation in Gaming
Year Winner
2005 Nintendogs
2006 Wii Sports
2007 Rock Band
2008 LittleBigPlanet
2009 Scribblenauts
2010 Heavy Rain
2011 Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure
2012 Journey
2013 The Last of Us
2014 Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

Console Awards

Console Game of the Year
Year Winner
1997 GoldenEye 007
1998 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
1999 Soulcalibur
2000 SSX
2001 Halo: Combat Evolved
2002 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
2003 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
2004 Halo 2
2005 God of War
2006 Gears of War
2007 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
2008 LittleBigPlanet

Console Innovation
Year Winner
2000 Shenmue
2001 Pikmin
2002 Animal Crossing
2003 EyeToy
2004 Katamari Damacy

Console Children's
Year Winner
1999 Pokémon Snap
2000 Mario Tennis
2001 Mario Party 3
2002 Mario Party 4
2003 Mario Party 5
2004 Sly 2: Band of Thieves
2005 We Love Katamari

Console First Person Action
Year Winner
2002 Metroid Prime
2003 Rainbow Six 3
2004 Halo 2
2005 Battlefield 2: Modern Combat
2006 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas

Console Sports Simulation
Year Winner
2004 Madden NFL 2004
2005 ESPN NFL 2K5

Console Action Sports
Year Winner
2004 SSX 3
2005 Tony Hawk's Underground 2

Computer Awards

Computer Game of the Year
Year Winner
1997 StarCraft
1998 Half-Life
1999 Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
2000 Diablo II
2001 Black & White
2002 Battlefield 1942
2003 Call of Duty
2004 Half-Life 2
2005 Age of Empires III
2006 The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
2007 The Orange Box
2008 Left 4 Dead

Computer Innovation
Year Winner
1997 Orly's Draw-A-Story
1998 Barbie Photo Designer Digital Camera & CD-ROM and 3-D Castle Creator
1999 Disney's Magic Artist Studio
2000 Deus Ex
2001 Black & White
2002 Battlefield 1942
2003 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
2004 Half-Life 2

Computer Educational/Skills
Year Winner
1997 Orly's Draw-A-Story
1998 Carmen Sandiego Word Detective (skills) and Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego? (educational)
1999 Jump Start Preschool (under 8) and Thinkin' Science ZAP! (age 9–16)
2000 Jump Start Phonics Learning System
2002 Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? Treasures of Knowledge

Computer Family/Children's
Year Winner
1998 Lego Island
1999 National Geographic Maps' (family) and Disney/Pixar's A Bug's Life Action Game (children)
2000 3D Ultra Lionel Traintown (family) and Disney's Villains' Revenge (children)
2001 Return of the Incredible Machine: Contraptions
2002 Backyard Basketball
2004 Zoo Tycoon: Complete Collection
2005 Zoo Tycoon 2 (family) and Backyard Skateboarding (children)

Computer First Person Action
Year Winner
2002 Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
2003 Call of Duty
2004 Half-Life 2
2005 Battlefield 2
2006 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas

D.I.C.E. Sprite Award

The D.I.C.E. Sprite Award was added for the 2015 awards ceremony to honor "a game having disproportionate resources for development and exposure (as compared to AAA titles), represent a higher degree of risk tolerance and advances our industry with innovative gameplay and experiences".[14]

Year Winner
2014 Transistor[15]
2015 Rocket League[16]
2016 Inside[5]
2017 Snipperclips[6]

Technical Impact Award

The Technical Impact Award was added for the 2015 awards ceremony to recognize "unique innovations that contribute to the ongoing progress of interactive media".[14]

Year Winner
2014 Apple App Store
2015 Visual Basic[16]

Award show hosts

Since 2000, the annual award show has been hosted by many notable figures from the entertainment world.

2000 — Martin Short
2001 — Martin Lewis
2002 — Patton Oswalt
2003 — Dave Foley
2004 — Diane Mizota
2005 — Cory Rouse and Kurt Scholler
2006 — Jay Mohr
2007 — Jay Mohr
2008 — Jay Mohr
2009 — Jay Mohr
2010 — Jay Mohr
2011 — Jay Mohr
2012 — Chris Hardwick
2013 — Freddie Wong and Felicia Day
2014 — Pete Holmes
2015 — Pete Holmes
2016 — Greg Miller and Jessica Chobot
2017 — Greg Miller and Jessica Chobot
2018 — Greg Miller and Jessica Chobot

Special categories

Hall of Fame

The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences has annually inducted into its "Hall of Fame" video game developers that have made revolutionary and innovative achievements in the video game industry.[17]

Year Person Company/role Notable games
1998 Shigeru Miyamoto Nintendo Donkey Kong, Mario, The Legend of Zelda, F-Zero, Star Fox, Pikmin and Wii series.
1999 Sid Meier Founder of Firaxis Games and MicroProse Pirates!, Railroad Tycoon, Civilization, and Alpha Centauri.
2000 Hironobu Sakaguchi Originally at Square (renamed Square Enix), Founder of Mistwalker Final Fantasy, Chrono Trigger, Parasite Eve, Lost Odyssey, and The Last Story.
2001 John D. Carmack Founder of id Software Commander Keen, Doom, Quake, and Rage.
2002 Will Wright Founder of Maxis SimCity, Spore and The Sims.
2003 Yu Suzuki Sega (head of Sega AM2 division) Arcade games such as Hang-On, Space Harrier, Out Run, After Burner, Power Drift and Virtua Racing as well as the Virtua Fighter, Daytona USA, Virtua Cop and Shenmue series.
2004 Peter Molyneux Founder of Lionhead Studios and Bullfrog Productions Black & White, Populous, Magic Carpet, Syndicate, Dungeon Keeper, and Fable.
2005 Trip Hawkins Founder of Electronic Arts and Digital Chocolate Madden Football.
2006 Richard Garriott Founder of Origin Systems Ultima series and Tabula Rasa.
2007 Dani Bunten (1949–1998) Founder of Ozark Softscape M.U.L.E..
2008 Michael Morhaime President & Co-Founder of Blizzard Entertainment Warcraft, Starcraft, and Diablo.
2009 Bruce Shelley Ensemble Studios Age of Empires.
2010 Mark Cerny Cerny Games Marble Madness, Ratchet & Clank, and Jak & Daxter.
2011 Ray Muzyka & Greg Zeschuk Co-Founders of BioWare Knights of the Old Republic, Mass Effect, and Dragon Age.
2012 Tim Sweeney Founder and CEO of Epic Games Unreal and Gears of War series.
2013 Gabe Newell Co-Founder and CEO of Valve Portal, Half-Life, and Left 4 Dead.
2014 Sam Houser, Dan Houser and Leslie Benzies Co-Founders of Rockstar Games Grand Theft Auto and Bully.
2016 Hideo Kojima Founder of Kojima Productions Metal Gear Solid.
2017 Todd Howard Director and Executive Producer at Bethesda Game Studios The Elder Scrolls and Fallout series
2018 Bonnie Ross Corporate Vice-President at Microsoft, Head of 343 Industries Halo series
2019 Connie Booth Vice-President of Product Development at Sony Interactive Entertainment Advocate for several of Sony's first-party franchises, including Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon, Jak and Daxter, Ratchet & Clank and Sly Cooper

Lifetime Achievement Awards

The Lifetime Achievement Award is given "for individuals whose accomplishments span a broad range of disciplines over a lengthy career in the industry".[18]

Year Person Company/role
2006 Minoru Arakawa and Howard Lincoln Former presidents of Nintendo of America
2007 Ken Kutaragi Former Chairman/CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment and considered the "Father of the PlayStation".
2009 Doug Lowenstein Launched and served as president of the Interactive Digital Software Association, which became the Entertainment Software Association
2010 Bing Gordon Former Chief Creative Officer of Electronic Arts
2015 Satoru Iwata Former president of Nintendo
2017 Genyo Takeda Former General Manager of Nintendo Integrated Research & Development[19]

Pioneer Awards

The Pioneer Award is given "for individuals whose career spanning work has helped shape and define the interactive entertainment industry".[18]

Year Person Company/role
2009 David Crane Founder of Activision
2010 Bill Budge Developer of Raster Blaster and Pinball Construction Set
2011 Ed Logg Co-developer of many arcade games including Asteroids, Centipede and Gauntlet
2012 Dave Lebling & Marc Blank Co-founders of Infocom
2013 Eugene Jarvis Developer of arcade games Defender and Robotron: 2084
2014 Allan Alcorn Developer of Pong and co-developed several Atari home consoles
Ralph H. Baer Creator of the first home console, the Magnavox Odyssey
2018 Dan Edwards, Martin “Shag” Graetz, Steven Winer, Steve “Slug” Russell, Peter Samson, Robert Sanders, and Wayne Wiitanen Surviving developers of Spacewar![20]

Milestones

Games with multiple wins

The following games received six or more D.I.C.E. Awards:

Wins Game Year
10 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves 2009
The Last of Us 2013
9 Half-Life 2 2004
God of War 2018
8 LittleBigPlanet 2008
Journey 2012
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor 2014
7 God of War 2005
6 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 1998
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