DICE Awards 2022, a respectable video game award function, took place yesterday. The event gave awards for 23 categories including Game of the Year. You can check out the nominations for all the awards via our previous article.
This year’s GOTY was won by none other than It Takes Two. It also won an award for Outstanding Achievement in Game Design. PlayStation games dominated the award function. Sony’s first-party titles, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart won a total of four awards and Returnal won two awards. PS5 exclusive, Deathloop, also won an award for Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction.
Xbox exclusives also had a good time. Halo Infinite bagged both Action GOTY and Online GOTY, whereas Forza Horizon 5 won Racing GOTY. Age of Empires IV also won an award for Strategy/Simulation GOTY.
The list of all the awards and their winners is mentioned below:
- Game of the Year - It Takes Two
- Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction - Deathloop
- Outstanding Achievement in Game Design - It Takes Two
- Outstanding Achievement in Animation - Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
- Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction - Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
- Outstanding Achievement in Character - Resident Evil Village - Lady Dimitrescu
- Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition - Returnal
- Outstanding Achievement in Audio Design - Returnal
- Outstanding Achievement in Story - Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
- Outstanding Technical Achievement - Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
- Action Game of the Year - Halo Infinite
- Adventure Game of the Year - Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
- Family Game of the Year - Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
- Fighting Game of the Year - GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE-
- Racing Game of the Year - Forza Horizon 5
- Role-Playing Game of the Year - Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker
- Sports Game of the Year - Mario Golf: Super Rush
- Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year - Age of Empires IV
- Online Game of the Year - Halo Infinite
- Immersive Reality Technical Achievement - Lone Echo II
- Immersive Reality Game of the Year - Lone Echo II
- Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game - Unpacking
- Mobile Game of the Year - Pokémon UNITE
It Takes Two was one of the best games released last year, which also won GOTY at The Game Awards 2021. It’s surprising to see a small studio sweep an award function, especially in an industry dominated by massive AAA studios.
Last year’s GOTY at DICE Awards was won by Hades, an indie game. It defeated behemoth titles like The Last of Us Part 2, Final Fantasy 7 Remake, and Ghost of Tsushima.
So what do you think? Do you agree with the awards? Which game is your personal GOTY? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.
