Horizon Zero Dawn leads nominations in ten categories for 21st annual D.I.C.E. Awards

The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) has announced the nominees for its 21st D.I.C.E. Awards

Winners of the D.I.C.E. Awards will be announced during a ceremony on Thursday, February 22 in Las Vegas and Horizon Zero Dawn leads the group with ten nominations, once of which is Game of the Year.

Several other games were nominated in multiple categories. These include:

• Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus and Call of Duty WW2 have three nods each
• Gorogoa, PUBG, and Super Mario Odyssey with four nominations
• Cuphead, Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, and Uncharted: The Lost Legacy with five nominations each.
• The Legend of Zelda: The Breath of the Wild received six nominations.

Titles nominated for Game of the Year are: Cuphead; Horizon Zero Dawn; PUBG; Super Mario Odyssey and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

The full list of nominees are posted below.

2018 D.I.C.E. Awards Nominations

Outstanding Achievement in Animation

• Cuphead
• For Honor
• Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
• Horizon Zero Dawn
• Uncharted: The Lost Legacy

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction

• Cuphead
• Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
• Horizon Zero Dawn
• Little Nightmares
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Outstanding Achievement in Character

• Assassin's Creed Origins - Bayek
• Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice - Senua
• Horizon Zero Dawn - Aloy
• Star Wars Battlefront2 - Iden Versio
• Uncharted: The Lost Legacy - Chloe Fraiser

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition

• Call of Duty: WW2
• Cuphead
• Horizon Zero Dawn
• RiME
• Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design

• Destiny 2
• Injustice 2
• Star Wars Battlefront 2
• Super Mario Odyssey
• Uncharted: The Lost Legacy

Outstanding Achievement in Story

• Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
• Horizon Zero Dawn
• Night in the Woods
• What Remains of Edith Finch
• Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus

Outstanding Technical Achievement

• Assassin's Creed Origins
• Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
• Horizon Zero Dawn
• Lone Echo/Echo Arena
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Action Game of the Year

• Call of Duty: WW2
• Cuphead
• Destiny 2
• PUBG
• Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus

Adventure Game of the Year

• Assassin's Creed Origins
• Horizon Zero Dawn
• Super Mario Odyssey
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
• Uncharted: The Lost Legacy

Family Game of the Year

• DropMix
• GNOG
• Just Dance 2018
• SingStar Celebration
• Snipperclips

Fighting Game of the Year

• ARMS
• Injustice 2
• Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite
• Nidhogg 2
• Tekken 7

Racing Game of the Year

• DiRT 4
• Forza Motorsport 7
• Gran Turismo Sport
• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
• Project CARS 2

Role-Playing Game of the Year

• Divinity: Original Sin 2
• Middle-earth: Shadow of War
• NieR:Automata
• Persona 5
• Torment: Tides of Numenera

Sports Game of the Year

• Everybody's Golf
• FIFA 18
• Golf Clash
• Madden NFL 18
• MLB The Show 17

Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year

• Endless Space 2
• Halo Wars 2
• Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
• Total War: Warhammer 2
• XCOM 2: War of the Chosen

Immersive Reality Technical Achievement

• Lone Echo/Echo Arena
• Robo Recall
• Star Trek Bridge Crew
• The Invisible Hours
• Wilson's Heart

Immersive Reality Game of the Year

• Lone Echo/Echo Arena
• Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin
• Robo Recall
• Space Pirate Trainer
• Wilson's Heart

D.I.C.E. Sprite Award

• Everything
• Gorogoa
• Night in the Woods
• Pyre
• Snipperclips

Handheld Game of the Year

• Dragon Quest 8: Journey of the Cursed King
• Etrian Odyssey 5: Beyond the Myth
• Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
• Metroid: Samus Returns
• Monster Hunter Stories

Mobile Game of the Year

• Cat Quest
• Fire Emblem Heroes
• Gorogoa
• Monument Valley 2
• Splitter Critters

Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay

• Call of Duty: WW2
• Destiny 2
• Fortnite
• PUBG
• Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands

Outstanding Achievement in Game Design

• Gorogoa
• Horizon Zero Dawn
• PUBG
• Super Mario Odyssey
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction

• Gorogoa
• Horizon Zero Dawn
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
• Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
• What Remains of Edith Finch

Game of the Year

• Cuphead
• Horizon Zero Dawn
• PUBG
• Super Mario Odyssey
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild