Blizzard's Overwatch lands game of the year at DICE Awards

Feb. 24, 2017
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The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences held its annual DICE Awards ceremony tonight, awarding the past year's video games in a variety of categories. Overwatch from Blizzard won game of the year, as well as four other categories including action game of the year.

Other big winners during the course of the night included Naughty Dog's Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, recognized in areas including story and animation. Inside from Limbo developer Playdead was another highly-recognized game at the awards with wins in three categories.

Here's the full list:

Game of the Year

Overwatch

  • Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment

  • Developer: Blizzard Entertainment

 

Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction 

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  • Publisher: Playdead

  • Developer: Playdead

 

Outstanding Achievement in Game Design

Overwatch

  • Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment

  • Developer: Blizzard Entertainment

 

Immersive Reality Technical Achievement

Eagle Flight

  • Publisher: Ubisoft

  • Developer: FunHouse

 

Immersive Reality Game of the Year

SUPERHOT VR

  • Publisher: SUPERHOT Sp. z o.o.

  • Developer: SUPERHOT Sp. z o.o.

 

Mobile Game of the Year

Pokémon GO

  • Publisher: Niantic Labs

  • Developer: Niantic Labs

 

Handheld Game of the Year

Pokémon Sun and Moon

  • Publisher: The Pokémon Company

  • Developer: Game Freak

 

D.I.C.E. Sprite Award

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  • Publisher: Playdead

  • Developer: Playdead

 

Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay

Overwatch

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