Fallout 4 takes Game of the Year at the DICE Awards

Angus Morrison Feb 19, 2016

I confess myself surprised. The prizewinners at last night's DICE Awardshave been announced, and Fallout 4is in the top spot. Don't get me wrong, Fallout 4 is solid game—I'm all over it in terms of raw world design—but in a year filled with innovators perhaps I was expecting something less traditional to take Game of the Year.

Bethesda did well all round, Fallout 4 also picking up Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction and Role-Playing/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year. The latter is another peculiar outcome considering that the category included The Witcher 3and Pillars of Eternity. Even if you prefer Fallout 4's Commonwealth to classic fantasy, it has decidedly less scope for role-play, but then MGS5: The Phantom Paintook Adventure Game of the Year, so the genre divisions would appear to be a formality.

Game of the Year:
Fallout 4 Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction:
Fallout 4 Role-Playing/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year:
Fallout 4 Outstanding Achievement in Game Design: The Witcher 3:
Wild Hunt Outstanding Achievement in Story: The Witcher 3:
Wild Hunt Outstanding Technical Achievement: The Witcher 3:
Wild Hunt Action Game of the Year:
Star Wars Battlefront Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design:
Star Wars Battlefront Adventure Game of the Year:
Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain Fighting Game of the Year:
Mortal Kombat X DICE Sprite Award:
Rocket League Sports Game of the Year:
Rocket League Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year:
Heroes of the Storm Outstanding Achievement in Animation:
Ori and the Blind Forest Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction:
Ori and the Blind Forest Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition:
Ori and the Blind Forest Outstanding Achievement in Character:
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