Congratulations to the 23rd Annual D.I.C.E. Awards Finalists!

The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) is pleased to announce the nominees for its 23rd Annual D.I.C.E. Awards (#DICEAwards), co-hosted for the fourth year by Jessica Chobot and Greg Miller. Academy members will begin general voting for the video game industry’s premier, peer-juried awards show on Friday, Jan. 10th at 5:00 PM PDT.

The winners will be revealed at the D.I.C.E. Awards ceremony on Thursday, February 13th at Aria Resort Las Vegas as the culmination of the week-long industry gathering at the 2020 D.I.C.E. Summit (#DICE2020).

Sixty-five games released in 2019 received nominations. Control and Death Stranding lead the nominees with eight nominations each followed by Disco Elysium and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, each earning six nods. Tying for four nominations each include Outer Wilds and Untitled Goose Game while A Short Hike, Mortal Kombat 11, Resident Evil 2, and Sayonara Wild Hearts each received three. Finalists for 2019’s top honor, Game of the Year, are: Control, Death Stranding, Disco Elysium, Outer Wilds, and Untitled Goose Game.

“On behalf of the Academy, I want to thank our peer panelists, who always dedicate their time, energy, and expertise in evaluating and selecting 2019’s best games,” said Meggan Scavio, President of the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. “To all of the finalists – a big congratulations on continuing to push the boundaries of storytelling, creativity and technical innovation. We can’t wait to celebrate your achievements at the 23rd Annual D.I.C.E. Awards!”

The Academy and its Board of Directors thank all of the people who serve as Peer Panelists and generously volunteer their time to determine finalists. View a full list of Peer Panelists here.

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23rd Annual D.I.C.E. Awards Finalists:

Outstanding Achievement in Animation Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Days Gone Death Stranding Devil May Cry 5 Luigi's Mansion 3 Activision Publishing, Inc. Sony Interactive Entertainment Sony Interactive Entertainment Capcom Co., Ltd. Nintendo Infinity Ward SIE Bend Studio Kojima Productions Co., Ltd. Next Level Games Animation Directors:

Mark Grigsby

Jason Greenberg

Lead Animator:

Jake Spence

Cinematic Animation

Supervisor:

Emmanuel Roth

Lead Animator:

Masaaki Kawata

Lead Animator:

Yuichiro Hiraki

Lead Animator:

Marie Wyatt



Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Concrete Genie Control Death Stranding Resident Evil 2 Activision Publishing, Inc. Sony Interactive Entertainment 505 Games Sony Interactive Entertainment Capcom Co., Ltd. Infinity Ward Pixelopus Remedy Entertainment Kojima Productions Co., Ltd. Studio Art Director:

Joel Emslie

Art Director:

Jeff Sangalli



Art Director:

Janne Pulkkinen

Art Director:

Yoji Shinkawa

Art Director:

Satoshi Takamatsu

Environment Lead:

Yoshitsugu Tanaka

Concept Artist:

Tomonori Takano



Outstanding Achievement in Character Control Death Stranding Death Stranding Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Untitled Goose Game Jesse Faden Cliff Unger Sam Porter Bridges Greez The Goose 505 Games Sony Interactive Entertainment Sony Interactive Entertainment Electronic Arts Panic Remedy Entertainment Kojima Productions Co., Ltd. Kojima Productions Co., Ltd. Respawn Entertainment House House Writer:

Sam Lake

Voice Actor:

Courtney Hope

Writer:

Hideo Kojima

Voice Actor:

Mads Mikkelsen

Writer:

Hideo Kojima

Voice Actor:

Norman Reedus

Narrative Lead:

Aaron Contreras

Voice Actor:

Daniel Roebuck

Head of Respawn:

Vince Zampella

Developers:

Michael McMaster

Jake Strasser

Nico Disseldorp

Stuart Gillespie-Cook



Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition Arise: A Simple Story Control Erica Golem Mortal Kombat 11 Techland Publishing 505 Games Sony Interactive Entertainment Highwire Games Warner Bros. Interactive

Entertainment Piccolo Studio Remedy Entertainment Flavourworks NetherRealm Studios Composer:

David García

Composers:

Petri Alanko

Martin Stig Andersen



Composer:

Austin Wintory

Audio Director/Composer:

Martin O'Donnell

Main Theme/Story Mode

Composer:

Wilbert Roget, II

Audio Director:

Dan Forden

Advanced Composer:

Nathan Grigg



Outstanding Achievement in Audio Design Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Death Stranding Mortal Kombat 11 Resident Evil 2 Sayonara Wild Hearts Activision Publishing, Inc. Sony Interactive Entertainment Warner Bros. Interactive

Entertainment Capcom Co., Ltd. Annapurna Interactive Infinity Ward Kojima Productions Co., Ltd. NetherRealm Studios Simogo

Audio Director:

Stephen Miller

Audio Lead:

Mike Niederquell

Audio Director:

Ludvig Forssell

Director of Audio:

Rich Carle

Audio Director:

Dan Forden

Senior Sound Designer:

Stephen Schappler

Composer:

Shusaku Uchiyama

Sound Designer:

Shohei Miyata

Sound Designer:

Daniel Olsen

Audio Lead:

Daniel Olsen



Outstanding Achievement in Story Control Disco Elysium Outer Wilds Telling Lies The Outer Worlds 505 Games ZA/UM Annapurna Interactive Annapurna Interactive Private Division Remedy Entertainment Mobius Digital Sam Barlow Obsidian Entertainment Lead Writer:

Sam Lake

Writer:

Clay Murphy

Narrative Lead:

Josh Stubbs

Lead Writer:

Robert Kurvitz

Writers:

Helen Hindpere

Argo Tuulik

Cash DeCuir

Olga Moskvina

Siim Sinamae

Justin Keenan

Andrus Laansalu

Writer:

Kelsey Beachum

Writers:

Sam Barlow

Amelia Gray



Writers:

Carrie Patel

Megan Starks

Nitai Poddar

Daniel McPhee

Paul Kirsch

Kate Dollarhyde

Chris L'Etoile

Game Directors:

Tim Cain

Leonard Boyarsky



Outstanding Technical Achievement Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Concrete Genie Control Death Stranding Metro Exodus Activision Publishing, Inc. Sony Interactive Entertainment 505 Games Sony Interactive Entertainment Deep Silver Infinity Ward Pixelopus Remedy Entertainment Kojima Productions Co., Ltd. 4A Games Principal Engineers:

Dan Nelson

Michal Drobot

Principal Engineer:

David Lee Swenson

Engineer:

Xun "Eric" Zhang

Lead Programmer:

Sean Donnelly

Northlight Technology

Team Manager:

Mikko Orrenmaa

Lead Graphics Programmer:

Tatu Aalto

Lead Game Designer:

Hiroaki Yoshiike

UI Designer:

Tsutomu Hashiguchi

Executive Producer:

Oleksandr Shyshkovtsov, CTO

Game and Creative Director:

Oleksandr Shyshkovtsov, CTO



Action Game of the Year Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Control Devil May Cry 5 Gears 5 Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Activision Publishing, Inc. 505 Games Capcom Co., Ltd. Xbox Game Studios Activision Publishing, Inc. Infinity Ward Remedy Entertainment The Coalition FromSoftware, Inc.

Co-Studio Head and

Creative Director,

Infinity Ward:

Patrick Kelly

Head of Development,

Call of Duty

and Co-Studio Head,

Infinity Ward:

Dave Stohl

Lead Producer:

Juha Vainio

Game Director:

Mikael Kasurinen

Producer:

Matt Walker

Senior Producer:

Michiteru Okabe

Director:

Hideaki Itsuno

Studio Head:

Rod Fergusson

Technical Director:

Mike Rayner

Campaign Design Director:

Matt Searcy

Multiplayer Design Director:

Ryan Cleven

Executive Producers:

Robert Conkey

Yuzo Kojima

Creative Director:

Hidetaka Miyazaki

Co-Director:

Kazuhiro Hamatani



Adventure Game of the Year Death Stranding Luigi's Mansion 3 Resident Evil 2 Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order The Legend of Zelda:

Link's Awakening Sony Interactive Entertainment Nintendo Capcom Co., Ltd. Electronic Arts Nintendo Kojima Productions Co., Ltd. Next Level Games Respawn Entertainment Producer:

Hideo Kojima

Creative Director:

Hideo Kojima

Game Director:

Hideo Kojima

Representative:

Kensuke Tanabe

Creative Director:

Bryce Holliday

Game Director:

Bryce Holliday

Supervisor:

Yoshihito Ikebata

Producers:

Yoshiaki Hirabayashi

Tsuyoshi Kanda

Directors:

Kazunori Kadoi

Yasuhiro Anpo

Game Director:

Stig Asmussen

Lead Game Designer:

Brandon Kelch

Lead Combat Designer:

Jason de Heras

Lead Level Designer:

Jeff Magers

Narrative Lead:

Aaron Contreras

Producer:

Eiji Aonuma

Creative Director:

Mikiharu Oiwa



Family Game of the Year A Short Hike DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS 2 Ring Fit Adventure Super Mario Maker 2 Yoshi's Crafted World Adam Robinson-Yu SQUARE ENIX Nintendo Nintendo Nintendo Good-Feel Game Director:

Adam Robinson-Yu

General Director:

YUJI HORII

Character Designer:

AKIRA TORIYAMA

Music Composer:

KOICHI SUGIYAMA

Producers:

Noriyoshi Fujimoto

Takuma Shiraishi

Director:

Kazuya Niinou

Producer:

Koichi Kawamoto

Creative Director:

Hiroshi Matsunaga

Game Director:

Hiroshi Matsunaga

Producer:

Takashi Tezuka

Creative Director:

Toshiyuki Kusakihara

Genki Yokota

Game Directors:

Shigefumi Hino

Satoko Higashi

Producers:

Takashi Tezuka

Etsunobu Ebisu

Creative Director:

Masahiro Yamamoto

Game Director:

Masahiro Yamamoto



Fighting Game of the Year Dead or Alive 6 Jump Force Mortal Kombat 11 Samurai Shodown KOEI TECMO GAMES

BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment SNK Corporation Team NINJA Spike Chunsoft NetherRealm Studios Producer and Director:

Yohei Shimbori

Art Director and

Game Scenario Lead:

Yutaka Saito

Battle Director:

Akihiro Nakamura

Producer:

Hiroyuki Kaneko

Director:

Toyokazu Sakamoto

Creative Director:

Ed Boon

Studio Head:

Shaun Himmerick

Director:

Nobuyuki Kuroki

Concept and

Battle Designer:

Hidetoshi Ishizawa

Lead Game Designers:

Yuji Watanabe

Kaito Soranaka



Racing Game of the Year Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled DiRT Rally 2.0 F1 2019 Mario Kart Tour Trials Rising Activision Publishing, Inc. Codemasters Codemasters Nintendo Ubisoft Beenox

Ubisoft RedLynx, Ubisoft Kyiv Executive Producer:

Stéphane Gravel

Creative Director:

Thomas Wilson

Game Director:

Philippe Turcotte

Development Director:

Geoff Smith

Game Director:

Ross Gowing

Technical Director:

Gary Buckley

Executive Producer:

Christopher Gray

Game Director:

Lee Mather

Chief Games Director:

Gavin Cooper

Producer:

Hideki Konno

Creative Director:

Kosuke Yabuki

Game Directors:

Yugo Hayashi

Shinya Fujiwara

Producer:

Mikko Lindholm

Creative Director:

Antti Ilvessuo



Role-Playing Game of the Year Disco Elysium Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers Kingdom Hearts III Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield The Outer Worlds ZA/UM SQUARE ENIX SQUARE ENIX Nintendo

The Pokémon Company

Private Division GAME FREAK Obsidian Entertainment

Creative Director/

Game Director:

Robert Kurvitz

Art Director/

Game Director:

Aleksander Rostov

Executive Producers:

Kaur Kender and Tõnis Haavel



Producer and Director:

Naoki Yoshida

Director:

Tetsuya Nomura

Co-Director:

Tai Yasue

Producer:

Junichi Masuda

Creative Director:

Shigeru Ohmori

Game Director:

Shigeru Ohmori

Producer:

Eric DeMilt

Game Directors:

Tim Cain

Leonard Boyarsky



Sports Game of the Year FIFA 20 Madden NFL 20 MLB The Show 19 NBA 2k20 NHL 20 EA Sports EA Sports Sony Interactive Entertainment 2K EA Sports EA Vancouver

EA Romania

EA Tiburon SIE San Diego Studio Visual Concepts EA Vancouver Executive Producer:

Aaron McHardy

Creative Director:

Matt Prior

Creative Director:

Michael Young

Executive Producer:

Seann Graddy

Producer:

Marcus Efting

Creative Director:

Nick Livingston

Design Director:

Jason Villa

Lead Engineer:

Andrew H. Marrinson

Executive Producer:

Jeffrey J. Thomas

Gameplay Director:

Mike Wang

Creative Director:

William Ho

Executive Producer:

Sean Ramjagsingh



Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year Anno 1800 Fire Emblem: Three Houses Oxygen Not Included Slay The Spire Total War: Three Kingdoms Ubisoft Nintendo Klei Entertainment Inc. Humble Bundle SEGA Ubisoft Mainz

Nintendo

Intelligent Systems CO., LTD

KOEI TECMO GAMES CO. LTD. Mega Crit Games Creative Assembly Executive Producer:

Burkhard Ratheiser

Creative Director:

Dirk Riegert

Lead Game Designer:

Jan Dungel

Producers:

Hitoshi Yamagami

Masahiro Higuchi

Takashi Morinaka

Creative Directors:

Toshiyuki Kusakihara

Genki Yokota

Game Director:

Naoko Horie

Developers:

Jamie Cheng

Alia McCutcheon

Johann Seidenz

Ju-Lian Kwan

Graham Jans

Producers:

Casey Yano

Anthony Giovannetti

Creative Directors:

Casey Yano

Anthony Giovannetti

Game Directors:

Casey Yano

Anthony Giovannetti

Game Director:

Janos Gaspar

Lead Designer:

Attila Mohacsi

Total War Executive Producer:

Mike Simpson



Immersive Reality Technical Achievement Asgard's Wrath Blood & Truth Pistol Whip Stormland Westworld Awakening Oculus VR Sony Interactive Entertainment Cloudhead Games Oculus VR HBO Sanzaru Games London Studio Insomniac Games Survios Senior Technology Director:

Evan Arnold

Senior Development Director:

Jenny Huang

Technical Art Director:

Jean-Francois Lepine

Lead Engineers:

Carlos Hurtado

Dan Halpern

Technical Directors:

Will Burdon

Mark Lintott

Lead Engineer:

Paul White

Design Lead:

Cameron Oltmann

Art Lead:

Jonathan Hackett

Senior Engineers:

Christopher Roe

3D Artist:

Matt Lyon

Lead Designer:

Mike Daly

Game Director:

Mike Daly

Creative Director:

Duncan Moore

Executive Producer:

Lisa Ohanian

Game Director:

James Iliff

Chief Games Director :

Daniel Zeligman



Immersive Reality Game of the Year Asgard's Wrath Blood & Truth Pistol Whip The Curious Tale

of the Stolen Pets Trover Saves the Universe Oculus VR Sony Interactive Entertainment Cloudhead Games Fast Travel Games Squanch Games, Inc. Sanzaru Games London Studio Game Director:

Bill Spence

Executive Producer:

Glen Egan

Senior Creative Director:

Mat Kraemer

Creative Director:

Grace Morales Lingad

Director of VR

Product Development :

Stuart Whyte

Creative Director:

Denny Unger

Design Lead:

Cameron Oltmann

Audio Director:

Joel Green

Level Designers:

Antony Stevens

Dan Taylor

Creative Director:

James Hunt

Executive Producer:

Tanya Watson

Creative Director:

Justin Roiland

Design Director:

Erich Meyr

Art Director:

Mikey Spano



Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game A Short Hike Disco Elysium Sayonara Wild Hearts Untitled Goose Game WHAT THE GOLF? Adam Robinson-Yu ZA/UM Annapurna Interactive Panic Triband, The Label

Simogo House House Triband Game Director:

Adam Robinson-Yu

Creative Director/

Game Director:

Robert Kurvitz

Art Director/Game Director:

Aleksander Rostov

Executive Producers:

Kaur Kender

Tõnis Haavel

Producers:

Simon Flesser

Magnus Gardebäck

Creative Director:

Simon Flesser

Game Directors:

Simon Flesser

Magnus Gardebäck

Developers:

Michael McMaster

Jake Strasser

Nico Disseldorp

Stuart Gillespie-Cook

Creative Directors:

Tim Garbos

Peter Bruun

Lead Game Design:

Tim Garbos

Gameplay Design:

Lasse Astrup

Felix Nordanåker

Óscar Losada

Morten Skouboe

Puns:

Rune K. Drewsen



Portable Game of the Year Call of Duty: Mobile GRINDSTONE Sayonara Wild Hearts Sky: Children of the Light WHAT THE GOLF? Activision Publishing, Inc. Capybara Games Annapurna Interactive thatgamecompany Triband, The Label

TiMi Studios Simogo Triband Game Director:

Matt Lewis

Producer:

Fei Ao

Creative Director:

Jeremiah Maza

Producers:

Nathan Vella

Matt Repetski

Game Director:

Dan Vader

Design:

Kris Piotrowski

Kenneth Yeung

Ben Thomas

Producers:

Simon Flesser

Magnus Gardebäck

Creative Director:

Simon Flesser

Game Directors:

Simon Flesser

Magnus Gardebäck

Creative Director:

Jenova Chen

Creative Directors:

Tim Garbos

Peter Bruun

Lead Game Design:

Tim Garbos

Gameplay Design:

Lasse Astrup

Felix Nordanåker

Óscar Losada

Morten Skouboe

Puns:

Rune K. Drewsen

Online Game of the Year Apex Legends Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Destiny 2: Shadowkeep TETRIS🄬 99

Wargroove Electronic Arts Activision Publishing, Inc. Bungie Nintendo Chucklefish Respawn Entertainment Infinity Ward

Arika Creative Director:

Todd Alderman

Executive Producer:

Drew McCoy

Game Director:

Chad Grenier

Head of Respawn:

Vince Zampella

Co-Studio Head and

Creative Director,

Infinity Ward:

Patrick Kelly

Head of Development,

Call of Duty

and Co-Studio Head,

Infinity Ward:

Dave Stohl

General Manager, Destiny 2:

Mark Noseworthy

Game Director, Destiny 2:

Luke Smith

Lead Online Designer:

Akira Kinashi

Lead Online Engineer:

Ryuhei Hirota

Producer:

Lili Ibrahim

Creative Director:

Lili Ibrahim

Game Director:

Finn Brice



Outstanding Achievement in Game Design Baba is You Disco Elysium Outer Wilds Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Slay the Spire Hempuli Oy ZA/UM Annapurna Interactive Activision Publishing, Inc. Humble Bundle Mobius Digital FromSoftware, Inc. Mega Crit Games Designer:

Arvi Teikari

Creative Director/

Game Director:

Robert Kurvitz

Art Director/

Game Director:

Aleksander Rostov

Executive Producers:

Kaur Kender and Tõnis Haavel

Lead Designer:

Loan Verneau

Design Director:

Hidetaka Miyazaki

Lead Designers:

Casey Yano

Anthony Giovannetti

Design Directors:

Casey Yano

Anthony Giovannetti



Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction A Short Hike Control Disco Elysium Outer Wilds Untitled Goose Game Adam Robinson-Yu 505 Games ZA/UM Annapurna Interactive Panic Remedy Entertainment Mobius Digital House House Game Director:

Adam Robinson-Yu

Game Director:

Mikael Kasurinen

Creative Director/

Game Director:

Robert Kurvitz

Art Director/

Game Director:

Aleksander Rostov

Creative Director:

Alex Beachum

Game Director:

Alex Beachum

Developers:

Michael McMaster

Jake Strasser

Nico Disseldorp

Stuart Gillespie-Cook



Game of the Year Control Death Stranding Disco Elysium Outer Wilds Untitled Goose Game 505 Games Sony Interactive Entertainment ZA/UM Annapurna Interactive Panic Remedy Entertainment Kojima Productions Co., Ltd. Mobius Digital House House Lead Producer:

Juha Vainio

Game Director:

Mikael Kasurinen

Producer:

Hideo Kojima

Creative Director:

Hideo Kojima

Game Director:

Hideo Kojima

Creative Director/

Game Director:

Robert Kurvitz

Art Director/

Game Director:

Aleksander Rostov

Executive Producers:

Kaur Kender

Tõnis Haavel

Producer:

Loan Verneau

Creative Director:

Alex Beachum

Game Director:

Alex Beachum

Developers:

Michael McMaster

Jake Strasser

Nico Disseldorp

Stuart Gillespie-Cook



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