God of War dominated at this year’s 22nd annual DICE Awards, held by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences tonight in Las Vegas.

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God of War not only received the coveted Game of the Year award, it went home with a whopping nine awards out of 23 categories, including Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction, Game Design, Story, Original Music Composition and more. In comparison, 2018’s Game of the Year, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, took home four awards The only other multi-award winner this year was the indie-darling Celeste, which went home with the Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game and Action Game of the Year awards.“Tonight, at the 22nd Annual DICE Awards, the interactive entertainment industry gathered together from all over the world to celebrate their trailblazers – the very best in video games and the teams who - with their amazing talent and vision - have created boundary defying experiences that have captivated global audiences,” said Meggan Scavio, president of the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. “On behalf of the Academy, I congratulate not only this year’s incredible nominees, but the esteemed winners chosen by their peers.”In addition to these awards, Microsoft corporate vice president and head of 343 Industries Bonnie Ross was the 2019 recipient of the Academy’s Hall of Fame Award. She was given this award for her vision and expansion of the Halo franchise, and for being a key voice in promoting STEM and diversity efforts across the games industry amongst women, under-represented minority groups and children.See the full list of winners below.

Winners are marked in red .

Game of the Year

God of War - WINNER

Into the Breach

Marvel’s Spider-Man

Red Dead Redemption 2

Return of the Obra Dinn

Outstanding Achievement in Game Design

God of War - WINNER

Into the Breach

Marvel’s Spider-Man

Return of the Obra Dinn

Subnautica

Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction

Florence

God of War - WINNER

Marvel’s Spider-Man

Red Dead Redemption 2

Return of the Obra Dinn

Outstanding Achievement in Animation

God of War

GRIS

Marvel’s Spider-Man - WINNER

Moss

Red Dead Redemption 2

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Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction

Detroit: Become Human

God of War - WINNER

GRIS

Marvel’s Spider-Man

Red Dead Redemption 2

Outstanding Achievement in Character

Assassin's Creed Odyssey - Kassandra

God of War - Atreus

God of War - Kratos - WINNER

Marvel’s Spider-Man - Peter Parker/Spider-Man

Red Dead Redemption 2 - Arthur Morgan

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition

Detroit: Become Human

Forgotton Anne

God of War - WINNER

Marvel’s Spider-Man

Tetris Effect

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design

Battlefield V

Detroit: Become Human

God of War - WINNER

Marvel’s Spider-Man

Moss

Outstanding Achievement in Story

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey

Florence

God of War - WINNER

Marvel’s Spider-Man

Return of the Obra Dinn

Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game

Celeste - WINNER

Florence

Into the Breach

Minit

Return of the Obra Dinn

Outstanding Technical Achievement

Astro Bot Rescue Mission

Battlefield V

God of War

Marvel’s Spider-Man

Red Dead Redemption 2 - WINNER

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Action Game of the Year

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4

Celeste - WINNER

Destiny 2: Forsaken

Far Cry 5

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Adventure Game of the Year

Detroit: Become Human

God of War - WINNER

Marvel’s Spider-Man

Red Dead Redemption 2

Return of the Obra Dinn

Family Game of the Year

Astro Bot Rescue Mission

Kirby Star Allies

LEGO DC Super-Villains

Starlink: Battle for Atlas

Unravel Two - WINNER

Fighting Game of the Year

BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle

Dragon Ball Fighter Z

Soulcalibur 6

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - WINNER

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Racing Game of the Year

Forza Horizon 4 - WINNER

F1 2018

Wreckfest

Role-Playing Game of the Year

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

Monster Hunter: World - WINNER

Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire

Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year

Bad North

Frostpunk

Into the Breach - WINNER

Northgard

RimWorld

Sports Game of the Year

FIFA 19

Mario Tennis Aces - WINNER

MLB The Show 18

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Portable Game of the Year

Dandara

Donut County

Dragalia Lost

Florence - WINNER

Oddmar

Immersive Reality Technical Achievement

Astro Bot Rescue Mission

Beat Saber

Dr. Grordbort’s Invaders

Tónandi - WINNER

Torn

Immersive Reality Game of the Year

Astro Bot Rescue Mission

Beat Saber - WINNER

Moss

Sprint Vector

Transference

Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay

Fortnite - WINNER

Destiny 2: Forsaken

Laser League

Red Dead Redemption 2

Sea of Thieves

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For more from this year’s DICE show, read about how SIE Worldwide Studios chairman Shawn Layden said to “never underestimate Nintendo” and how Uncharted’s Amy Hennig feels there will be “a revolution in how we receive game content.”

Colin Stevens is a news writer for IGN. Follow him on Twitter